Bangladesh beats West Indies 2-1 in ODI series

After a devastating Test series, Bangladesh cricket team has successfully finished the three-match ODI series with 2-1 margin. Winning the final ODI match by 18 runs, the visitors have clinched the ODI series.

Bangladeshi left-handed opening batsman Tamim Iqbal played a 124-ball 103 runs innings in which he struck seven fours and two sixes. It was his second ODI hundred in this series and 11^th in the career. Middle-order batsman Mahmudullah Riyad played an unbeaten innings of 67 runs from 49 balls. It seemed Shakib Al Hasan is enjoying batting at number three. The left-arm all-rounder scored 37 runs from 44 balls. Skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza scored 36 off 25 balls, which helped his side cross 300-mark. However, Bangladesh put on 301 runs losing 6 six wickets. 

Jason Holder and Ashley Nurse took two wickets apiece for their team while Sheldon Cottrell and Devendra Bishoo took two wickets equally.

Coming to chase Bangladesh’s 302-run target, Caribbean openers scored 283 runs for six in their stipulated overs. Chris Gayle, Shai Hope and Rovman Powell scored 73, 64 and 74 runs correspondingly. They were leading their team to victory, but failed to do it because of the bowlers of the touring team.

Mashrafe Mortaza picked up two wickets while Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman and Rubel Hossain took one wicket each.  
Tamim Iqbal was conferred both the Man of the Match and the Man of the Series awards.

Now, they will take on each other in a three-match T20I series, starting from 31^st July St. Kitts.

Scorecard- http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18712/scorecard/1146722/west-indies-vs-bangladesh-3rd-odi-bangladesh-in-wi-and-usa-2018/

Source- http://en.prothomalo.com/sports/news/180624/Tamim-leads-Tigers-to-ODI-series-win

BCB announces 15-man T20I squad against West Indies

The three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and West Indies has just come to an end, with the visitors winning the series 2-1 against West Indies. Now, both teams will take on each other in a three-match T20I series starting from August 1, 2018 in St. Kitts before traveling to the USA and Lauderhill in Florida to play the second and third T20I matches. For this upcoming series, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a 15-man squad.

The notable inclusion of this squad is the left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman. This is the only change to the squad which was whitewashed 3-0 by Afghanistan in June. The fast-bowler, who sustained a toe injury while playing in the last edition of the IPL for Mumbai Indians, could not make his place in the squad that played against Afghanistan and was also ruled out of the Test squad against West Indies for not being fully fit. Abul Hasan, who replaced the injured Mustafizur in the squad for the Afghanistan series, has been dropped. 

T20I Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (C), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Haider, Abu Jayed, Ariful Haque.

Schedule of the West Indies tour of Bangladesh 2018

The West Indies cricket team will tour Bangladesh to play a full-fledged series later this year. This bilateral series consists of two Tests, three ODIs and as many T20Is. It will be the hosts’ first full series against the Caribbean cricket team on their home ground since 2012. This series will be organized in three cities- Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet. 

The West Indies cricket team is expected to visit Bangladesh on November 15 and will travel to Chattogram on the same day. Here, in the port city, the visitors will play a two-day practice match against BCB XI at MA Aziz Stadium on November 18-19 that will be followed by the first Test to be held at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium from November 22-26. The second Test will take place at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Dhaka from November 30 to December 4.

Before the start of the ODI series, both teams will play one-off ODI warm-up match. However, it is not yet sure if the match will be palyed either at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah or at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan (BKSP) in Savar on December 6. Among three ODI matches, first two will be played at SBNCS on December 9 and 11 respectively while the 3^rd one-day international match will be organized at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS) on December 14.

After the end of the ODI series, both of them will face each other to play the 1^st T20I match of the three-match T20I series at SICS on December 17. The remaining two T20Is will be played at SBNCS on December 20 and 22 correspondingly.

Date		Teams	Time	Venue
November 18-19, 2018	Two-Day Warm-up Match	BCB XI vs West Indies	NA	MA Aziz Stadium
November 22-26, 2018	1st Test Match	Bangladesh vs West Indies	NA	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
November 30- December 4, 2018	2nd Test Match	Bangladesh vs West Indies	NA	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
December 6, 2018	One-Day Warm-up Match	BCB XI vs West Indies	NA	Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium/ BKSP
December 9, 2018	1st ODI Match	Bangladesh vs West Indies	NA	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
December 11, 2018	2nd ODI Match	Bangladesh vs West Indies	NA	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
December 14, 2018	3rd ODI Match	Bangladesh vs West Indies	NA	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
December 17, 2018	1st T20I	Bangladesh vs West Indies	NA	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
December 20, 2018	2nd T20I	Bangladesh vs West Indies	NA	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
December 22, 2018	3rd T20I	Bangladesh vs West Indies	NA	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

Sources-

http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/159516

http://www.unb.com.bd/sports-news/Bangladesh-to-host-West-Indies-for-full-fledged-series-from-Nov/76257