Tigers bowl first in 3rd ODI, make just one change. Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal won the toss for the third and tour-ending ODI match and as expectedly asked West Indies to bat first on slow and turning Providence Stadium in Guyana today. The Tigers made just one change for the game which turned out be dead rubber after the visitors took an unassailable 2-0. They in fact bolstered their spin department, brining in left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, in the place of pacer Shoriful Islam. Spinners so far delivered Bangladesh last two victories with offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed providing the impetus.
Tigers bowl first in 3rd ODI, make just one change
After confirming the series, captain Tamim Iqbal wanted to test the bench
strength and hinted at sweeping changes to squad but that was not indeed
materialized. Just before the match, coach Russell Domingo dismissed the
notion, saying that Bangladesh won’t make many changes despite confirming
series.
Domingo’s statement however finally proved to be right.
Tamim in fact wanted to test bench strength since the series was not the
part of the ICC ODI Super League and hence there was no value for the points.
“We’ll bowl first again. The reason is simple – it’s difficult to bat
first here and it gets a little bit easier later. You can’t judge any player
on this surface. We are still going with a full-strength team. We are
bringing in another spinner,” Tamim said after winning toss.
Wednesday’s victory in the second game not only sealed the three-
match ODI series but also extended Bangladesh’s winning streak against West
Indies to 10 straight matches.
Also it was Bangladesh’s fifth consecutive bilateral ODI series win –
having beaten Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and South Africa before this
series win. The series victory was Bangladesh’s fourth straight against the
Caribbean side. Now it is their chance to whitewash West Indies for the third
time.
West Indies, in a bid to avoid clean sweep, made one change with Keacy
Carty replacing Kyle Mayers.
“Today’s a new day, a new opportunity for us. As a young team, we are up
for the challenge. We’ll try to dig deeper. As a team, we got to accept the
challenges and try to change the odds. One change – Kyle Mayers is out, Keacy
Carty is in,” West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran said.
Line Ups:
Bangladesh : Tamim Iqbal(c), Liton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto,
Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan(w), Mehidy Hasan, Mosaddek
Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
West Indies: Shai Hope(w), Brandon King, Shamarh Brooks, Keacy Carty,
Nicholas Pooran(c), Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Akeal
Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph