West Indies had another disappointing below-par batting performance and fell to Bangladesh for the second match in a row on Thursday (January 22).

The visitors failed to counter the Tigers’ bowling supremacy, losing by a crushing seven wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka.

Windies Cricket has lost the One Day International (ODI) series, following their defeat by six wickets in the opening match last Wednesday at the same venue.

Rovman Powell was the only standout batsman, who played some brave strokes on both sides of the wicket. He top-scored with 41 as he tried to rescue the innings after it slipped to 88-8 in the 30th over.

Left-handed opener Kjorn Ottley played fluently for 24 on his debut, while Nkrumah Bonner made 20.

Powell faced 66 balls and hit two fours and a six before he was the last man out. He shared two vital partnerships as the last two wickets added 50 runs—32 for the ninth wicket with Alzarri Joseph (17) and another 28 for the last wicket with Akeal Hosein (12 not out).

For Bangladesh, off-spinner Mehidy Hasan took 4-25, the best figures of his ODI career, and was rightly named man-of-the-match for a dominant performance.

Left-arm spinner Shakib al-Hasan bagged 2-30 off his 10 overs to following up his match-winning four-wicket haul in the opening contest.

In reply, the Bangladeshis reached their target easily after being asked to score at less than three runs per over for victory.

Captain Tamim Iqbal top-scored with 50 off 76 balls, while Shakib looked in good touch with an unbeaten 43 off 50 balls.

The match was second for both teams in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) ODI Super League. The home side secured another 10 points for their victory.
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The West Indies, having already lost the series, travels to Chattogram for the third and final ODI on Monday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. First ball 1:30 am (12:30 am Jamaica time).