Sports Correspondent: Shakib Al Hasan will remember his return to international cricket following an ICC imposed ban for one year. After taking 4 wickets for only 8 runs, he played an innings of 19 runs with the bat and ensured an easy victory for Bangladesh. The best bowling figure against ever by Shakib against WI helps a lot to bundle out the visitors for 122 runs in 32.2 overs.
Bangladesh openers Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das got off to a great start by scoring 123 runs. Bangladesh made 39 runs in 10 overs of power play without losing any wicket.
Tamim was stumped for 44 playing 69 balls. Mushfiqur Rahim (19) and Mahmudullah Riyad (9) remained unbeaten to guide the side to the victory in 33.5 overs.
Earlier, Tamim Iqbal decided to field after winning the toss.
Brief Score:
West Indies: 122/10 (over 32.2) (Kyle Myers 40, Rowman Powell 28, Jason Mohammad 17, Shakib 4/8, Hasan Mahmud 3/28. Mustafizur Rahman 2/20)
Bangladesh: 125/4 (33.5 overs) (Tamim 44, Liton 14, Shakib 19, Mushfiqur 19 *, Mahmudullah 9 *; Akil 3/26).
Bangladesh leads theseries 1-0
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