bangladesh opt tobat

Good morning folks, and welcome, to the 2nd Test at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. After a three-day con-job in the first Test, Bangladesh have showed the Windies that they're in the mood for vengeance for the drubbing that they got in the Caribbean islands earlier this year. After a convincing victory for the hosts in Chattogram, the action now moves to another spin-friendly wicket. The hosts have been struck by a couple of injuries to Imrul Kayes and Mushfiqur Rahim so we're expected to have a few changes for this Test. For the Windies too, there would be a few changes due to Shannon Gabriel's suspension and Jason Holder out due to an injury. With the Dhaka track assisting spin, you can expect this Test to get over well before day 5, just like the previous Test did. Can the Windies batsmen apply themselves and put up a show or will Bangladesh inflict a whitewash replicating their performance of the opening match? Well, all our questions would be answered in the course of the next few days. Stay tuned in for the toss and teams, they ain't that far away. ******************* Preview What goes around comes around. Windies tormented Bangladesh with pace and bounce at home and as payback, Bangladesh served up a spin minefield in the first Test at Chottogram, claiming all 20 of the visitors' wickets with turn and guile in a three-day finish. Unless Brathwaite & Co. conjure a more judicious approach to playing the turning ball in what is expected to be another spin-conducive track at Mirpur, another 2-0 sweep is on the cards. Skipper Jason Holder's loss to injury was already a setback to the Windies. Heading into the second, they're dented further by Shannon Gabriel's suspension, who accumulated five demerit points in a 24-month period. Gabriel, who picked up four wickets in the first innings to bring back Windies into the game, shoulder-barged Imrul Kayes on the opening day of the Test, and thus will miss the second Test. However, if Windies are to stand a chance in the second Test, to even put up a fight, much will depend on their batting with the bowlers putting up a decent show. The hosts, meanwhile, know what it takes to beat teams on the made-to-order dust bowls. If it was Mehidy Hasan in 2016, a new talent emerged in Chottogram last week. Nayeem Hasan, a 17-year-old spinner, dismantled the Windies with a five-wicket haul on debut and also shared a crucial 65-run stand with Taijul Islam in the same innings, which was nearly the eventual margin of victory. If Nayeem had five in the first, the in-form Taijul bagged six in the second rendering even Shakib Al Hasan's feat of getting to 200 Test wickets a subtext in the grander scheme of the series. Shimron Hetmyer tried to hit his way out of trouble and succeeded for a brief while but the promising batsman will have to space in his big hits like Sunil Ambris and Jomel Warrican did in their 63-run stand that kept hopes afloat in that chase. However, playing spin in the sub-continent can be so instinctive and course-correction between Test matches can seldom be achieved. Bangladesh have batting worries themselves. Mominul Haque continued his impressive run of form with another century and the lower-order added vital runs to push the score to a daunting 324. The recalled Soumya Sarkar's double failure and the struggles of Mohammad Mithun and Imrul Kayes didn't paint the batting in great light. But all will be pushed to the background if Shakib wins another toss and elects to bat first.