Bangladesh reached 349\/6 at 50 overs following Mushfiqur Rahim\u2019s century in the second ODI of the three-match series. Mushfiqur Rahim smashed 100 runs from just 60 balls. In the history of ODI cricket, this is the fastest century for Bangladeshi players.<\/p>\n
Fastest ODI hundreds for Bangladesh (by balls taken):<\/strong> During Mushfiqur Rahim\u2019s century, he scored 14 fours and two sixes to set a new record for the best century score. Blistering innings of high quality from Mushfiqur Rahim helped Bangladesh\u00a0post a massive total on the board with some scintillating batting displays. They will be confident enough to defend this one.<\/p>\n In the second innings, Bangladesh improved their score from the first innings and broke the record for the highest ODI total. While Ireland did stage a comeback with three quick wickets, the partnership between Mushfiqur Rahim and Towhid Hridoy of 128 runs off 78 balls was essential for Bangladesh. Bangladesh batters made merry as they leaked runs on both sides of the stumps. To level the series, Ireland now face a formidable challenge. Paul Stirling and Andy Balbirnie need to give Ireland a positive start. As for now, the run chase has been delayed as it is raining heavily. The covers are on as the game awaits to resume<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mushfiqur Rahim\u2019s century helped Bangladesh reach 349\/6 at the end of 50 overs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":28777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[427,2937,1349],"class_list":["post-5842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-bangladesh","tag-cricket-ireland","tag-mushfiqur-rahim"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n60 runs \u2013 Mushfiqur Rahim vs Ireland, Sylhet, 2023
\n63 runs \u2013 Shakib Al Hasan vs Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, 2009
\n68 runs \u2013 Shakib Al Hasan vs Zimbabwe, Mirpur, 2009
\n69 runs \u2013 Mushfiqur Rahim vs Pakistan, Mirpur, 2015<\/p>\n