West Indies bowlers dominate opening day in Antigua

West Indies bowlers dominated on day 1 as Bangladesh were all out on 103. Image : AFP

West Indies bowlers dominated on day 1 as Bangladesh were all out on 103. Image : AFP

West Indies acquired an early benefit in the Antigua Test, destroying Bangladesh for 103 in just 32.5 overs on the primary evening and afterward circled back to the bat on what’s a fiery surface on offer. At Stumps on Day 1, West Indies were 95/2, following by eight runs and had their chief Kraigg Brathwaite unbeaten on 42.

Requesting that Bangladesh bat first, Kemar Roach and Co. removed a lot of bob and crease development from the pitch, with the pacers dividing each of the 10 wickets between themselves eventually.

Shakib Hasan, who strolled in at 41/4, counter-went after his way to 51 off 67 balls, representing the vast majority of runs as the remainder of the Bangladesh hitters viewed as the going extreme; upwards of six of them enlisted ducks.

Jayden Seales and Alzarri Joseph got done with three wickets each yet it was truly Roach who had set the mood almost immediately by hitting with the second chunk of the match. Close behind that, Bangladesh wound up losing six wickets in a sensational opening meeting.

Bug previously got Mahmud Hasan captured behind with some additional takeoff the contribute and followed up his next over by getting Najmul Hossain Shanto with his leaned toward round-the-wicket point, inspiring one more edge to the slip cordon. Because of Roach, West Indies picked three wickets in the initial hour, the third excusal being that of the previous chief Mominul Haque, who was at fault for pushing a Jayden Seales conveyance with hard hands and offering a catch behind the wicket simultaneously.

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Tamim Iqbal was the main top-request hitter right off the bat who took a gander at home against the West Indian speed torrent. To such an extent that the primary run that didn’t fall off Tamim’s bat was scored by Bangladesh just in the seventh over. Tamim’s innings, however, finished on 29 when he was choked down the leg side by Alzarri Joseph.

Kyle Mayers came into the assault in the fifteenth over and made Bangladesh’s meeting go from awful to more regrettable. He struck two times, first getting Liton Das with a mixed crease conveyance and afterward bowled a hooping inswinger to trap Nurul Hasan in front with the assistance of DRS.

With the bat, West Indies were delayed off the blocks against a restrained Bangladesh, who bowled five ladies to launch things. The hosts had 44 on the board before John Campbell was bowled by a ball that reverse-pivoted after his forward guard. Raymon Reifer tumbled to the noteworthy Ebadot Hossain who settled him and extricated an edge to the cordon.

Brief Score Bangladesh 103/10 (Shakib 51; Jayden Seales 2-33, Alzarri Joseph 2-33, Roach 2-21, Mayers 2-10) lead West Indies 95/2 (Kraigg Brathwaite 42*; Mustafizur Rahman 1-10, Ebadot Hossain 1-18) by 8 runs.

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