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Cricket-Bangladesh win toss and put West Indies in to bat

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 19 - Bangladesh
skipper Habibul Bashar won the toss and asked hosts West Indies
to bat in their World Cup Super Eights match on Thursday.

Bangladesh made two changes from the previous game which
they lost to debutants Ireland by 74 runs, recalling opener
Javed Omar for struggling Shahriar Nafees.

Left-arm paceman Syed Rasel returned after recovering from
an ankle strain in place of rookie seamer Shahadat Hossain.

West Indies also made two changes by recalling batsman
Marlon Samuels and paceman Jerome Taylor after dropping left-arm
seamer Ian Bradshaw and 19-year-old all-rounder Kieron Pollard.

Teams:

West Indies: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh
Sarwan, Devon Smith, Brian Lara (captain), Marlon Samuels,
Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wicketkeeper), Daren Powell, Corey
Collymore, Jerome Taylor.

Bangladesh: Javed Omar, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul
Hasan, Habibul Bashar (captain), Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur
Rahim (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur
Razzak, Syed Rasel.

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