Bangladesh pull off maiden T20I series sweep vs West Indies

Bangladesh completed a 3-0 sweep of the hosts West Indies with a massive 80-run win. Jaker Ali scored a sensational 72* off 41 balls, and the bowlers were clinical. Bangladesh's total of 189/7 was their highest ever T20I total in West Indies.

The West Indies were bowled out for just 109 inside 17 overs.

Leading 2-0 in the series, Bangladesh batted first and were served well by a brisk 44-run opening stand where Parvez Hossain Emon (39 off 21) did the bulk of the damage. Bangladesh lost both openers in quick succession by the end of the PowerPlay, but had a solid base of 54/2 to work with.

Jaker Ali joined hands with Mehidy Hasan Miraz at 65/3 and helped stabilise with a 37-run stand. Roston Chase got his team a timely breakthrough that triggered a mini collapse as both Shamim Hossain and Mahedi Hasan were run out in the space of three balls. Jaker was initially run out but was recalled after replays.

With Bangladesh having slipped to 114/6 in the 15th over, Jaker switched gears and combined with Tanzin Hasan Sakib for a fifty partnership to help his side finish strong. He was himself on 17 off 16 at the time of the callback, and went on to punish the West Indies attack as he fetched 55 runs in 25 balls from thereon. Alzarri Joseph particularly came in the firing line and leaked 12 and 25 runs in his final two overs with Jaker hitting four sixes and two boundaries off the pacer.

Bangladesh bowlers had plenty to work with in their bid for a maiden T20I series sweep against the West Indies. Taskin Ahmed took just two balls to make an impact when he trapped Brandon King LBW in the opening over of the chase. Despite some fireworks from Nicholas Pooran, the hosts managed only 45 from their powerplay and lost two more wickets in the phase. That included Mahedi Hasan completing a series-wide hat-trick of Pooran's wicket.

Only Romario Shepherd put up a brief fight, but none of the other West Indies batters showed any application in the big chase. The asking rate mounted the pressure, and Bangladesh bowlers sustained their dominance. All five bowlers deployed bagged at least a wicket each, while Rishad Hossain was the pick of the lot with figures of 3 for 21 from his four overs.

Brief scores: Bangladesh 189/7 in 20 overs (Jaker Ali 72*, Parvez Hossain Emon 39; Romario Shepherd 2-30) beat West Indies 109 in 16.4 overs (romario Shepherd 33; Rishad hossain 3-21, Mahedi Hasan 2-13) by 80 runs