Bangladesh Playing XI vs West Indies- 1st ODI, West Indies Tour of Bangladesh 2025
Published - 18 Oct 2025, 10:00 AM
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Bangladesh will be up against the West Indies in the first game of the three-match ODI series. This article provides details about Bangladesh's Playing 11 vs West Indies for the first match of the series.
Bangladesh Playing XI vs West Indies- 1st ODI, West Indies Tour of Bangladesh 2025:
Openers: Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Saif Hassan
Bangladesh would like to put on a much-improved performance in all three departments of the game as compared to what they did in the recently concluded ODI series against Afghanistan when they take on the West Indies.
The Mehidy Hasan Miraz-led side was below with the bat and couldn't post enough runs on the board or chase a target of less than 200 runs while batting second, which resulted in them losing the ODI series against the Afghans.
However, the hosts can take confidence from the fact that they have a pretty strong record at home and would hope to build on it by winning the opening game of the series.
For that to happen, Bangladesh would bank on the opening batters to provide a solid start to the team in the first power play.
The opening pair of Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Saif Hassan wasn't up to the mark in the ODI series against Afghanistan and would want to get things corrected come the first game against the West Indies.
To add to that, both Tanzid and Saif would want to get a bug score under their belt individually as well to gain confidence for the matches to come.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c), Jaker Ali (wk), Nurul Hasan, Rishad Hossain
The openers will be followed by a middle order that was unable to convert the start that it got into big scores in the previous series against Afghanistan, and would want to make up for it in the first game against the West Indies.
The middle order, which comprises Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Jaker Ali, has been playing international cricket for quite a while and would want to have a good outing.
Despite the batting lineup possessing batting depth, it wasn't able to perform as a unit in the previous series.
The onus will be on the top five batters to score the bulk of the runs for the team to increase Bangladesh's chances of getting to an above-par total while batting first.
Bowlers: Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanvir Islam
As far as the bowling department of the home team is concerned, it looked in good form in the previous series against Afghanistan and would wish to keep up the good work.
The fast bowling arsenal consists of Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman, both of whom will be entrusted with the responsibility of picking wickets with the new ball.
When it comes to the team's spin bowling, it will be handled by captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Tanvir Islam, both of whom will look to pick wickets in the middle overs.
Along with picking wickets, the spin bowling duo will also hope to restrict the opposition's scoring rate and make things easy for the pacers in the last ten overs.
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