- West Indies eye rare series win as Bangladesh seek answers Mushfiqur Rahim should be back in the Bangladesh XI as they look to level the series after going down to West Indies by eight wickets in the first Test in Dhaka The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 This is the third Test series they are playing this year.
- They drew one (against Pakistan) and won one (against Sri Lanka), both at home.
- Going into the Sylhet Test 1-0 up, West Indies would be keen to build on recent gains and making it a rare series win on the road.
West Indies eye rare series win as Bangladesh seek answers Mushfiqur Rahim should be back in the Bangladesh XI as they look to level the series after going down to West Indies by eight wickets in the first Test in Dhaka The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 This is the third Test series they are playing this year.
They drew one (against Pakistan) and won one (against Sri Lanka), both at home. Going into the Sylhet Test 1-0 up, West Indies would be keen to build on recent gains and making it a rare series win on the road. Pride was evident in head coach Daren Sammy’s voice when he spoke about West Indies outbowling Bangladesh in their conditions in the first Test in Dhaka : Jomel Warrican and ctain Roston Chase returned five-wicket hauls, while newcomer Joshua Bishop was disciplined and showed good control even though he wasn’t as successful as his seniors.
West Indies also had good performers with the bat. John Campbell and Tagenarine Chanderpaul made contrasting fifties in the first innings, though West Indies were bowled out for 245, conceding a 27-run lead. And Brandon King ‘s unbeaten 81 took them home in a short and sharp chase in the fourth innings.
West Indies will want more top- and middle-order contributions and strong partnerships in Sylhet, where fast bowling is likely to have more of a say than was the case in Dhaka. Bangladesh, meanwhile, would be desperate for more from their batters after they spurned a good start in Dhaka. Shadman Islam struck his third Test century, but only Nayeem Hasan had a decent run among the others, scoring a half-century from No.
8 in the second innings, where they scored 142 to fritter away the advantage. Bangladesh will want ctain Najmul Hossain Shanto to lead the recovery – he has two centuries in Sylhet but scored only 19 and 10 in the first Test. In a boost for Bangladesh, Mushfiqur Rahim will return after a finger injury ruled him out of the first Test.
Spin was also a concern for them in the first Test, and Shanto minced no words when placing the blame on them – Taijul Islam , Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Nayeem – for the reversal in Dhaka. Taijul, their premier spinner, has taken just five wickets in his last four Tests. Bangladesh LDLWL (last five completed matches, most recent first) West Indies WLWDW Shadman Islam reached his third Test hundred, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 1st Test, Dhaka, 2nd day, October 29, 2026 Shadman Islam has to provide a strong follow-up to his century.
The left-hand opener looked confident in the first innings in Dhaka, but couldn’t quite do the same in the second innings. Shadman is an accumulator, waiting for the bowlers’ mistakes. He has done well against West Indies in the past, handling their fast bowlers better than their spinners.
Shadman can expect a tough test in Sylhet, and has to show that he can deal with it. Jomel Warrican played a huge role in West Indies’ win in Dhaka, finishing with a match haul of 9 for 114. Warrican varied his pace masterfully in Dhaka, and West Indies will expect a similar mode of attack in Sylhet, where the bounce may favour his left-arm spin.
Coach Phil Simmons has dropped a strong hint that Taijul’s might not be in the XI for Sylhet. Mushfiqur will return and take Mominul Haque’s place in the starting XI after Mominul was ruled out of the first Test following a concussion. There could be a toss-up between Taskin Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain for the third seamer’s spot.
Bangladesh (probable) : 1 Shadman Islam, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto (ct), 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Litton Das (wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Nayeem Hasan, 9 Hasan Mahmud, 10 Taskin Ahmed/Ebadot Hossain, 11 Shoriful Islam Kemar Roach could return to the playing XI for West Indies if they believe that the Sylhet surface will be conducive to fast bowling. West Indies (probable) : 1 John Campbell, 2 Brandon King, 3 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 4 Kavem Hodge, 5 Justin Greaves, 6 Amir Jangoo (wk), 7 Roston Chase (ct), 8 Kemar Roach/Joshua Bishop, 9 Shamar Joseph, 10 Jomel Warrican, 11 Jayden Seales Mushfiqur Rahim goes through his drills, Cricket Australia XI vs Bangladesh, 2nd day, Darwin, August 7, 2026 Sylhet offers better pace and bounce than Dhaka, which could mean a better time for batters as well as fast bowlers. The weather forecast is mostly dry at this time of the year in Sylhet.
Bangladesh haven’t won a match since their Test win against Australia in Darwin in August. Phil Simmons was the West Indies head coach when they last won a Test series 2-0 – at home in 2022; he is now the Bangladesh head coach. “If I put myself in Bangladesh’s position, especially at No.
4 [on the WTC table before the Dhaka Test] in the world and seeing how the opposition played spin, I’d probably do the same thing and try to outspin [the opposition].” West Indies coach Daren Sammy on Bangladesh choosing spin over pace in the Dhaka Test “You always have to have something up your sleeve, so it will stay up the sleeve until tomorrow.” Bangladesh coach Phil Simmons when told that his opposite number is wary of his plans Mushfiqur Rahim should be back in the Bangladesh XI as they look to level the series after going down to West Indies by eight wickets in the first Test in Dhaka Jomel Warrican was on the money on the second morning, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 1st Test, Dhaka, 2nd day, October 29, 2026 No ned for help from fielders, two stumps flattened. King castled and how! Full ball shes in incessantly till it hit ground, King wanted to use the movement by flicking it through midwicket.
Head fell over and he was beaten while trying to hit it on the move. Beaten all ends up and the stumps splay Taskin Ahmed struck twice in the first hour, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Pitched up, given lbw quickly. Da Silva chats with Wickham, no review taken .
Length ball at 132ks landed outside off and angled in. Went straight and lost little pace off the pitch. Da Silva’s back foot was planted and the front foot hovered across as he looked to defend straight.
In no position to make contact and was hit in front of middle and off. Hawk-Eye says going on to smash middle. Good call not to review Taskin Ahmed was excellent in his opening spell, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Brave leave turns bad leave as trusting the bounce costs Hodge .
He left one on length two balls ago and got away. Left one on length again. 131ks, mostly seam up.
This too was on a length, may have been a touch fuller, but not all that much from what I could tell. Hodge straightened his feet to stand beside the line and the ball hit top of middle. Don’t want those as a batter.
Ball-tracking is in a little later and shows that this ball was actually shorter than the one left safely two balls ago! plants the bouncer in Wickham’s head, and gets him with a length ball. Wickham is fooled, and bowled.
Mahmud angled it in from over the wicket, while also bowling from wide of the crease. It landed on the shorter side of a length on off, and jussssst seemed to straighten. But Wickham went driving with the angle, and was beaten on the outside edge.
The off stump was floored. But it was a great rescue act from the debutant, who looked assured all day Hasan Mahmud took the only wicket to fall in the middle session, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Kevin Wickham made 61 in his first Test innings, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Amir Jangoo brought up his hundred with a six, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Amir Jangoo walks off the field with a century to his name, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Taskin Ahmed struck twice in the first hour, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Taskin Ahmed was excellent in his opening spell, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 No ned for help from fielders, two stumps flattened. King castled and how!
Full ball shes in incessantly till it hit ground, King wanted to use the movement by flicking it through midwicket. Head fell over and he was beaten while trying to hit it on the move. Beaten all ends up and the stumps splay Pitched up, given lbw quickly.
Da Silva chats with Wickham, no review taken . Length ball at 132ks landed outside off and angled in. Went straight and lost little pace off the pitch.
Da Silva’s back foot was planted and the front foot hovered across as he looked to defend straight. In no position to make contact and was hit in front of middle and off. Hawk-Eye says going on to smash middle.
Good call not to review Hasan Mahmud took the only wicket to fall in the middle session, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Brave leave turns bad leave as trusting the bounce costs Hodge . He left one on length two balls ago and got away. Left one on length again.
131ks, mostly seam up. This too was on a length, may have been a touch fuller, but not all that much from what I could tell. Hodge straightened his feet to stand beside the line and the ball hit top of middle.
Don’t want those as a batter. Ball-tracking is in a little later and shows that this ball was actually shorter than the one left safely two balls ago! plants the bouncer in Wickham’s head, and gets him with a length ball.
Wickham is fooled, and bowled. Mahmud angled it in from over the wicket, while also bowling from wide of the crease. It landed on the shorter side of a length on off, and jussssst seemed to straighten.
But Wickham went driving with the angle, and was beaten on the outside edge. The off stump was floored. But it was a great rescue act from the debutant, who looked assured all day Amir Jangoo brought up his hundred with a six, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Amir Jangoo walks off the field with a century to his name, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Kevin Wickham made 61 in his first Test innings, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 No ned for help from fielders, two stumps flattened.
King castled and how! Full ball shes in incessantly till it hit ground, King wanted to use the movement by flicking it through midwicket. Head fell over and he was beaten while trying to hit it on the move.
Beaten all ends up and the stumps splay Taskin Ahmed struck twice in the first hour, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Brave leave turns bad leave as trusting the bounce costs Hodge . He left one on length two balls ago and got away. Left one on length again.
131ks, mostly seam up. This too was on a length, may have been a touch fuller, but not all that much from what I could tell. Hodge straightened his feet to stand beside the line and the ball hit top of middle.
Don’t want those as a batter. Ball-tracking is in a little later and shows that this ball was actually shorter than the one left safely two balls ago! Pitched up, given lbw quickly.
Da Silva chats with Wickham, no review taken . Length ball at 132ks landed outside off and angled in. Went straight and lost little pace off the pitch.
Da Silva’s back foot was planted and the front foot hovered across as he looked to defend straight. In no position to make contact and was hit in front of middle and off. Hawk-Eye says going on to smash middle.
Good call not to review Taskin Ahmed was excellent in his opening spell, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 plants the bouncer in Wickham’s head, and gets him with a length ball. Wickham is fooled, and bowled. Mahmud angled it in from over the wicket, while also bowling from wide of the crease.
It landed on the shorter side of a length on off, and jussssst seemed to straighten. But Wickham went driving with the angle, and was beaten on the outside edge. The off stump was floored.
But it was a great rescue act from the debutant, who looked assured all day Hasan Mahmud took the only wicket to fall in the middle session, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Kevin Wickham made 61 in his first Test innings, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 The duo added 131 runs for the fourth wicket, helping West Indies recover from 27 for 3 to 180 for 4 at tea Amir Jangoo brought up a crucial fifty in 86 balls, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Sylhet, 1st day, November 5, 2026 Campbell and Chanderpaul were ruled out due to a viral fever, while Taskin also returned for Bangladesh Joshua Da Silva played a typically nuggety innings, England vs West Indies, 3rd Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 1st day, July 26, 2024 Daren Sammy – West Indies ‘on course’ to achieve their goal in this World Test Championship cycle – Ban vs WI 2026 West Indies coach Daren Sammy reflects on the team’s progress, unbeaten Test series run and ambitions ahead of their last match of the the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle ahead of the second Test against Bangladesh. Ban vs WI 2nd Test – Phil Simmons hints that Taijul Islam could be dropped for the second Test in Sylhet “We have to step up” with the bat, Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons says after the dispointing performance in the first Test against West Indies in Dhaka Mushfiqur Rahim should be back in the Bangladesh XI as they look to level the series after going down to West Indies by eight wickets in the first Test in Dhaka Jomel Warrican was on the money on the second morning, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 1st Test, Dhaka, 2nd day, October 29, 2026 Point Deductions England were deducted 2 points for slow over-rate in the match against India on 10th July 2025 Pakistan were deducted 8 points for slow over-rate in the match against Bangladesh on 8th May 2026 England were deducted 12 points for slow over-rate in the match against New Zealand on 18th June 2026 West Indies were deducted 2 points for slow over-rate in the match against Sri Lanka on 07th July 2026 Pakistan were deducted 11 points for 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XI as they look to level the series after going down to West Indies by eight wickets in the first Test in Dhaka
