Bangladesh team is currently on the tour of West Indies. After the Test series was drawn 1-1 between the two teams, now the 3-match ODI series has started. Its first match was played on Sunday 8 December on the grounds of St. Kitts. West Indies team won this match by 5 wickets. Sherfan Rutherford was the biggest hero of this victory. On the basis of his century, the West Indies team chased the record and managed to end the 11-match losing streak against Bangladesh. With this, West Indies has taken a 1-0 lead in the series.

Rutherford scored a century in the record chase

Batting first on the ground of St. Kitts, Bangladesh team had set a target of 295 runs. Till date, no team had been able to chase such a big score at this venue. Sherfan Rutherford scored 113 runs in just 80 balls at a strike rate of 140 and made the match one-sided. During this, he hit 7 fours and 8 sixes. Thanks to his innings, West Indies chased the highest score of this ground with 14 balls remaining. Not only this, West Indies tasted victory after losing 11 consecutive matches to Bangladesh in ODIs. Rutherford was also chosen Player of the Match for this tremendous performance.

This is how the team won

The target of 295 runs could never be chased at St. Kint's ground. While chasing, West Indies also lost 3 wickets at the score of 94 runs. After this Rutherford came to bat at number 5. First he made an important partnership of 99 runs with Shay Hope. But Captain Hope was out on the score of 193 after scoring 86 runs in 88 balls. Even after this, Rutherford remained at the crease.

Together with Justin Greaves, he once again added 95 runs for the 5th wicket. During this, he hit a lot of fours and sixes, due to which the momentum shifted towards West Indies. However, he was out on the score of 288 but by then the match was in the hands of West Indies. Now he had to score only 7 runs in 20 balls, which the rest of the batsmen achieved easily.