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Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd ODI

Starts at 11:00 IST, Jan 22 (05:30 GMT)
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Bangladesh couldn't have made a better return to international cricket on Wednesday

(January 20) when they romped home to a comfortable six-wicket win. More than the victory,
the hosts would have also been pleased with the performance of their star allrounder Shakib
Al Hasan, who enjoyed a fruitful outing in his comeback game following the ban. Shakib
spun a web around the inexperienced West Indies lineup and ended up with stunning figures
of 4/8.

Shakib did look scratchy with the bat making only 19 off 43 balls in the small chase but the
team management would be unperturbed by that. Debutant Hasan Mahmud picked up three
wickets while skipper Tamim Iqbal scored a vital 44 in the chase to kickstart his captaincy
regime with a win. With plenty of positives to take from the opening game, Bangladesh are
outright favourites to inflict more damage in less than 48 hours against a side that looked
quite lost with the bat.

Can the West Indies be blamed though? With the big stars pulling out of the tour, they had to
field plenty of newbies. Among those, only a couple of them made an impression. Left-arm
spinner Akeal Hosein ended up picking three wickets making it hard for Bangladesh to chase
down 123. But the new faces in the batting order struggled.

It's never easy when four batters from the top six are making their debut away from home.
Kyle Mayers stood tall with 40 but the rest crumbled. Their skipper Jason Mohammed played
his first ODI in two and a half years and his struggles were evident as well. It wasn't the
easiest wicket to bat on but the fact that they didn't even bat 50 overs would have stung the
visitors. A win looks far-fetched and hence the immediate target for the camp will be to focus
on the batting performance and come up with a better total.

When: January 22, 2021 at 11 AM local time, 11.30 AM IST

Where: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

What to expect: The pitch was sticky in the first ODI so teams will be anticipating something
similar. Clear skies are expected.

Team News

Bangladesh: The hosts won't be keen on changing a winning combination. While they
handed out a debut to Hasan Mahmud, the other two uncapped players may have to wait a
little longer until the series is wrapped.
Predicted XI: Tamim Iqbal(c), Liton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan,
Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Rubel
Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman

West Indies: Despite the lack of runs in the opening game, the management will be keen on
sticking with the same set of players to hand them more exposure.

Predicted XI: Sunil Ambris, Joshua Da Silva(w), Andre McCarthy, Nkrumah Bonner, Jason
Mohammed(c), Rovman Powell, Kyle Mayers, Akeal Hosein, Raymon Reifer, Alzarri Joseph,
Chemar Holder

What they said

"I think we definitely need to put on a bigger score. We bowled well, so it is just to give the
bowlers something to work with. Hopefully that happens in the next match." - Debutant Akeal
Hosein stresses on the need for a bigger score.

Squads:

Bangladesh Squad: Liton Das, Tamim Iqbal(c), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan,
Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Rubel
Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad
Saifuddin, Mahedi Hasan, Afif Hossain, Shoriful Islam

West Indies Squad: Sunil Ambris, Joshua Da Silva(w), Andre McCarthy, Jason
Mohammed(c), Kyle Mayers, Nkrumah Bonner, Rovman Powell, Raymon Reifer, Alzarri
Joseph, Akeal Hosein, Chemar Holder, Jahmar Hamilton, Keon Harding, Hayden Walsh,
Kjorn Ottley

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