DHAKA, Oct 29, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh bowlers turned the table emphatically, restricting West Indies to 149-9 from 94-1 in 10 overs in the second T20 International at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram today.

Bangladesh now need 150 runs in a bid to keep the three-match series alive.

Pacer Mustafizur Rahman claimed 3-21 in four overs and two spinners-Nasum Ahmed (2-35) and Rishad Hossain (2-20) picked up four wickets in joint-venture to trigger a sensational West Indies collapse.

Captain Shai Hope top-scored for West Indies with 36 ball-55, an innings laced with three fours and as many sixes. Opener Alick Athanaze hit five fours and three sixes for his 52 off 33.

Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed gave Bangladesh early breakthrough, having claimed the wicket of Brandon King in the second over after West Indies captain Shai Hope won the toss and elected to bat first.
The dismissal of King hardly dented West Indies mood as Hope and Alick Athanaze counterattacked in style to leave the Bangladesh bowlers in disarray.

Showing the six-hitting spree, they established a full dominance, scoring 10 runs per over to keep the side on track of a gigantic score.

In the process both of them reached their half-centuries off just 30 balls with Athanaze raising the feat first, tucking Nasum Ahmed through square-leg for single.

In the next over, Hope raised his eighth fifty, also with a single driving occasional spinner Shamim Patwari through extra cover.

Nasum Ahmed broke through with the wicket of Athanaze, ending 105-run between him and Hope. The dismissal sparked a collapse as West Indies lost eight wickets for just 38 runs in 50 balls.