Match Time: 17:00 Local 11:00 GMT and 12:00 BST
Bangladesh were in high spirits and optimism with lots of people thinking after the end of 2010 that Bangladesh will get rid of the 'minnows' tag. In 2011, it was the total opposite. Bangladesh had 2 embarrassing defeats that led them to a poor run rate to be knocked out of the Cricket World Cup as well as thrashing losses to Australia and losing the ODI series and the Test series to Zimbabwe. With the best all-rounder in the world being sacked, it's up to Mushfiqur Rahim to get them back up the rankings and make them lose the 'minnows' tag.
Last outing to the West Indies was, what shall I call it... very unpleasant. Bangladesh in the CWC 2011 encounter with them were bowled out to a tragic 58. West Indies finished them off quickly and won by 9 wickets.
Bangladesh have benefited a lot from getting home-grown talent of spin bowling due to the flat, slow and turning nature of the pitches. But the West Indian pitches are beginning to have conditions like the subcontinent. And with 4 of the West Indies Twenty20 team coming from the Champions League Twenty20 with the respected team of Trinidad and Tobago, the advantage should be just with West Indies.
Bangladesh have only won 1 out of 16 Twenty20 International in history. West Indies have come back with a win to their belt from their England T20 win at the Oval 3 weeks ago. With Bangladesh pride out of stake, would they risk for big hitting or clever spin bowling?
Team Squad
Bangladesh squad (probable):
1. Tamim Iqbal 2. Imrul Kayes 3. Naeem Islam 4. Shakib Al Hasan 5. Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk) 6. Alok Kapali 7. Mahmudullah 8. Abdur Razzak 9. Shafiul Islam 10. Elias Sunny/ Nazmul Hossain 11. Rubel Hossain
West Indies squad:
1. Adrian Barath 2. Lendl Simmons 3. Darren Bravo 4. Marlon Samuels 5. Danza Hyatt 6. Denesh Ramdin (wk) 7. Andre Russell 8 Darren Sammy (capt) 9. Ravi Rampaul 10. Devendra Bishoo 11. Anthony Martin/ Kemar Roach
Team Talk:
"I believe we can win the series. West Indies are a good outfit. We have to play well to beat them."
Bangladesh Coach, Stuart Law
"Their attack is full of spinners and we have a good mix of pace and spin. It will be the spin of Bangladesh versus the pace of West Indies."
West Indies Captain, Darren Sammy
Did you know...?
This is the first Twenty20 International to be held in Bangladesh since 2006 and the first to be held in the Shere-Bangla National Stadium
Bangladesh were in high spirits and optimism with lots of people thinking after the end of 2010 that Bangladesh will get rid of the 'minnows' tag. In 2011, it was the total opposite. Bangladesh had 2 embarrassing defeats that led them to a poor run rate to be knocked out of the Cricket World Cup as well as thrashing losses to Australia and losing the ODI series and the Test series to Zimbabwe. With the best all-rounder in the world being sacked, it's up to Mushfiqur Rahim to get them back up the rankings and make them lose the 'minnows' tag.
Last outing to the West Indies was, what shall I call it... very unpleasant. Bangladesh in the CWC 2011 encounter with them were bowled out to a tragic 58. West Indies finished them off quickly and won by 9 wickets.
Bangladesh have benefited a lot from getting home-grown talent of spin bowling due to the flat, slow and turning nature of the pitches. But the West Indian pitches are beginning to have conditions like the subcontinent. And with 4 of the West Indies Twenty20 team coming from the Champions League Twenty20 with the respected team of Trinidad and Tobago, the advantage should be just with West Indies.
Bangladesh have only won 1 out of 16 Twenty20 International in history. West Indies have come back with a win to their belt from their England T20 win at the Oval 3 weeks ago. With Bangladesh pride out of stake, would they risk for big hitting or clever spin bowling?
Team Squad
Bangladesh squad (probable):
1. Tamim Iqbal 2. Imrul Kayes 3. Naeem Islam 4. Shakib Al Hasan 5. Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk) 6. Alok Kapali 7. Mahmudullah 8. Abdur Razzak 9. Shafiul Islam 10. Elias Sunny/ Nazmul Hossain 11. Rubel Hossain
West Indies squad:
1. Adrian Barath 2. Lendl Simmons 3. Darren Bravo 4. Marlon Samuels 5. Danza Hyatt 6. Denesh Ramdin (wk) 7. Andre Russell 8 Darren Sammy (capt) 9. Ravi Rampaul 10. Devendra Bishoo 11. Anthony Martin/ Kemar Roach
Team Talk:
"I believe we can win the series. West Indies are a good outfit. We have to play well to beat them."
Bangladesh Coach, Stuart Law
"Their attack is full of spinners and we have a good mix of pace and spin. It will be the spin of Bangladesh versus the pace of West Indies."
West Indies Captain, Darren Sammy
Did you know...?
This is the first Twenty20 International to be held in Bangladesh since 2006 and the first to be held in the Shere-Bangla National Stadium
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