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West Indies win toss, bat in second Bangladesh Test

  • The 23-year-old Wickham scored an unbeaten 67 in a practice match against a BCB XI
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SYLHET: West Indies skipper Roston Chase won the toss and chose to bat against Bangladesh on Thursday as the visitors look to seal the series in the second Test in Sylhet.

The tourists, who lead the two-match series 1-0, made two changes from their opening win with John Campbell and Tagenarine Chanderpaul ruled out with a virus.

Opener Joshua Da Silva and debutant batsman Kevin Wickham come in.

The 23-year-old Wickham scored an unbeaten 67 in a practice match against a BCB XI.

Bangladesh also made two changes from the eight-wicket defeat in Mirpur.

Shoriful Islam and Mominul Haque were replaced by Taskin Ahmed and Musfiqur Rahim.

Teams

Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud.

West Indies: Joshua Da Silva, Brandon King, Kevin Wickham, Kavem Hodge, Amir Jangoo, Roston Chase (capt), Justin Greaves, Kemar Roach, Shamar Joseph, Jomel Warrican, Jayden Seales.