West Indies team lost to Bangladesh team at home after 15 years.
The West Indies team had started the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh at home in a very good manner, in which they won the first match by 201 runs. In the second match of this series played on the ground of Jamaica, Bangladesh team made a big upset and won it by 101 runs and ended the series with a draw of 1-1. West Indies team had a target of 287 runs in the fourth innings of the match, but they managed to score only 185 runs. Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam played a big role in the victory of Bangladesh team, who sent half the West Indies team to the pavilion after conceding 50 runs in 17 overs in the last innings of the match.
After 15 years, West Indies team lost in Test against Bangladesh at home.
Before the Test match played in Jamaica, Bangladesh team had last defeated West Indies in a Test match at their home in the year 2009. The Bangladesh team had won that match played on the ground of Grenada by 4 wickets. Now after 15 years, they have been successful in defeating West Indies in a Test match at their own home. In this match, Bangladesh team, batting first, was limited to a score of only 164, after which their bowlers showed excellent performance and reduced West Indies’ first innings to a score of only 146. Whereas Bangladesh scored 268 runs in its second innings in which Zaker Ali’s excellent inning of 91 runs was seen. If we talk about the second innings of West Indies in this match, only Kevem Hodge could score a half-century.
Bangladesh won its third test away from home this year
Although the year 2024 was not much special for Bangladesh team in Test cricket, but this is definitely their third Test win away from home. Till now, Bangladesh team has the highest number of wins in Test cricket away from home in any calendar year. While this was Bangladesh’s last Test series in the third edition of the World Test Championship, West Indies still has to play one more series which is of 2 matches on the tour of Pakistan next year.
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