Bangladesh batting in series decider against West Indies

Sports Desk: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss for the third successive occasion, this time choosing to bat first against West Indies in the third ODI in Basseterre, St Kitts.

The home side have picked Kieran Powell and Sheldon Cottrell in place of the misfiring Alzarri Joseph and Jason Mohammed. The visitors selected the same team.

Meanwhile, a milestone awaits Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim who needs 20 runs to cross Alec Stewart as the sixth highest run-getter as a wicketkeeper in all formats of international cricket.

West Indies: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Shai Hope (wk), 4 Keiron Powell, 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Jason Holder (capt), 7 Rovman Powell, 8 Devendra Bishoo, 9 Keemo Paul, 10 Ashley Nurse, 11 Sheldon Cottrell

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Anamul Haque, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Rubel Hossain, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

Source: agencies

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