Desk Report
Published: 23 Jun 2022, 05:33 pm
Bangladesh Team during home Test series against Sri Lanka in 2022 || Photo: Collected
After
losing the first Test by seven wickets, Bangladesh aims to bounce back strongly
in the second Test against the West Indies at Daren Sammy National Cricket
Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia on Friday.
Batters
failed to impress Antigua when they suffered six ducks in the first innings of
the match, and they also couldn't come back in the second innings.
Shakib
Al Hasan, the newly-appointed captain of the Bangladesh Test team, hit a fifty
in each innings, but the other batters failed to accompany him.
After
the first match, Shakib said that the batters should come up to end their
continued Test debacle.
Kemar
Roach, the premium pacer of the hosts, has taken five wickets in the second
innings of Bangladesh in the first match. The Tigers need to do well against
him in order to bring a positive result.
The
Tigers might bring some changes in the second match. Mominul Haque, the
left-handed batter, has been failing to do well for a long time. In his last 10
innings, he suffered four ducks and failed to reach even a single two-digit
total.
The
former captain of Bangladesh might lose his place in the second match. If the
team management gives him another chance to go, Najmul Hossain Shanto might
have to pave the way for Anamul Haque Bijoy who has been added to the squad for
the second Test. Shanto has also been
going through a bad patch for a long time. Despite having some good starts to
the innings, he has been failing to convert those innings to the big totals.
Along
with Anamul, Shoriful Islam, the left-arm pacer, might get a chance in the
second Test. The pacer was part of Bangladesh's limited-overs teams. But he is
now added to the Test squad as well.
In
the first match, Bangladesh fielded three pacers— Mustafiuzr Rahman, Khaled
Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain. To pave a way for Shorfiul, the team management may
rest Ebadot who bagged two wickets in the first match.
This
series is a part of the ICC World Test Championship. Bangladesh has only one
win in this event which came against New Zealand earlier this year.
After
the two-match Test series, both teams will lock the horns in a three-match ODI
and three-match T20I series.
Bangladesh
Test squad:
Tamim
Iqbal, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al
Hasan (c), Litton Das, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mehidy Hasan, Ebadot Hossain, Khaled
Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Taijul Islam, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Anamul
Haque and Shoriful Islam
West
Indies Test squad:
Kraigg
Brathwaite (c), John Campbell, Nkrumah Bonner, Raymon Reifer, Jermaine
Blackwood, Kyle Mayers, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach,
Gudakesh Motie, Jayden Seales, Anderson Phillip and Devon Thomas