On Tuesday, December 10, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad for the upcoming T20I series against the West Indies National Cricket Team.
The veteran batsman Litton Das has been named as captain of the Bangladesh T20I team in the series against the West Indies National Cricket Team.
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Najmul Hossain Shanto ruled out of West Indies T20Is
The regular T20I skipper Najmul Hossain has been ruled out of the series due to a groin issue. He was also absent from the teams that were announced for the Test and ODI series against the Men In Maroon.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz was handed the leadership duty in the Test and ODI series in the absence of Najmul Hossain Shanto while the selection committee has put faith in Litton Das to lead the team nicely in the T20I series.
Talking about the major inclusions, Ripon Mondol has earned his maiden call-up to the T20I squad, while Afif Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Nasum Ahmed, and Shamim Hossain have made their comeback to the squad.
Bangladesh T20I squad for the series against West Indies:
Squad: Litton Das (Captain), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali Anik, Shamim Hossain Patwari, Sheikh Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hasan Mahmud, Ripon Mondol
Bangladesh managed to draw the Test series
The Tigers faced a massive defeat in the Test series opener against West Indies National Cricket Team as they lost by 201 runs. However, the Mehidy Hasan Miraz-led side didn’t give up and bounced back strong in the second game.
The visitors looked way better in the second Test and delivered a great performance. This helped them secure a remarkable 101-run victory and level the series 1-1.
Currently, the two teams are locking horns in a three-match ODI series and the Men In Maroon clinched a 5-wicket win in the first game.
Speaking after the defeat, Mehidy Hasan Miraz blamed the poor performance from the bowlers for the outcome and said that they would take a lot of learnings from the loss.
“[On their total] Yes we were satisfied. 294 is a very good score on this kind of pitch. Credit to them, especially Hope and Rutherford. They got a partnership on this wicket,” he said.
“It was a tough day for our bowlers. We started really well, especially Nahid and Taskin and Tanzim, they bowled really well. But after that we didn’t bowl well in the middle overs, we didn’t get wickets. It can happen, but still, the wicket was looking good, and they played well. We’ll learn from so many things. We made some mistakes. We’ll focus on how to get better in the next matches. We have two matches left, so I think we have a good chance,” he added.
After the conclusion of the ODI series, Bangladesh and West Indies will take on each other in a three-match T20I series on December 16, 18 and 20.