Pace bowler Nazmul Hossain has been ruled out of the ODI series against Sri Lanka starting tomorrow after failing to recover from a knee injury. Hossain twisted his left knee while bowling in the nets in Colombo on 20 March.

India completed a perfect five wins from five to take first place from the men’s Hero Hockey World League Round Two, making it a Delhi double for the host nation in the Major Dhyan Chand stadium.

The World T20 Champions, West Indies, ended their tour of Bangladesh on a high, winning the sole T20 International by 18 runs in what was a highly entertaining run fest. Batting first, the Windies posted an imposing 197-4 in their 20 overs with Marlon Samuels going berserk late in the innings, smashing his way to an unbeaten 85 from just 43 balls. Bangladesh were competitive for most of their chase, but inexplicably delayed their final onslaught to end with 179 for the loss of just 1 wicket. Both Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah made unbeaten half-centuries, but should have really gone after the Windies bowling sooner, thereby costing their side a possible win.

The final match of West Indies tour to Bangladesh kicked off at the Shere Bangla National stadium in Mirpur today. The West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. Veerasammy Permaul and Kieran Powell were rotated out of the Windies line-up with Lendl Simmons and Dwayne Smith being called up in their stead. The Bangladesh side has Rubel Hossain and Ziaur Rahman coming in for Jahurul Islam and Elias Sunny, and also had three debutants for this format in Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque and Sohag Gazi.

Bangladesh's 3-2 series win over West Indies in the five-match ODI series, which ended on Saturday, has helped it move to eighth place in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table. Bangladesh is on 78 ratings points – six ahead of New Zealand and 10 behind sixth-ranked West Indies.

After taking a 2-0 lead in the series, Bangladesh had an opportunity to move ahead of the West Indies into seventh position on the Championship table if it had won the remaining three matches. But that was not to be and Bangladesh had to be content with a move up to the eighth place.

The Bangladesh cricket team pulled off a nail biting 2 wicket victory in the final ODI of the 5 match series against the West Indies and clinched a rare series win by a 3-2 margin in Dhaka on Saturday. After winning the toss and electing to field to first, Bangladesh restricted West Indies to a par score of 217 all out before chasing the total down dramatically despite being 30-3 at one stage.

Trinidad and Tobago all rounder Kieron Pollard starred for the Windies as he made a stupendous 85 from 74 balls to pull his side out of a hole when at 17-3. Pollard put up a 132 run stand for the fourth wicket with Darren Bravo (51) to set his side a platform to launch in the death overs. The Windies though collapsed from a respectable 149/4 to 217 all out in just 48 overs courtesy some poor batting from their lower middle order. Right arm swing bowler Shafiul Islam, playing this game in place of Mashrafe Mortaza starred for the hosts with enviable figures of 3/31 in 9 overs while Mahmudullah 2/38 and Sohag Gazi 1/31 supported him well in what was a disciplined bowling effort.

An excellent all-round show by skipper Darren Sammy saw the West Indies beat hosts Bangladesh by a comprehensive margin of 75 runs in the 4^th ODI of the 5 match series in Dhaka on Friday. After being put into bat the Windies were in trouble at one stage on 102-6 before Darren Sammy (60*) and Darren Bravo (34) turned things around for the visitors and helped them post a respectable 211 all out on the board in their 50 overs. Sammy then completed the job with the ball, striking twice, early in the Bangladeshi innings to rock their chase and ended up with figures of 3/28 for the match. Bangladesh were poor in their effort as they managed only 136 runs and were bowled out in just 34.1 overs.

The West Indies top three in Chris Gayle (16), Kieran Powell (26) and Marlon Samuels (27) all got off to decent starts but weren’t able to convert them into substantial innings. The middle order too barring Bravo (34) failed to mount a significant challenge to the Bangladeshi bowlers as Dwayne Smith went for a duck at No.5 while Kieron Pollard (2) and Devon Thomas (10) too didn’t trouble the scorers much. For Bangladesh, Mahmudullah starred with the ball, picking up 3/46 while Elias Sunny 2/21 and Abdur Razzak 2/47 gave him good support.

A fine hundred by West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels saw his side home by 4 wickets against hosts Bangladesh in the 3^rd one day international in Dhaka on Wednesday. This win keeps the West Indies alive in the 5 match series after having lost the first 2 ODIs.

After being put into bat by the Windies, Bangladesh managed a below par 227 all out in their 50 overs owing to some careless shots from their inexperienced top order. Mahmudullah top scored for the hosts with 52 while a couple of other batsmen too got off to starts but failed to convert them into big scores. Mystery man Sunil Narine was the star for the visitors having picked up an impressive 4/37 in his 10 overs. Bangladesh put on 57 for the first wicket with Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque, but once the stand was broken, they lost wickets at regular intervals and couldn’t get the required impetus into the innings. Although Mamudullah (52) and Sohag Gazi (30) made some important runs late on in the innings, it wasn’t good enough for anything substantial.