By Tito Baron Media | Source-based reporting
Archive photo: Sylhet International Cricket Stadium during Bangladesh’s Test against New Zealand on November 30, 2023. This shows the venue, not the November 2026 West Indies match. Photo: Masum-al-Hasan Rocky / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display.
West Indies secured a 1–0 Test series win over Bangladesh after the second match ended in a draw in Sylhet on November 9. Their eight-wicket victory in the opening Test in Dhaka proved decisive, according to the International Cricket Council’s match report.
Bangladesh finished on 184 for four in pursuit of 369, with bad light ending play. Towhid Hridoy scored 82 and Mushfiqur Rahim made 49, sharing a 135-run third-wicket partnership after the hosts slipped to 40 for two, Associated Press reported.
West Indies had declared their second innings at 398 for six. Kavem Hodge contributed 142, Kevin Wickham added 78 and Amir Jangoo finished unbeaten on 39, giving the visitors a chance to push for a second victory.
Jomel Warrican eventually dismissed Hridoy and finished with three wickets for 44 runs, while Shamar Joseph removed Mushfiqur. Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan remained at the crease when play stopped, leaving Bangladesh with a draw but unable to level the series.
The match also brought individual milestones. Hridoy followed his unbeaten first-innings 242 with another half-century, becoming Bangladesh’s first batter to pass 300 runs in a Test. Mushfiqur became the country’s first player to reach 7,000 Test runs, while Warrican reached 100 Test wickets.
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