Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is very popular amongst the young people of the country has asked the youths of Bangladesh to help PM Sheikh Hasina in battle for making the country win.

In his very first assignment after being reappointed as Bangladesh's Test captain, Shakib Al Hasan faced the humiliation of being bundled out for the country's lowest Test score of 43 runs in Antigua, which was the first act in a 2-0 thrashing in the Test series against West Indies in July this year.

Bangladesh Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan said that he was very demanding of the players for the Test series against West Indies and said the squad had a different kind of motivation to perform well.

BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) announced a 16-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies, scheduled to start from December 9.

Mehedi Miraz dazzled in both innings for the Tigers as he attained the best bowling figure by a Bangladeshi in Tests, bettering his own figures of 12 for 159 against England in 2016. While his stats in this Test was better than his exploits in 2016, according to him the past performance still edges out today's one.

Bangladesh recorded their biggest-margin victory in Test cricket, defeating the West Indies by an innings and 184 runs. The platform was laid by the batsmen with Shakib Al Hasan, Shadman Islam, Liton Das and Mahmudullah Riyad amongst the runs.The spinners then ran rings around the West Indies batsmen as the visitors got off to another bad start in their second innings after following-on and lost the Test by an innings and 184 runs as Tigers complete 2-0 series sweep.

Bangladesh enjoyed arguably their best day of Test cricket as they utterly dominated the West Indies to move into a position of virtual impregnability at the end of the second day of the second Test yesterday.

Classy Mahmudullah Riyad hit his third career hundred as Bangladesh crossed the 450-run mark. There was a comedy of errors as Riyad almost ran himself out while on 98 but the experienced batsman went on to complete his ton, robbing back onto the back foot and hitting Roston Chase through point for four to complete his second ton this year.

Bangladesh would feel that they could have been in a better position after the first day of the second and series-deciding Test against the West Indies, but a calm approach helped the hosts regain the momentum and post 259 for five at stumps at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Following a maiden win on home soil against the West Indies in the first Test in Chattogram, Bangladesh will be eying their first ever home series win against the Caribbean side and their second since 2009 when the teams lock horns in the second and series-deciding encounter at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Bangladesh batsman Liton Das has been included in the squad as backup for Mushfiqur Rahim for the second Test against West Indies which is to be played tomorrow, skipper Shakib Al Hasan informed today.

Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim got an injury scare today after a ball hit him on the thumb of his right hand during a practice session today.

All the speculation surrounding Tamim Iqbal's possible return to the side for the second Test against West Indies has ended after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 13-member squad yesterday without Tamim.

Tamim Iqbal, who was recuperating from an injury and had to sit out the first Windies Test has not been included in the 13-member squad announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board today.

Two inherently flawed teams each putting in wildly uneven performances over two and a half days, and a pitch that tested participants to the limit all combined to produce an engrossing Test that ended with a 64-run win for Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

Bangladesh have beaten West Indies for the first time ever on home soil to go 1-0 up in the Test series after winning the first Test at Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium by 64 runs.

If the first day was action-packed, yesterday's second was a blockbuster at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

There was a lot of speculation about the nature of the wicket at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) leading up to the first Test between Bangladesh and West Indies.

A century, a pace-induced collapse and a lower-order counterattack -- the first day of the first Test between Bangladesh and West Indies had all the ingredients for a great day of cricket in Chattogram yesterday.

Bangladesh's home Test season will enter the business end tomorrow when the hosts take on West Indies in the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.