BAN vs WI 2026/27, BAN vs WI 1st Take a look at Match Preview

Huge image: WI in higher form than Bangladesh

Bangladesh have had a chaotic build-up to their dwelling Take a look at sequence towards West Indies, which kicks off with the primary match from October 28 in Mirpur. They sacked their batting coach Mohammad Ashraful and a poor tour of the UAE, the place they misplaced to Afghanistan and Zimbabwe within the tri-series and did not win the one-off Take a look at towards Afghanistan. West Indies will look to take advantage of Bangladesh’s weaknesses and finish their World Take a look at Championship (WTC) cycle on a excessive.

Bangladesh’s ODI aspect lacks dynamic middle-order batters and does not have a powerful spin assault both, which leaves them wanting sufficient wicket-taking choices. The Take a look at group, although, has extra skilled batters like Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque to to enhance the likes of captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and his deputy Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Bangladesh even have Jaker Ali and Towhid Hridoy as reserve batters within the squad.

On the bowling entrance, Shanto has a headache to take care of. Taskin Ahmed has returned to the Take a look at aspect, whereas Shoriful Islam may even push for a spot within the enjoying XI. They have already got Hasan Mahmud and Ebadot Hossain who carried the assault towards Afghanistan of their earlier Take a look at. The mixture may nevertheless boil right down to Litton Das’ health – he had missed the tri-series in UAE as a consequence of a hip harm.

West Indies have arrived in Bangladesh as a assured unit after their robust efficiency within the T20I sequence in India. Though it was a special format, it has given them a stronger understanding of the subcontinent circumstances. Whereas their white-ball gamers have been in motion towards India, their red-ball gamers hung out at a camp in Chennai earlier than the Bangladesh tour. Batting advisor Floyd Reifer gave the preparation camp “10 out of 10” as they appear to rise above the Bangladesh circumstances.

Roston Chase, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kavem Hodge and Amir Jangoo can be key figures within the batting line-up whereas Justin Greaves will supply them stability each with bat and ball. Jomel Warrican, the vice-captain, will lead the spin assault whereas Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales and Shamar Joseph can be in control of the seam assault.

Kind information

Bangladesh DLWLW (final 5 accomplished matches, most up-to-date first)
West Indies LWDWL

Within the highlight: Mushfiqur Rahim and Kemar Roach

Mushfiqur Rahim has averaged 44.7 within the six matches since changing into the primary Bangladesh participant to achieve 100 Checks. He made a duck and 81 within the one-off Take a look at towards Afghanistan earlier this month. Mushfiqur is at present 118 runs away from 1,000 runs towards West Indies.

It will likely be an fascinating battle between Mushfiqur and Kemar Roach who’ve confronted one another since 2009. Roach has dismissed Mushfiqur thrice, which is a surprisingly low quantity given their lengthy rivalry. Roach has been in good type this yr, taking ten wickets at a median of twenty-two.4, together with 4 for 51 towards Sri Lanka.

Group information: Will Bishop make his debut for WI?

It might be a battle between Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam to return to the enjoying XI, probably on the expense of offspinner Nayeem Hasan.

Bangladesh (possible): 1 Shadman Islam, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Mominul Haque, 4 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Litton Das (wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Hasan Mahmud, 10 Taskin Ahmed/Shoriful Islam, 11 Ebadot Hossain

Joshua Da Silva will substitute Shai Hope behind the stumps, whereas West Indies have the choice of enjoying both uncapped left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop or seam-bowling allrounder Shamar Springer of their XI.

West Indies (possible): 1 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 2 Brandon King, 3 Kavem Hodge, 4 Amir Jangoo, 5 Roston Chase (capt), 6 Justin Greaves, 7 Joshua Da Silva (wk), 8 Kemar Roach, 9 Shamar Joseph, 10 Jomel Warrican, 11 Jayden Seales

Pitch and circumstances: Mirpur may supply tempo once more

West Indies coach Daren Sammy took one have a look at the Shere Bangla Nationwide Stadium pitch and mentioned that it was not like those that they had performed within the ODI sequence final yr. West Indies bowled 50 overs of spin in one of many matches, however the venue has rolled out higher pitches since. There’s additionally a forecast for rain in the course of the first three days.

Stats and Trivia

West Indies have not misplaced a Take a look at sequence in 2026.

Bangladesh have received just one Take a look at sequence towards West Indies, in 2018.

Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam has by no means misplaced his wicket to Kemar Roach, having confronted 80 balls from the fast throughout 4 Take a look at innings.

Mohammad Isam is Cricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84