Habibul Bashar's men showed no mercy to the ICC associate members in a six-wicket success to confirm the Tigers' seventh ODI win in a row when they romped home with 154-4 in 29.1 overs after shooting out Scotland for 153 in 45.1 overs.

Local boy Aftab Ahmed entertained the cheering crowd most in the one-sided affair when the dashing right-hander mesmerised the Scottish attack with three massive sixes and nine boundaries during a 50-ball 66 blitzkrieg to ease the task after a cautious start from southpaw openers Shahriar Nafees (36 off 57 balls) and Mehrab Hossain (8 off 20 balls).

The match, however, gave Nafees and the country's leading paceman Mashrafee Bin Mortuza something to cheer about as the left-handed opener became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score one thousand runs in a calendar year while the "Narail Express" took exactly two wickets to overwhelm Australian paceman Nathan Bracken (45) as most the wicket taker this year with 47 scalps.

Bashar sent the opponents to bat after winning the toss and his new ball pair Mashrafee and Shahadat Hossain bowled their hearts out to justify the home captain's decision right as their hostile attack cut the Scottish top half for 58 runs inside 15 overs.

An usually aggressive Shahadat was the most successful claiming three wickets for 38 from eight overs while Mashrafee conceded 49 runs from nine overs and left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak picked up two for 16.

Ryan Watson felt the heat of the opening salvo as he was grounded after a bouncer from Mashrafee got through his helmet and the profusely bleeding batsman was immediately taken to a hospital. A CT scan detected a fracture but apparently there was no danger for the cricketer.

The visitors, however, managed to reach the three-digit mark thanks to a wagging tail with Colin Smith (30), Glenn Rogers (20) and Ross Lyons (28) showing some effort.

Surprisingly, Sakib Al Hasan was adjudged the man of the match for his all-round performance as he scored unbeaten 20 off 25 balls in addition to economic figures of 1-13 in 10 overs.

"Yes, I was surprised a bit because Rajib (Shahadat Hossain) and Mashrafee bowled very well at the start and made the game ours. For that I did not think that I would get that prize," said the young all-rounder, who got the prize for the first time in 13 ODI appearances.

The second and final ODI of the series will take place at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium tomorrow.