Roseau (Dominica), July 25: Bangladesh hope to christen international cricket’s newest venue with victories in the first three one-dayers against West Indies on Sunday at Windsor Park here. The Tigers would have probably had low expectations prior to their arrival in the Caribbean, but fortune favoured them when the leading West Indies players chose to boycott the series.

Their replacements were no match for the Bangladeshis, who convincingly swept the two-Test series to gain the boost of confidence that their appointed captain and leading fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza set as one of their objectives. Sadly, Mortaza played only a minor role in the Test series triumph, following a fall which aggravated a previous right knee injury, and has sidelined him for the three ODIs and the Twenty20 International to follow.

Shakib Al Hasan will lead the side as he did during the Tests, and will hope to build on his performances which led to him winning the man-of-the-series award. "We are looking forward to the ODI series too, and we want to continue winning," said left-arm spin bowling all-rounder.

Bangladesh have added left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak,all-rounder Naeem Islam, and medium-fast bowler Syed Rasel for the series.

— AFP