POBNEWS24, Dhaka, June 16, 2022 : The Bangladesh cricket team has traveled to the Caribbean to play three formats of cricket. The Tigers will play the first Test against the hosts. The first Test of the two-match series is starting today. The test will start at 8 pm at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
Mahendrakshan has also joined the Bangladesh-West Indies series. Because the Test series has been named after the Padma Bridge to highlight its background and arrival in the world court. The official name of the series is ‘Padma Bridge Dream Fulfilled Friendship Test Series Presented by Walton’ courtesy of Bangladeshi tech giant Walton.
Bangladesh’s record in the West Indies is not good. Bangladesh have yet to win a Test against their original team in the West Indies. In 2009, the hosts were whitewashed in a two-Test series, but it did not have much glory. Because of the revolt of the top cricketers, the Caribbean team that was fielded against Seba Bangladesh is better called the third tier West Indies.
Bangladesh has come to know the strength of the real West Indies by visiting twice more since 2009. The two-Test series in the 2014 tour did not have much good for the visitors. The next time, in 2016, he did not change his fate. On the contrary, they were ashamed to be bowled out for 43 in their first innings of the series. Today, Bangladesh is going to start another Caribbean campaign from Antigua, where the batting disaster happened.
The West Indies, who lost to England in the Test series on home soil this year, will want to leave Bangladesh in disgrace as before. And Bangladesh, which has been having a bad time in Tests for some time, is going to start the series with that old challenge. Shakib Al Hasan’s dream in the Padma series is to fulfill his dream of fulfilling his dream until the last two series (South Africa tour and home series against Sri Lanka) are ruined due to the failure of the top order batting.
Shakib is also going to start the third term of leadership with this match. Bangladesh are not getting Yasir Ali Rabbi due to injury before the Test series. The batsman, who was ruled out of the Test series due to a back injury, was to play in place of Mushfiqur Rahim, who did not make the trip to Hajj. Now someone else has to play in that place at the top of the batting order. But there is good news in bowling. Mustafizur Rahman is being found in the test after a long time.
