After winning the last four bilateral series against West Indies, Bangladesh's proud streak finally came to an end when

they tasted a seven-wicket defeat in the second game today at Warner Park in

Basseterre, St Kitts.

Bangladesh in fact won the last two series by 3-0 at home and away but they

are now on the brink of suffering the same result after West Indies took

unassailable 2-0 lead.

The Tigers, as it was adorably called by the crazy fans, lost the first matcby five wickets, which snapped their 11-match winning streak.

Veteran Mahmudullah Riyad came up as the saviour of Bangladesh as he stroked

a valiant 62 to steer the side to 227 all out from shaky start. But that was

not enough to seal a deal against a side, full of power hitter. West Indies

overhauled the target with 79 balls to spare, reaching 230-3.

Sherfane Rutherford, the centurion of the previous match, sealed the deal

with a towering six as West Indies won its first bilateral ODI series against

Bangladesh since 2014.

Opener Brandon King was the instrumental in the victory, smashing a 76 ball-

82, an innings laced with eight fours and three sixes.

A one-sided victory was evident when Brandon King and Evin Lewis combined for

a 109-run opening partnership. The partnership looked unscathed thoroughly

until Lewis got hurt by a delivery of fast bowler Nahid Rana.

He needed medical treatment to get him okay but that caused a mental

distraction. Even though he responded with six off Rana after recovering from

the pain, soon after Rishad Hossain dismissed him with a return catch.

Lewis was just one run short of a 12th half-century as he struck 49 off 62

with two fours and four sixes.

Before his dismissal, King raised his seventh half-century off 54 balls,

sweeping Rishad Hossain powerfully four a boundary through backward square.

King, then got the support from Keacy Carty as they added 66 runs before

Nahid Rana cleaned bowled him. Afif Hossain then took the wicket of Carty for

45 before Rutherford and captain Shai Hope confirmed an emphatic victory.

After being asked to bat first, Bangladesh were reduced to 115-7 and in

danger to be all out before crossing 150-run mark. Mahmudullah and Tanzim

Hasan Sakib, who made 45, put on a record 92-run for the eighth wicket to

give the bowlers something to defend.

They broke the previous record, an 84-run partnership in this stand by

Mohammad Mithun and Saifuddin against New Zealand in 2019.

Opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim hit 33 ball-46 with four fours and two sixes

following his run-a-ball-62 in the first ODI. He made a blazing start once

again but Soumya Sarkar (2), Liton Das (4) and stand-in captain Mehidy Hasan

Miraz (1) all fell to a superb disciplined Jayden Seals for single digit

figure.

Their early dismissal left Bangladesh to 54-3 in 9.5 overs and when Justin

Greaves took the wicket of Tanzid, the Tigers were down to 64-4.

Afif Hossain and Mahmudullah then shared 36 runs before Afif were removed by

left-arm spinner GudaKesh Moti for 24. In his next over Moti dismissed Jaker

Ali Anik for 3 to end with 2-36.

Debutant Marquino Mindley then got the better of Rishad Hossain for duck for

his maiden ODI wicket.

Mahmudullah resisted with the ably support from Tanzim as the duo frustrated

the West Indies bowlers for a long period of time by batting with caution and

aggression.

Mahmudullah, who made 50 not out in the first ODI, brought up his second

successive and overall 31st fifty off 84 runs with a single off Roston Chase.

But Tanzim missed to what could have been his maiden half-century as off

spinner Roston Chase removed him with return catch to break the partnership.

Tanzim's 62 ball-knock was studded by four fours and two sixes.

Fast bowler Seals then came back in his second spell to get rid of

Mahmudullah who hammered two fours and four sixes in 92 balls. Seal

eventually finished with his career-best 4-22.

Shoriful Islam then played a blinder to make 15 off eight before Romario

Shepherd dismissed him to wrap up Bangladesh innings.

The third and final ODI is on Thursday.