Dwayne Bravo<\/a>, preferring to bank on his young players to deliver in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n“Do we need our senior players? I think we need everybody who is committed to us,” Gibson had said at the start of the tour.<\/p>\n
“Some people will think we need them. We are building a team and, of course, we need senior players that are committed to mix with the youngsters.<\/p>\n
“The youngsters have taken the opportunity and done very well for us. As we are looking at the future, we will build a team around the younger guys.”<\/p>\n
Bravo, who was also not considered for selection despite being fit, turned out for the Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League which ended in Chennai on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Marlon Samuels made up for their absence with an unbeaten 102 off 56 balls to help the tourists trounce the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI by 75 runs in a Twenty20 warm-up on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The West Indies piled up 195-3 in their 20 overs and restricted the home team to 120-6 to record a comprehensive win.<\/p>\n
Darren Sammy’s men return to the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka where they dismissed Bangladesh for 58 in a World Cup game in March on way to a nine-wicket romp.<\/p>\n
Wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim will begin his reign as Bangladesh’s new captain with Tuesday’s Twenty20 clash, with all-rounder Mohammad Mahmudullah as his deputy.<\/p>\n
Rahim replaces leading all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was sacked last month after a disastrous tour of Zimbabwe where Bangladesh lost both the Test and one-day series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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