Shakib, Tamim return, West Indies bat in first ODI
|| CF Correspondent ||
West Indies captain Rovman Powell won the toss and opted to bat first against Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series-opener at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
All of the top players of Bangladesh are back in the setup in captain Mashrafe Mortaza’s 200th ODI as the first Bangladeshi player, after they experimented with their side in the series against Zimbabwe.
Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, and Rubel Hossain came in the place of Mohammad Mithun, Nazmul Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin, Abu Hider, and Ariful Haque from their third ODI against Zimbabwe in October.
Fresh from its sweep of the Test series against West Indies, Bangladesh are aiming to translate the form into the shorter format of the cricket.
Eyeing to win their first ODI series since its victory against Bangladesh at home in 2014, West Indies made two changes to its squad which played against India.
Darren Bravo is playing his first international match in two years while spin-allrounder Roston Chase came in the side replacing Fabian Allen and regular skipper Jason Holder, who is out of the entire series with injury.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Liton Das, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain.
West Indies (Playing XI): Kieran Powell, Shai Hope (wk), Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Rovman Powell (captain), Keemo Paul, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas.
