Jangoo Debut Century Leads To Windies ODI Series Whitewash

The West Indies completed a one-day international series whitewash of Bangladesh on Thursday, securing a comeback four-wicket victory at Warner Park in St Kitts & Nevis. The win was buoyed by a sensational debut performance from Amir Jangoo, who made the most of the opportunity in maroon. Jangoo was one of two debutants, with the other being seamer Jedidah Blades. Having won the toss and electing to bowl first, the Windies began the game well, claiming two wickets in the powerplay. However, a dominant 136-run stand between Mehidy Hasan Miraz (77) and Soumya Sarkar (73) saw the visitors come back strongly. After Sarkar was given out via LBW off the bowling of Gudakesh Motie and Hasan was run out, the Bangladeshis found themselves in need of another stabilising partnership. Enter veteran Mahmudullah and Jaker Ali. The two middle-order batsmen put on an unbeaten 150-run stand, the highest sixth-wicket stand ever for the Tigers, propelling the visitors to an imposing 321-5. If the West Indies were to conquer this total, they would have to break their own record, set earlier in the series, for the highest run chase completed at the venue. Their innings did not begin well, as they lost...