West Indies can seal a series sweep over Bangladesh when the second and final Test of their two-match tour starts November 5 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, arriving at the venue already 1-0 up after an eight-wicket win in Mirpur built on Roston Chase's match-defining bowling and an unbeaten 81 from Brandon King.
With only two Tests on the schedule, Bangladesh have no margin left — a draw or a loss at Sylhet hands West Indies the series, meaning the hosts have to win outright just to share the spoils. That is a tall order against a West Indies attack that bowled Bangladesh out twice inside four days in Mirpur, including a collapse to 142 in the second innings that effectively ended the first Test as a contest well before the chase even began.
Both matches count toward the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle, and the Mirpur result already dropped Bangladesh from fourth to fifth in the standings while pushing West Indies to 42 points and within range of Sri Lanka. A second straight loss at home would compound that slide at a venue where Bangladesh will be desperate to arrest the pattern of batting collapses that cost them the series opener.
Roston Chase's 5 for 36 that broke Bangladesh's second innings in Mirpur makes him the bowler West Indies will lean on again at a Sylhet surface that has traditionally offered turn for spin bowlers of his type. For Bangladesh, the home attack will need a response with the ball to match the one West Indies' Jomel Warrican produced in the first Test, where his 4 for 63 in the second innings helped close out the contest alongside Chase.
Roston Chase carries the clearest fantasy case into Sylhet off the back of his Mirpur second-innings spell, with Brandon King's chasing form also worth tracking in the top order; for Bangladesh, a response from the spin pairing of Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz on a traditionally turning Sylhet pitch is the clearest route back into the match.
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