Bangladesh will play West Indies in the opening Test of the West Indies tour of Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka, with the match commencing at 09:30 AM IST on 28 October.
Bangladesh’s recent form in limited‑overs cricket has been mixed: they lost to Afghanistan by 7 wickets (with 87 balls remaining) on 21 October in the UAE ODI Tri‑Series, were defeated by Zimbabwe by 99 runs on 17 October, and drew with Afghanistan on 9 October in a two‑day match.
West Indies have had a varied run of results in the past week: a draw against the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI on 22 October, a no‑result against India on 17 October, a win by 24 runs over India on 14 October, a loss by 14 runs to India on 11 October, and a win by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) over India on 9 October.
There have been no previous Test encounters between Bangladesh and West Indies.
Players to watch include Bangladesh Cricket Board XI’s Kalam Siddiki (135 runs), Jishan Alam (86 runs) and Md Hossain (4 wickets); West Indies’ Kevin Wickham (67 runs), Kavem Hodge (2 wickets) and Joshua Bishop (2 wickets).
