Cricket West Indies announce Test captain in absence of Jason Holder for Bangladesh tour

After the unsuccessful tour of India, the young Windies team will now be up against a strong Bangladesh team at their home. They will face off in 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is on the tour. The tour begins with the two-match Test series on November 22 which will be followed by the ODIs and T20Is and ends exactly after a month on December 22.

On the overall outcome front, Windies have a better. As far as the bilateral contest is concerned, Windies lead the Test head to head 10 – 2; it is the same story in the ODIs where they lead 20 – 9. However, the two teams are tied at 4 matches a piece in the T20Is battle. The last time the teams met, Windies won the Test series 2-0; but the limited-overs honours were bagged by Bangladesh who won both the ODIs and T20Is series 2-1 respectively.

While Windies will want this tour to shape up positively for them, the challenge intensifies as they will be without regular skipper Jason Holder. He suffered a partial thickness tear of the subscapularis tendon in his shoulder and will thus be in rehab back in Barbados. In his absence vice-captain of the team, Kraigg Brathwaite will have the responsibility of leading the team against the Tigers.

Tour Schedule

1st Test – Bangladesh vs Windies: November 22 – Chittagong

2nd Test – Bangladesh vs Windies: November 30 – Mirpur

1st ODI – Bangladesh vs Windies: December 9 – Mirpur

2nd ODI – Bangladesh vs Windies: December 11 – Mirpur

3rd ODI – Bangladesh vs Windies: December 14 – Sylhet

1st T20I – Bangladesh vs Windies: December 17 – Sylhet

2nd T20I – Bangladesh vs Windies: December 20 – Mirpur

3rd T20I – Bangladesh vs Windies: December 22 – Mirpur

Windies Test squad for Bangladesh series:

Kraigg Brathwaite (Captain), Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Jahmar Hamilton, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Shermon Lewis, Keemo Paul, Kieran Powell, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican

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