Tigers begin West Indies tour with first Test today

Bangladesh will start their West Indies tour with the first of the two-match Test series, starting today at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

The match will be telecast live on T Sports from 8:00 pm (Bangladesh time).

Bangladesh come into the series on the back of consecutive Test series hammerings suffered at the hands of India and South Africa. Recent red-ball records in the Caribbeans don't make things easier as the Tigers were thrashed in their last six matches.

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HIGHLIGHTS

*In 20 encounters, Bangladesh have four Test wins against the West Indies' 14, with two matches ending in a draw.

*The Tigers won two away from home – a 2-0 sweep in 2009 -and clinched as many at home.

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*It has been a constant slump for Bangladesh in the Caribbeans since the 2009 triumph as they lost six matches across three separate visits. Those were hammering defeats as it included two 10-wicket losses, as many thrashings by 200-plus runs, and an innings defeat. In 2018, the Tigers were bundled out for 43 – their lowest-ever total in the format.

*Nine members of the Bangladesh squad haven't played in the West Indies.

*No Bangladesh batter has struck a century in the West Indies since Mushfiqur Rahim's 116 in Kingstown in 2014. Mushfiqur, however, is unavailable for the series due to injury.