Bangladesh win T20I series

Sports Desk: Bangladesh have won T20I series, beating West Indies in the third and final Twenty20 international at Central Broward Park at Lauderhill, Florida on Monday.

The Tigers won the final game by 19 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method after rain interrupted play in the 18th over.

The West Indies had needed 50 runs to win off 17 deliveries with three wickets in hand before the match was cancelled.

Bangladesh won the toss Bangladesh time and decided to bat first. A whirlwind 61 by Liton Das helped the Tigers to 184/5 in the 20 overs.

The home side have dropped Evin Lewis to bring in Chadwick Walton. Shakib reasoned that the surface may slow down and offer turn in the second innings while explaining his decision.

West Indies: 1 Andre Fletcher, 2 Chadwick WaltonEvin Lewis, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 5 Carlos Brathwaite, 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Ashley Nurse, 9 Samuel Badree, 10 Keemo Paul, 11 Kesrick Williams.

Bangladesh: 1 Liton Das, 2 Tamim Iqbal, 3 Soumya Sarkar, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Ariful Haque, 8 Abu Hider, 9 Mustafizur Rahman, 10 Nazmul Islam, 11 Rubel Hossain.


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