Shepherd hat-trick and twin fifties complete WI's 3-0 sweep over Bangladesh
Ackeem Auguste and Roston Chase hit 50 runs apiece after WI's brief stutter to guide them home
Ackeem Auguste and Roston Chase hit 50 runs apiece after WI's brief stutter to guide them home
Commentator: Ekanth
Thank you for joining us today. Bangladesh will next host Ireland in about ten days and West Indies now go on a multi-format tour to New Zealand. The first T20I starts November 5. Women's World Cup final will take place in two days. Do check that and a whole lot more on Cricinfo. For now, it's goodbye from me, Ekanth, and our scorers, Thilak Ram and Chandan Duorah.
Chase walks over to collect the series trophy. Shai Hope joins in before the captains bring in the whole team for pictures and celebrations.
Roston Chase, POTM and West Indies captain Auguste is an impressive player. Been showing positive signs. He was struggling during his knock, just told him to keep playing his natural game. We spoke about our fielding. Drops do happen. The pitches here were good for strokeplay. We lost the ODIs, so we didn't want anything less than 3-0. It was lovely to be a part of the series.
Romario Shepherd, POTS I didn't know about the hat-trick. I wasn't trying to celebrate too much because there were four games left. Team-mates batted fantastic today. Batters showing we have good signs for the future.
Litton Das, Bangladesh captain When we batted there was no dew, the wicket was touch to bat on. They were lucky to bat second, but you can't control these things. Tamim batted well. I thought we had a decent score. Dropped chances in crucial times make things hard.
9:25pm Big smiles and hugs in the WI dugout. Pretty much the perfect game for them. The chase started slowly with Athanaze and King falling cheaply. But Jangoo, and then, fifty-makers Chase and Auguste ensured that the acceleration came and stayed. Auguste had a party slog-sweeping. Chase's full-blooded drives were scarily good. Rishad got three but was taken down. Taskin went for 50. Mahedi and Shoriful aside, everyone got tonked.
Just four needed now
"We have proven players in the current squad," Litton Das says after West Indies won the T20I series 3-0, indicating that his boys have his trust
He also gave a shout out to the bowlers who set up the 3-0 series sweep
Ackeem Auguste and Roston Chase hit 50 runs apiece after WI's brief stutter to guide them home