New Delhi . The three-match T20 series between West Indies and Bangladesh has started. The ODI series of the same number of matches was won by host Bangladesh by 2-1, but the Bangladesh team lost the first match of the T20I series on its own soil. Rovman Powell, playing his 100th T20 International match, turned the match for West Indies, who hit three sixes in the last over and took the team to the match winning score. Captain Shai Hope also batted amazingly. Bowling Jayden Seales and Jason Holder contributed.

Talking about the match, West Indies team captain Shai Hope won the toss and chose to bat. This decision of the captain did not seem to be proving correct, because the West Indies team was seen batting at the rate of 6-7 runs per over. In the end, captain Shai Hope and Rovman Powell attacked the Bangladesh bowlers. Hope scored unbeaten 46 runs in 28 balls with the help of 1 four and 4 sixes and Powell, playing his 100th T20 International match, scored 44 runs in 28 balls with the help of 1 four and 4 sixes.

34 runs came from the bat of Alec Athanez and 33 runs came from the bat of Brandon King. West Indies scored 165 runs losing 3 wickets in 20 overs. Taskin Ahmed took 2 wickets for Bangladesh. At the same time, when Bangladesh team came to chase the target of 166 runs, wickets kept falling from the very beginning. The lower middle order batsmen gave some hope, but the team collapsed for 149 runs in the 20th over. Tanzeem Hasan Saqib scored the most runs. He was out after scoring 33 runs. Tauhid Hardoy scored 28 runs. Jason Holder and Jayden Seales took 3 wickets each for West Indies.