West Indies restrict Bangladesh to 143/9 in 1st T20I
Aug.1 (CRICKETNMORE) - West Indies bowlers did a good job to restrict Bangladesh to 143/9 in the first T20I at Basseterre.
Put into bat first, Bangladesh lost both the openers early but useful contributions by middle order helped them to reach 143. Mahmudullah (35) remained the top scorer for the visitors.
Kesrick Williams took 4 wickets for West Indies.
Playing XIs:
Windies: Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Carlos Brathwaite (captain), Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Samuel Badree, Keemo Paul, Kesrick Williams
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mahmudullah Riyad, Ariful Haque, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Nazmul Islam Apu, Rubel Hossain