(REUTERS) – Off-spinner Sohag Gazi made a memorable one-day debut to help Bangladesh crush West Indies by seven wickets with 58 balls to spare in the opening game of the five-match series in Khulna yesterday. Gazi claimed four wickets for 29 runs as he and spin colleague Abdur Razzak (3-39) ran through the West Indies batting order which failed to justify their decision to bat first and folded for 199 runs in 46.5 overs.
Opener Tamim Iqbal (58) scored his fifth consecutive one-day half-century, while top order batsmen Anamul Haq (41) and Naeem Islam (50 not out) also contributed as Bangladesh lost three wickets before comfortably overwhelming the target to go 1-0 up in the series.
Tamim set the tone for a successful chase with an 88-run opening stand with Anamul, one of the four debutants Bangladesh fielded in the game.
Tamim’s 58 came off 51 balls with eight fours and two sixes before Sunil Narine had him caught by Kieran Pollard at backward point.
Anamul survived some anxious moments before growing in confidence but fell short of his maiden half-century.
Naeem Islam added 45 runs with birthday boy Nasir Hossain (28) for third wicket to slam the door on West Indies.
Earlier, the visitors got off to a positive start with the openers raising 48 runs but once Mashrafe Mortaza trapped Lendl Simmons (13) lbw, West Indies batting order simply came unstuck.
Gazi delighted the packed holiday crowd at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium by removing the dangerous Chris Gayle (35) with his second ball with Tamim leaping high on long on boundary to take a spectacular catch.
Gazi, who took nine wickets in his Test debut earlier this month, struck another crucial blow when he removed Marlon Samuels for a duck in his next over before left-arm spinner Razzak joined the party.
To make it worse for the visitors, Darren Bravo (35) got run-out as Bangladesh took control of the match.
Down the order, Sunil Narine (36) and Ravi Rampaul (25) added 57 runs for the ninth wicket to give the West Indies innings some respectability but it was not enough in the end.
Gazi added two more wickets to his collection for an impressive figure which earned him the player-of-the-match award.
Both the teams return tomorrow for the second one-dayer at the same venue.

Scorecard

West Indies innings
L. Simmons lbw b Mortaza           13
C. Gayle c Tamim b Gazi            35
D. Bravo run-out 35
M. Samuels c Mahmudullah b Gazi      0
K. Pollard c Mortaza b Razzak 15
D. Thomas c Razzak b Gazi 16
D. Sammy c Naeem b Mahmudullah     10
A. Russell b Razzak                 0
S. Narine lbw b Gazi               36
R. Rampaul c Rahim b Razzak 25
K. Roach not out                    3
Extras: (lb-1, w-10)                 11
Total: (all out; 46.5 overs)      199
Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-48, 3-50, 4-100, 5-102, 6-128, 7-130, 8-133, 9-190.
Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 9-2-39-1, Abul Hasan 8-0-45-0-(w-1), Sohag Gazi 9.5-2 29-4 (w-2), Abdur Razzak 10-1-39-3 (w-1), Naeem Islam 1-0-17-0, Mahmudullah 9-0-29-1 (w-2).
BANGLADESH innings
Tamim Iqbal c Pollard b Narine     58
Anamul Haque c & b Sammy             41
Naeem Islam not out                50
Nasir Hossain c Pollard b Russell  28
Mushfiqur Rahim                    16
Extras: (lb-2, w-5, nb-1)              8
Total: (three wickets, 40.2 overs) 201
Fall of wickets: 1-88, 2-112, 3-157.
Bowling: M. Samuels 3-0-14-0 (w-2), R. Rampaul 7.2-0-41-0, K. Roach 7-0-48-0(w-1), S. Narine 8-1-39-1 (nb-1), D. Sammy 8-0-29-1, Andre Russell 7-0-28-1( w-2)  
Bangladesh won by seven wickets and lead the series 1-0
Man-of-the-match: Sohag Gazi