Kyle Mayers began his Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) journey on the best possible note, and in a venue close to his heart, as the West Indies all-rounder was instrumental in Fortune Barishal defeating Sylhet Strikers by 18 runs in Chattogram yesterday.
With another series victory overseas, Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal took pride for this team as the Tigers whitewashed the West Indies, beating them by four wickets in the final game of the three-match series.
Despite a comfortable six-wicket victory over the West Indies in the first ODI, Bangladesh struggled on some occasions during the match, especially in the fielding department.
Bangladesh got off to a brilliant start in the first ODI of their three-match series against West Indies at the Providence Stadium in Guyana today.
Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat first against West Indies in the third and final T20I at the Providence Stadium in Guyana today.
Following defeat one after another across the formats, the confidence levels of the Bangladesh cricket team approach a nadir ahead of the third and final game of the T20I series against the West Indies in Guyana tonight.
Mustafizur Rahman is one of Bangladesh cricket’s chief assets in T20 cricket due to his vast experience in franchise cricket. The 35-run defeat against West Indies in the second of the three-match T20I series at Guyana has however raised questions regarding Fizz’s performance.
“We are trying, but things are not happening for us,” were the words uttered by a timid Nasum Ahmed after Bangladesh’s eight-wicket thumping at the hands of England in the 2021 World Cup in Abu Dhabi.
Following their distressing experience during a sea voyage from Saint Lucia to Dominica ahead of the first T20I, the visiting Bangladesh team today travelled from Dominica to Guyana by air to take part in the third and final match of the T20I series on July 7.
Bangladesh have played a three-day warm-up match in the West Indies without their new Test captain ahead of their two-Test series against the hosts. However, Shakib Al Hasan joined the team on the last day of the match and trained solo by batting at the nets.
Mustafizur Rahman's three-wicket was the bright spot for the visitors on day three ahead of their two-Test series against the Caribbeans as the three-day warm-up match between Bangladesh and President's XI ended as a draw at the Coolidge Cricket Ground today
With less than four days before the first Test of the two-match series between Bangladesh and West Indies, scheduled to take place in Antigua from June 16, it remains uncertain whether the Tigers fans could watch the games live on TV.
The last time Bangladesh played a Test series in West Indies, Kemar Roach hobbled away to a fifer, conceding just eight runs in Antigua, the
Bangladesh are set to embark on a month-long tour in the West Indies this month to test their skills in all three formats against the home side, once an undisputed powerhouse of the game.
The fracas in the media over Tamim Iqbal’s recent comments and those of the Bangladesh Cricket Board has exposed a pretty dismal picture of the national team environment ahead of the West Indies tour. As the team leaves for the Caribbean for the month-long tour starting with the first Test in Antigua on June 16, it is not the longest format or the players of the format that are hogging the limelight, instead it is ODI captain Tamim Iqbal’s T20I future that is the talk of the town.
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Three sixes off three successive balls, two of them hooked off bouncers delivered by a genuinely fast bowler. 15 minutes later, the score read 305 for three after 40 overs. Nine balls later, a total of 321 was chased down in just 41.3 overs.
In the end it was an easy seven-wicket victory for the Tigers against the West Indies that keeps them in contention for something significant at this World Cup after an amalgamation of improvement in every cricketing department.
Bangladesh register a comfortable seven-wicket victory with 51 balls to spare against West Indies in Taunton today.