West Indies’ 15-man Test and ODI squads to tour Bangladesh should be known this week

– says CEO Johnny Grave

According to Cricket West Indies (CWI) Chief Executive Officer Johnny Grave, details of the West Indies Test and One Day International (ODI) squads to tour Bangladesh are expected to be announced in the upcoming week.

Grave disclosed on the most recent Mason and Guest radio programme that no reserve player would be on tour, since there will be a crossover of players and the tour is much shorter.
“…a Test squad of 15 players and an ODI squad of similar amount, and therefore with crossover (from) the two squads; so, 24-25 players along with the team management unit… I don’t think we will travel to Bangladesh with reserves, since the ODI players will be there,” Grave said.

The West Indies players would arrive in Dhaka on January 10. Grave noted that the team would leave the Caribbean a week later than scheduled at the inception, since the board sees the need for players to spend that extra time with their families during the holiday season.
West Indies will tour Bangladesh for three ODIs and two Tests in January. CWI made this confirmation after their inspection team reported to the board of directors on what they saw during their short trip earlier this month. The tour will be a shortened one from what was originally scheduled, as there will be one less Test and no T20I series.

After the West Indies arrive in Dhaka on January 10, they are likely to do in-room quarantine for the first three days, followed by four days of training among themselves. They will play a warm-up One-Day game at the BKSP in Savar, some 40km to the north of the capital Dhaka.
The ODIs will be played on January 20, 22 and 25, with the third game to be played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. That stadium would also host the first Test, from February 3.
Ahead of the Test series, West Indies will also play a four-day warm-up game at the MA Aziz Stadium (also in Chattogram), a ground just across the road from the team hotel.
The second Test would be played in Dhaka from February 11, and West Indies are expected to leave the capital on February 16.
This will be Bangladesh’s first international series since the pandemic put most of the world into lockdown. (Brandon Corlette)