Chase wins toss, West Indies 69/3 on day one as WI look to seal series vs Bangladesh in Sylhet

Roston Chase, the West Indies captain, won the toss and elected to bat first in the second and final Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Thursday. After 19 overs the West Indies tour of Bangladesh had the scoreboard reading WI 69/3: Amir Jangoo 25*, Kevin Wickham 18*, and Hasan Mahmud 1/33. Cricinfo’s live score listed the match as BAN vs WI 2026/27 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium from November 5-9.

Day one in Sylhet

The 69 for 3 came with Jangoo and Wickham both unbeaten and Mahmud holding Bangladesh’s only wicket. Chase’s decision made batting first the first real decision of the match, and the venue’s surface over five days becomes the context for it. The match runs from November 5 to November 9, so Thursday consumed the opening day. Because the tour has exactly two Tests, the series arithmetic after Sylhet is simple: a West Indies win makes it 2-0, a Bangladesh win makes it 1-1, and a draw leaves the tourists ahead 1-0.

How the opener went

The visitors lead the series because they won the first Test in Dhaka by eight wickets. WION reported Brandon King scored a career-best unbeaten 81 to guide West Indies to that win on Saturday, October 31. News18’s day-four highlights frame the same match as West Indies outclassing Bangladesh by the same eight-wicket margin. Because that match was the opener of a two-match trip, the one number that carried into Sylhet was the series score: 1-0 for the visitors. King’s 81* is the only individual score named in the reports, so previews use it as the reference point for a match-defining innings on this trip. For instance, it shows the first Test was won as much by one settled unbeaten score as by the margin on the board.

What Bangladesh changed

Bangladesh were asked to field in the second Test, and Mushfiqur Rahim returned, Mint reported. Mint paired the comeback with playing-XI and live-streaming details, so the return was part of a full match-day package rather than an isolated selection note. On the bowling side, Mahmud is the only Bangladesh name on the latest score, at 1/33; the rest of the attack has not yet reached the board. The timing matters because a second straight loss here moves West Indies from 1-0 to 2-0. The tourists, for their part, are explicitly looking to clinch the series 2-0 after the Dhaka result.

If you are following in India

Coverage is uneven, and the format matters. News18 reported the second T20I in the West Indies vs Bangladesh series will not be televised in India because no official broadcaster exists for that match. For the first T20I, the same outlet said live streaming will be available on FanCode’s app and website, with the toss at 5 AM IST. A fan switching from the Tests to the T20Is should therefore separate the two coverage stories instead of assuming one broadcaster plan. For the Tests, cricketnews.com’s preview frames the matches as a two-Test block with live viewing guidance, while Dream11-facing pages carry the side details: Cricketnmore had preview notes and playing XIs for the opener; Cricketwinner lists H2H records, key players, playing XI and pitch report for the second Test; CricketAddictor adds fantasy cricket tips, an injury update and a probable XI; Cricadium calls its list a best player list for the same match. The second Test is the final scheduled Test before the tour moves on, and the prediction pages treat it as the decision point. The concrete date to hold for the Test itself is November 9, the closing day at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

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