Liton crunches a four, Badree's on the floor

Aug 06, 2018

Liton Das backed his captain's choice to bat first in the series decider by blazing away•AFP

West Indies were left battered in the Powerplay overs, conceding 71 runs in 36 balls•AFP

But Mahmudullah's cameo at the end lifted them to 184 for 5•AFP

Marlon Samuels was done in by a ball that stayed low•AFP

He racked up a 24-ball fifty that lit up the Sunday crowd in Florida•AFP

Bangladesh displayed the presence of mind to rotate the strike when boundaries were hard to come by•AFP

In response, West Indies lost their openers early after a flurry of drives to the boundary•AFP

Rubel Hossain's short-ball tactics worked well for Bangladesh•AFP

A flurry of middle-order wickets pegged Bangladesh's progress•AFP

Soumya Sarkar and Shakib Al Hasan put the brakes on West Indies, who were reduced to 34 for 3•AFP

Despite Andre Russell's 21-ball 47, West Indies were short by 19 runs on the DLS Method when the rain hammered down in Lauderhill•Getty Images