West Indies sealed a 1-0 Test series win over Bangladesh after the Sylhet match ended in a draw on 9 November, the ICC reported. The visitors had won the opening Test in Dhaka and carried that lead through the drawn finale.
Hridoy and Mushfiqur deny West Indies a second win
Bangladesh began the final day facing a demanding target. In the ICC's 9 November account, the hosts chased 369 and finished on 184/4, with Towhid Hridoy making 82 and Mushfiqur Rahim 49. Their 135-run stand for the third wicket kept the match from becoming another defeat.
West Indies had created the pressure with a large declaration. The ICC's 9 November report records 398/6 declared, including 142 from Kavem Hodge. Jomel Warrican then removed Tanzid Hasan and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto in the morning, but Hridoy and Mushfiqur steadied Bangladesh before the match closed as a draw.
The final-day resistance followed Hridoy's unbeaten double century in Bangladesh's first innings. Mushfiqur also passed a major career run milestone during the Test, giving the home side individual achievements despite losing the series.
An unbeaten series year with ground to regain
The opening Test win in Dhaka proved decisive. Windies Cricket says its side completed the calendar year without losing a Test series, while the ICC's competition report still places West Indies eighth in the World Test Championship standings. Bangladesh remain fifth in the same account. Captain Roston Chase of West Indies said, “We had three series and we didn't lose any this year,” in the team's post-series report. His comment concerned the side's results across the year, not a win in the drawn Sylhet Test.
SportsRivo compared the Windies Cricket team report with the ICC's series account. The team report describes a year without a series loss; the ICC record shows that the Sylhet draw was enough to secure this tour but did not lift West Indies out of eighth place.
What the result changes
- West Indies finish the Bangladesh tour with a Test series victory secured by their earlier win in Dhaka.
- Bangladesh avoid defeat in Sylhet through Hridoy and Mushfiqur's final-day stand, while still losing the series.
- West Indies retain their unbeaten calendar-year series record, but the ICC lists them below Bangladesh in the championship standings.
Bangladesh face South Africa next
The ICC identifies a Bangladesh Test series against South Africa as the hosts' next assignment. Its Sylhet report gives no first-match date, so the fixture remains a confirmed next series without a date in this account.
Source: ICC series report