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Bangladesh lost badly against Ireland on Friday (March 31). The dream of whitewash was shattered.

Ireland beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Captain Paul Stirling played a devastating innings of 77 runs in 41 balls with the bat. They reached the port of victory with 36 balls left.

Bangladesh scored a record run by batting after losing the toss in the first two matches. Shakib won the toss and batted in the last match. However, the opening pair of Liton Das and Roni Talukder did not gel. Opener Lytton 4, Nazmul Shanto returned with 5 runs. Then Rony Talukder was out for 14 and Shakib Al Hasan scored 4 runs.

Bangladesh lost five wickets for 41 runs when Tawheed Hriday returned with 12 runs. Bangladesh scored 64 runs in 10 overs and lost seven wickets. Debutant leg-spinner Rishad 8 and Taskin returned with zero.

At the other end was Shamim Hossain Patwari, who dropped to six. He got out as the last batter. Played an innings of 51 runs in 42 balls with five fours and two sixes. Besides, Nasum Ahmed scored 13 runs. Bangladesh were all out for 124 runs with four balls to spare.

For Ireland, Mark Adair took three wickets with 25 runs in 4 overs. Matthew Humphreys took two wickets with 10 runs in 2 overs. Besides, Harry Tector, Kurtus Camper, Benjamin White and Gareth Delaney took one wicket each.

The two Irish openers played aggressively from the start with a target of 125 runs. However, Ireland lost Ross Adair in the third over. Taskin Ahmed struck the Irish camp first by bowling this opener. When this opener returns with 7 runs, the opening pair of 17 runs is broken.

Then Sterling started batting aggressively with Tucker. However, Shariful Islam picked him up as soon as he came to the bowling in the sixth over. Lorcan Tucker got out with 4 runs in 7 balls for the team’s 41 runs. Harry Tector came to the crease after Tucker’s departure.

Then the Irish opener Stirling stormed. He touched the half century in 31 balls with great batting. His highest innings of 77 runs came from his bat before returning to Sajghar. Rishad Hossain took his debut wicket in international cricket after returning this experienced opener to the dressing room.

After that, the Tector passed the rest of the way safely with the camper. In the end, the Irish reached the port of victory after losing 3 wickets in 14 overs. Despite losing this match, Bangladesh won the series by 2-1.