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Over 20 years after being made part of cricket’s most elite format, questions still linger regarding whether Bangladesh has developed a proper Test culture.
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Bangladesh were the clear favourites ahead of the two-match Test series against the West Indies after the majority of the Caribbean side’s top cricketers opted out of the tour.
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The failings of Bangladesh’s approach to Test cricket came under the scanner once again as the batsmen displayed a lack of the requisite temperament in a humiliating 17-run defeat to West Indies in the second Test, which sealed a 2-0 series whitewash for the visitors.
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The Tigers’ team management suddenly took a U-turn in Chattogram after all the talk of creating a good cricketing culture and giving more exposure to seamers prior to the start of the two-match Test series against the West Indies.
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The ploy of packing the side with an arsenal of spinners on a pitch prepared to aid them backfired yet again as hosts Bangladesh suffered a shocking defeat in the first Test in Chattogram, where West Indies chased down a record 395-run target.