Rahim leads Bangladesh to win over West Indies

DHAKA, (Reuters)- Mushfiqur Rahim led Bangladesh from  the front with 41 not out as the home side ended their 12-match  losing streak in Twenty20 internationals with a three-wicket win  over West Indies today.
Rahim, playing his first game as captain since replacing  Shakib Al Hasan, hit a six off paceman Ravi Rampaul in the  penultimate delivery of the last over, taking Bangladesh to  135-7 after they had restricted West Indies to 132-8.
The hosts had been set for a cliffhanger finish with 20 runs  needed in the final two overs on a sluggish Mirpur wicket, but  Rahim and Nasir Hossain took 14 runs in the penultimate over to  bring the equation down to six runs in six balls.
Rampaul conceded only two runs in his first four balls  before Rahim’s huge six over mid-wicket made the home crowd  scream with  joy.
The defeat was hard for Marlon Samuels, who scored 58 off 42  balls with two fours and four sixes to give West Indies some  respectability before celebrating his return to international  cricket as a bowler with 2-14.