West Indies completed their first One-Day International (ODI) series win over Bangladesh since 2014 when they got a convincing seven-wicket victory in the second match of their three-match series at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts on December 10.
With the win, the Shai Hope-led West Indies team jumped out to an unassailable 2-0 series lead.
'I think our performance was pretty clinical...we always ask the guys to finish a series after going 1-0 up,' Hope said, during the post-match presentation. 'It's something we have been struggling to do for the last few series at home. It's one of the challenges we put to the boys...it's good to see we're 2-0 up now and we have one more to go to try and finish it 3-0.' Bangladesh batted first and were quickly under the pump as Man of the Match Jayden Seales grabbed three wickets in the first power play en route to finishing with career-best ODI figures of four for 22.
After reeling at 115 for seven after the fall of Rishad Hossain (duck) in the 26th over, Bangladesh got a recovery stand of 92 for the eighth wicket between Mahmudullah (62 off 92 balls) and Tanzim Hasan Sakib (45 off 62) as they eventually got to a modest score of 227.
Seales got things under way with the wicket of Soumya Sarkar (two) in his second over, with the wickets of Litton Das (four) and skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz (one) falling in quick succession. He then returned at the back end to claim the wicket of Mahmudullah who notched consecutive fifties in the series.
Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie chipped in with figures of two for 36, with four other bowlers getting a wicket apiece including Jamaican debutant Marquino Mindley (one for 45). Bangladesh opening batsman Tanzid Hasan (46 off 33) survived Seales' wrath in the power play, but fell to Justin Greaves after cutting loosely to point in the 11th over.
'I assessed a lot faster and realised what the batsmen were trying to do to me,' Seales said. 'In the first game, they were trying to use their feet a lot more and it was just about adjusting my lengths and my lines and trying to force them to play into my hands.'
With no Alzarri Joseph in the playing XI, Seales was tasked with leading the attack.
'I just knew I had a bigger role to play and I just wanted to stand up and put up my hand up for the team. Thankfully, it paid off,' he said.
The Windies were in complete control in pursuit of 228 and they raced to 230 for three by the 37th over to win with 79 balls to spare.
Openers Brandon King (82 off 76) and Evin Lewis (49 off 62) made up for their struggles in the first ODI as they put together a clinical stand of 109 to put the hosts in an advantageous position.
The West Indies openers looked quite comfortable before Lewis offered a simple return catch to Hossain in the 21st over after being struck below the waist by a rapid Nahid Rana delivery in the previous over.
King got to his seventh ODI fifty off 52 balls, but he was robbed of his century landmark when Rana cleaned him up in the 29th over with the Windies score
