Bangladeshi Tigers win their first a multinational One Day International (ODI) series beating West Indies by five wickets on Friday at Malahide in Dublin.

Bangladesh got the victory chasing a huge target of 210 runs from 24 overs in a rain interrupted final game.

Openers Shai Hope and Sunil Ambris both made fifties as the Windies reached 152-1 from 24 overs before rain intervened.

That left Bangladesh with a tricky total of 210 to win from 24 overs on DLS method when play resumed.

Bangladesh, who open their World Cup campaign against South Africa at The Oval on June 2, ended the series with four wins from as many completed matches, beating Ireland once and the West Indies three times.

West Indies scored 152 while batting first after losing the toss.

Rain forced the game to be stopped at 20.1 overs when the Caribbean side were at 131 without losing any wicket.

The only wicket was taken by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, thanks to a great catch by Mosaddek Hossain.

Bangladesh was need to score at 8.75 runs per over.

Brief scores:

West Indies 152-1 in 24 overs (Shai Hope 74, Sunil Ambris 69 not out) v Bangladesh 213-5 in 22.5 overs (Soumya Sarkar 66, Mosaddek Hossain 52 not out)

Bangladesh win by five wickets (DLS method)