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Bangladesh, bowled out for 205 after taking first strike in the day-night match, hit back to dismiss the leading non-Test nation for 178 in 45 overs at the packed Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
Former captain Mohammad Ashraful, who scored just one run, turned an unlikely hero with the ball by claiming two top-order wickets with his part-time off-spin.
Skipper Shakib Al Hasan also picked up two wickets with left-arm spin before seamer Shafiul Islam polished off the tail in quick time with 4-21 from eight overs.
Bangladesh, who had lost their first match to India last week, lapped up the pressure in a game they had to win to stay in contention for the quarter-finals from Group B.
But the co-hosts, who play all their league matches at home, must still beat the Netherlands and at least one of the established teams among England, South Africa and the West Indies.
The win helped Bangladesh avenge two successive defeats by Ireland in major events, having lost during the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean and again in the 2009 World Twenty20 in England.
Shakib turned to spin after just one over from Shafiul, bringing on left-armer Abdul Razzak in the second over and off-spinner Naeem Islam in the third.
The move paid immediate dividends as Paul Stirling was stumped off Razzak for nine, before Irish captain William Porterfield fell to Shakib’s first delivery for 20.
Ed Joyce and Niall O’Brien carried the score from 36-2 to 75 when Ashraful struck with the first delivery of his second spell.
Joyce, the former England batsman, made a fluent 16 when he was beaten in the air by a flighted ball and gave a delighted Ashraful an easy return catch.
Ashraful then bowled Andrew White for 10, while Shakib claimed his second wicket when Niall O’Brien fell to a diving catch by Tamim Iqbal at deep mid-wicket after making 38.
Kevin O’Brien slammed three fours and a six in 37 during a sixth-wicket stand of 41 with Andre Botha when he pulled Shafiul to mid-wicket to reduce Ireland to 151-6 in the 37th over.
Shafiul, who had recovered in time from a shoulder injury to play the key match, claimed three of the last four wickets to send Ireland crashing.
Earlier, seamer Andre Botha picked up three wickets and George Dockrell and Trent Johnston claimed two each to bowl out the hosts in 49.2 overs.
The hosts made a blistering start, racing to 49 without loss by the end of the fifth over, 37 of those runs coming from the blade of Tamim.
But the advantage was soon lost as four wickets fell for 33 runs in the next 10 overs.
Man of the match Tamim, who top-scored with 70 against India, began by taking 10 runs in Boyd Rankin’s opening over and stroked seven boundaries in his 44 off 43 balls.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Raqibul Hasan lifted the hosts with a 61-run stand for the fifth wicket, before tailender Naeem Islam boosted the total with a defiant 29 towards the end.
Bangladesh:
Tamim Iqbal c Porterfield b Botha 44
Imrul Kayes st N. O’Brien b Mooney 12
Junaid Siddique run out 3
Mushfiqur Rahim c White b Dockrell 36
Shakib Al Hasan c and b Botha 16
Raqibul Hasan run out 38
Mohammad Ashraful c White b Dockrell 1
Naeem Islam c Dockrell b Johnston 29
Shafiul Islam lbw b Botha 2
Abdur Razzak b Johnston 11
Rubel Hossain not out 2
Extras: (b2, w8, nb1) 11
Total: (all out, 49.2 overs) 205
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Kayes), 2-61 (Siddique), 3-68 (Tamim), 4-86 (Shakib), 5-147 (Rahim), 6-151 (Ashraful), 7-159 (Raqibul), 8-170 (Shafiul), 9-193 (Razzak), 10-205 (Naeem).Bowling: Rankin 9-0-62-0 (w6), Johnston 8.2-0-40-2 (nb1), Mooney 7-0-25-1 (w1), Botha 9-1-32-3 (w1), Dockrell 10-2-23-2, Stirling 4-0-13-0, K. O’Brien 2-0-8-0 Ireland:
W. Porterfield c Raqibul b Shakib 20
P. Stirling st Rahim b Razzak 9
E. Joyce c and b Ashraful 16
N. O’Brien c Tamim b Shakib 38
A. White b Ashraful 10
K. O’Brien c sub (Shuvo) b Shafiul 37
A. Botha b Shafiul 22
J. Mooney b Naeem 0
T. Johnston lbw b Shafiul 6
G. Dockrell not out 4
B. Rankin c Siddique b Shafiul 3
Extras: (lb9, w4) 13
Total (all out, 45 overs) 178
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Stirling), 2-36 (Porterfield), 3-75 (Joyce), 4-93 (White), 5-110 (N. O’Brien), 6-151 (K. O’Brien), 7-164 (Mooney), 8-168 (Botha), 9-171 (Johnston), 10-178 (Rankin).
Bowling: Shafiul 8-1-21-4 (w2), Razzak 8-0-30-1, Naeem 9-1-36-1, Shakib 8-0-28-2 (w1), Ashraful 9-0-42-2 (w1), Rubel 3-0-12-0
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