West Indies players celebrating as they manage to send Bangladesh Captain Mushfiqur Rahim back to the pavilion at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday. Dejected Naeem Islam (In front) is seen after Mushfiqur’s fall. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
Visiting West Indies beat Bangladesh by 77 runs in the first Test of two match Test series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.
Bangladesh were all out at 167 as they were chasing the target of 245 in the last day of the match.
WI pacer Tino Best took five wickets in the innings while debutant spinner Veerasammy Permaul took three and Ravi Rampaul took two.
Mahmudullah scored highest 29 runs off 83 balls with two boundaries and a six in Bangladesh’s second innings.
WI batsman Kieran Powell was adjudged man of the match for his century knocks in both innings of the match.
The second Test match will start from November 21 at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna.
First Test Squad:
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees, Junaid Siddique, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (Captain), Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Sohag Gazi, Shahadat Hossain, Nasir Hossain and Rubel Hossain.
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Kieran Powell, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy (Captain), Veerasammy Permaul, Sunil Narine, Tino Best and Ravi Rampaul.
Source: The Daily Star
