Bangladesh vs West Indies Final ODI Prediction

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Bangladesh have an injury concern ahead of this final match as key all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan suffered a side strain while batting in the last league game against Ireland. Although his injury has not been deemed serious by the Bangladesh Cricket Board, it remains to be seen whether the team will risk playing him with the World Cup just around the corner. Mohammad Saifuddin had sustained a back injury earlier and was expected to miss the previous game. However, the team management decided to play the pace bowling all-rounder in the dead rubber against Ireland. Liton Das, who replaced Soumya Sarkar at the top of the order last time, impressed with the bat and it will be interesting to see whom the team prefers to partner with Tamim Iqbal for this series decider.

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Tamim Iqbal has scored the most runs for Bangladesh in this tri-series. The opener has cracked two half-centuries in three games and he continues to be the key man in this batting line-up. Soumya Sarkar hit a fifty in both the earlier encounters against the West Indies while Liton Das, who played his first game of the series on Wednesday against Ireland, smashed 76 off 67 balls. Mushfiqur Rahim is the team's most reliable batsman in the middle order. Shakib Al Hasan suffered a side strain last time and had to retire hurt on the score of 50. The all-rounder is the x-factor in this side and Bangladesh will be hoping that their star player is declared fit for this game. Mustafizur Rahman has been the standout performer with the ball with six wickets. The pacer took a four-wicket haul in his most recent outing against the Windies and he will be expected to deliver a similar performance on Friday. Mashrafe Mortaza too has taken as many wickets in the series and he alon who claimed a fiver-fer last time out, are the other big threats in this bowling group.

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Bangladesh have performed pretty well in ODI cricket in recent times having won eight of their last twelve one-day internationals. At the start of this year, however, they suffered a 0-3 drubbing in New Zealand at the hands of the hosts. But they have done well to put that behind them and dominate Ireland and West Indies in the ongoing tri-series. Bangladesh have won every game in this series which means they are now on a three-match winning streak.