West Indies won their two-match Test series in Bangladesh 1-0 after the second Test in Sylhet ended in a draw on Monday, with bad light ending play on day five and Bangladesh on 184-4 chasing 369.
The match will be remembered for Towhid Hridoy. His unbeaten 242 in the first innings and 82 in the second gave him 324 runs in the match — the most by a Bangladesh batter in a single Test, beating Mominul Haque’s 281 against Sri Lanka in 2018, as reported by Prothom Alo. His 242* is also Bangladesh’s highest individual Test score, passing Mushfiqur Rahim’s 219*.
Scorecard summary
- West Indies 356 (Jangoo 133) and 398-6 declared (Kavem Hodge 142, Da Silva 78)
- Bangladesh 386 (Hridoy 242*; Jomel Warrican 4-104) and 184-4 (Hridoy 82; Warrican 3-44)
Milestones for Mushfiqur, Hodge and Warrican
- Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladesh batter to reach 7,000 Test runs, during a stand with Hridoy, before falling for 49 to Shamar Joseph.
- Kavem Hodge made a career-best 142 from 194 balls to set up West Indies’ declaration.
- Jomel Warrican reached 100 Test wickets when he bowled Hridoy for 82. Kaieteur News reported he is the second West Indies left-arm spinner to the mark, after Alf Valentine.
Series result
West Indies had won the first Test in Mirpur by eight wickets, and the draw in Sylhet was enough to secure the series. It was the first drawn Test in Bangladesh since May 2022, according to Kaieteur News.
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