With an aim to confirm the three-match ODI series, Bangladesh take on West Indies in the second match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city today (Tuesday), reports BSS.
The match will start at 1.30 pm and will be aired live on T-sports and Nagorik TV.
Bangladesh lead the series 1-0 following their crushing 74-run victory in the first match. Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain was instrumental in the victory in a spin-friendly surface with a record-breaking bowling that saw him grabbed 6- 35, the second bowling figure by a Bangladesh bowler, only behind Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's 6-26 against Kenya in 2006.
Rishad's figure is also the best by a Bangladeshi spinner but spin-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed urged him to stick to the process, rather being excited by getting the spin-friendly surface as he will be key
weapon for the team in the second match also.
As per overall stat, West Indies still have the edge in head-to-head battle but Bangladesh came close to level the win-loss ratio after winning 22 and losing 24 in 48 matches. The rest of the two matches were abandoned.
Bangladesh added left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed to the squad with a plan to spin out West Indies given that the pacers have little to offer in this pitch.
Nasum may get him in the playing XI today (Tuesday) at the expense of Taskin Ahmed.
Bangladesh squad: Mehidy Hassan Miraz (Captain), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Soumay Sarker, Mohammed Saif Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Jaker Ali Anik, Shamim Patwari, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hasan Mahmud and Nasum Ahmed.
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