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Bangladesh bat in ODI series decider against West Indies

Rishad Hossain came good with the bat again AFP/Getty Images

Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs West Indies

Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz decided to bat first after winning the toss against West Indies in the third and final ODI in Dhaka. He said his team wanted to take advantage of putting runs on the board on a pitch that has already been used once in this series, during the first game when it's unusually dark colour created a bit of intrigue.

Mehidy added that Bangladesh were looking at a 230-240 score to challenge West Indies, who come into this game after putting on their best display of the tour, pushing the second ODI into a Super Over and winning it.

Both sides were unchanged, meaning there will be another spin-fest at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. In Tuesday's game, 92 of the 100 overs were sent down by the slow bowlers, which set a new record in this format.

Bangladesh: 1 Saif Hassan, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (capt), 6 Nurul Hasan (wk), 7 Mahidul Islam, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Tanvir Islam, 10 Nasum Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Alick Athanaze, 3 Keacy Carty, 4 Shai Hope (capt, wk), 5 Ackeem Auguste, 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Roston Chase, 8 Gudakesh Motie, 9 Justin Greaves, 10 Khary Pierre, 11 Akeal Hosein