Bangladesh will face West Indies today in the second ODI match of the three-match Dhaka Bank ODI series at the National Stadium, Saint Georges in Grenada. The match begins at 7.00 pm BST (Bangladesh Standard Time).
West Indies have a 1-0 lead as they beat Bangladesh by three wickets in the first ODI game at the same venue on August 20.
Before today’s encounter, Bangladesh met West Indies in 26 ODI matches. Of them, West Indies recorded 17 wins while Bangladesh won in seven clashes and two matches were abandoned.
It is noteworthy that Bangladesh showed better performance in the Caribbeans soil. Bangladesh faced West Indies in eight ODI matches. West Indies won five matches while Bangladesh earned three wins.
West Indies versus Bangladesh cricket is very interesting to watch because both teams are equal in strength. West Indies is little harder than Bangladesh and both teams have played many ODI matches with each other. Bangladesh are now at the number nine position, according to the ICC ranking while West Indies are now at the number eight place.
Bangladesh will play the first Test against West Indies on September 5-9 at the Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent while the second and final Test will be played on September 13-17 at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia.
Squads:
Bangladesh (from) : Mushfiqur Rahim(Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Rubel Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Nasir Hossain, Mithun Ali, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Shohag Gazi, Taskin Ahmed, Imrul Kayes and Al-Amin Hossain.
West Indies (from) : Dwayne Bravo (Captain), Darren Bravo, Kirk Edwards, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Nikita Miller, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy and Lendl Simmons.
