Bangladesh beat West Indies by 18 runs in the third and last ODI match at Basseterre in St. Kitts and clinched the three match ODI series by 2-1. Bangladesh after winning the toss, opted to bat first and scored 301/6 in 50 overs with the help of Tamim Iqbal's 103 and Mahmudullah's 67* and in the second innings restricted the hosts to 283/6. For West Indies, Chris Gayle, Shai Hope and Rovman Powell scored fifties but their contributions weren't enough to get their team across the line. Tamim Iqbal was named Man of the Match as well as Man of the Series for his two hundreds in this series.
All the major stats and facts from the third ODI match between West Indies and Bangladesh in St. Kitts :
1 - Bangladesh's 2-1 series win over West Indies is their first ODI series win outside Asia since 2009. The previous ODI series win came in Zimbabwe in 2009 where they beat the hosts by 4-1 in the 5 match ODI series.
11 - Tamim Iqbal scored his 11th ODI hundred and he is the only Bangladeshi batsman to score more than 10 hundreds in ODI cricket.
15 - West Indies have gone winless in the last 15 ODI series/tournament. Their last ODI series win came against Bangladesh at home in August 2014.
287 - Runs scored by Tamim Iqbal in this series - only the fourth visiting batsman to score more than 275 runs in a 3 match ODI series.
Most runs by a visiting batsman in 3 match ODI series -
Martin Guptill (NZ) - 330 vs ENG, 2013
Shane Watson (AUS) - 294 vs BAN, 2011
TAMIM IQBAL (BAN) - 287 vs WI, 2018
Sir Viv Richards (WI) - 276 vs ENG, 1984
Roshan Mahanama (SL) - 267 vs ZIM, 1994
287 - Tamim Iqbal's 287 runs in this series are also third most by a Bangladeshi player in a bilateral ODI series.
Most runs for Bangladesh in a bilateral ODI series -
Tamim Iqbal - 312 vs PAK, 2015
Tamim Iqbal - 300 vs ZIM, 2009
Tamim Iqbal - 287 vs WI, 2018
Shahriar Nafees - 274 vs ZIM, 2006
Shahriar Nafees - 248 vs ZIM, 2006
301/6 - Bangladesh's total of 301/6 is their highest total against West Indies in ODIs. The previous highest total was 292/6 at Khulna in 2012.
385 - Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan added 385 runs in this series as a pair - the most runs added by a pair in a 3 match ODI series. They broke the record of Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock's 372 runs against Bangladesh in 2017.