The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon admitted that the issue of Mahmudullah Riyad's T20I captaincy has come up in the media as the captain has been not amongst the runs but opined that changing captaincy at this moment will not bring immediate results.
With another series victory overseas, Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal took pride for this team as the Tigers whitewashed the West Indies, beating them by four wickets in the final game of the three-match series.
Ending months of speculations, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from T20Is on Sunday.
Courteous and soft-spoken -- Taijul Islam’s demeanor has never been one that gets the spotlight. But the left-armer has been one of the consistent performers for Bangladesh over the years.
Bangladesh continued their dominance over the West Indies in the three-match ODI series and once again it was the spinners who paved the way for the Tigers, with left-arm spinner Taijul Islam leading the charge.
Nicholas Pooran played a captain's knock as the the West Indies fared much better with the bat compared to the previous two matches in the series but it was Bangladesh's Taijul Islam who stole the spotlight in the dead rubber ODI at the Providence Stadium in Guyana today.
The West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran was left a disappointed figure in the middle as rookie batter Kacey Carty threw his wicket away after staging a mini-recovery for the home side in the third and final ODI in Guyana today.
Taijul Islam last played for Bangladesh in the ODIs 28 months ago and the experienced campaigner picked up a wicket in the first ball of his spell with a peach of a delivery at the Providence Stadium in Guyana today.
“We don’t have someone like Rovman Powell and that made the difference,” former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful said as he summed up the Tigers’ 35-run defeat in the second T20I against the West Indies in Dominica on Sunday.
Batting once again let Bangladesh down during their 35-run defeat against West Indies in the second of their three-match T20I series in Dominica on Sunday.
West Indies batter Rovman Powell was the big difference between the two sides in the second T20I at Dominica as he took the Bangladesh attack to the cleaners with a 28-ball 61. The Windies batter divulged on why he planned on going after Shakib Al Hasan in the 16th over.
Contrasting half-centuries by Rovman Powell and Brandon King highlighted a formidable West Indies batting effort on the way to a 35-run victory over Bangladesh in the second T20 international in Dominica on Sunday.
Losing wickets at inopportune moments once again led to Bangladesh’s downfall. Shakib Al Hasan played a lone hand, scoring a fifty and writing his name in the record books but his innings came in vain as Windies clinched the second T20I at Dominica by 35 runs. With the victory, Windies take a 1-0 lead before the third and final T20I on July 7.
Bangladesh brought in pacer Taskin Ahmed in place of spinner Nasum Ahmed but did not find enough bite in the surface as Windies batters, in particular opener Brandon King and Rovman Powell put him to the sword. Shoriful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman fared better in the end overs but Windies put on a very challenging score of 193 for five.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat in the second T20I at Dominica today.
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo expressed his frustration with the way Shakib Al Hasan got out after an excellent start in the first T20I against the West Indies in Dominica on Saturday, which was eventually abandoned due to rain.
Persistent showers spoiled the return of international cricket to Dominica as the scheduled first T20 of the three-match series between the West Indies and Bangladesh at Windsor Park was declared a no-result on Saturday.
Bangladesh cricketers had a distressing experience during their sea voyage from Saint Lucia to Dominica on Thursday.