West Indies tour of Bangladesh 2012

West Indies beat Bangladesh by a comfortable 18 runs in the one-off T20I at Mirpur in Dhaka. Marlon Samuels had produced a breathtaking 85 off just 43 deliveries to take West Indies to a mammoth 197.

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim hailed his team's hard-fought series win over the West Indies as the country's "biggest" ever given the absence of talismanic all-rounder Shakil Al Hasan.

Elias Sunny has been added to Bangladesh's squad for the final two ODIs against West Indies in order to bolster the spin attack.

After having pulled one back, a confident West Indies will look to square the series at 2-2 when the two teams meet each other on Friday.

West Indies are in a do or die situation after losing the first two ODIs and will have to win everything from here if they are to be in the series.

Bangladesh outplayed the West Indies in all departments and came out triumphant by 7 wickets in the first ODI at Khulna. Sohag Gazi was the man of the match conceding just 29 runs and picking up 4 wickets for his efforts.

West Indies struggled to come to terms with Bangladesh's spin line up, as the visitors stuttered to 132/10 and gave the hosts a 160 run victory.

West Indies will be seeking revenge for the sound thrashing they received at the hands of Bangladesh in the first ODI.

Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the 5 match ODI series currently in progress against the touring West Indies side due to a stress reaction on his right tibia.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the first two one-day internationals against West Indies with a shin injury.