Cricket Cricket BAN vs WI: Sarkar and Mosaddek lead Bangladesh to historic ODI win Soumya Sarkar and Mosaddek Hossain hit half-centuries to help Bangladesh win a rain-shortened final in Malahide on Friday. Patric Ridge 18 May, 2019 02:27 IST Bangladesh's Soumya Sarkar plays a shot en route to his 66 against West Indies at Malahide on Friday. - AFP Patric Ridge 18 May, 2019 02:27 IST Bangladesh won its first one-day tournament final as it put up a clinical batting display to beat West Indies in the tri-nation series final at Malahide.With West Indies' promising innings disrupted by rain, the match was cut to 24 overs per-side when play eventually resumed at 17:30 local time.Shai Hope (74) and Sunil Ambris (69 not out) had been in the middle of an impressive partnership, but the break seemed to serve Bangladesh – without the injured Shakib Al Hasan – well, as it came out with renewed vigour.READ: Indian women to tour Australia for ‘A’ series in DecemberSet a revised target of 210, Bangladesh stepped up the tempo with the bat – Soumya Sarkar (66) and Mosaddek Hossain (52 n.o.) both hitting half-centuries - as the side reached its target with seven balls and five wickets remaining.Put into bat, West Indies looked set to be heading for a high total before rain stopped play 20 overs into proceedings, Hope and Ambris having shared a century opening stand.The Windies came back after a lengthy delay at 131-0, but lost Hope when he picked out Mosaddek off Mehidy Hasan’s bowling.ALSO READ: Relevance of Duleep Trophy, Irani discussed in BCCI conclaveWest Indies finished up on 152-1, but Bangladesh's target was upped based on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.Sarkar cruised to a half-century in 27 balls before succumbing to Raymon Reifer on 66, having hit nine fours and three sixes during his stint at the crease.Sabbir Rahman's two-ball duck put the Windies in the ascendancy, but a measured 36 from Mushfiqur Rahim put Bangladesh back in contention.Mosaddek took full advantage, smashing five sixes as he raced to 52 from just 24 balls before Mahmudullah hit a precise cover drive for four to secure a historic victory ahead of the Cricket World Cup. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address. Dugout videos