Hope brightens gloomy Sylhet

Dec 17, 2018

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat, but that was all that went their way in the first T20I in Sylhet•AFP

Shai Hope struck T20I cricket's third-fastest half-century as West Indies made 91 in the Powerplay•AFP

Shakib Al Hasan made a fighting fifty, but Bangladesh were all out for 129•AFP

And a couple of late hits from Keemo Paul and Nicholas Pooran ensured WI won the game with 55 balls to spare•AFP

Sheldon Cottrell's career-best T20I figures rattled the hosts•AFP

And run-outs via direct-hits didn't help Bangladesh's cause either•AFP