Expect more of the same - Bravo

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Bangladesh have made a disastrous start to their tour of the Caribbean, whitewashed 3-0 in the recent one-day series.

Their 177-run thrashing in the second match prompted captain Mushfiqur Rahim to sensationally blast his players for a lack of effort.

Denesh Ramdin and Darren Bravo then smashed 169 and 124 respectively in the third and final match as the West Indies cruised to a 91-run win.

Dwayne Bravo, captain in the 50-over format, insists that the team are in no mood to take their foot off the pedal after their one-day successes.

"The guys are hungry for success and that is very important," he said.

"When we sit down to discuss our team plans we have always discussed how important it is to be consistent and to play the brand of cricket that we are capable of.

"We now look forward to the Twenty20 game and we hope to come with the same attitude.

"Not much is going to change as we are hungry for success. We want to keep putting on a good team effort going forward.

"We look forward to great things ahead."

Darren Sammy will captain West Indies for the Twenty20 fixture but he will be without the world's top-ranked bowler in the format, leg-spinner Samuel Badree.

Badree will miss due to injury but the second-ranked T20 bowler, fellow spinner Sunil Narine, is available for selection.

Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo both return to West Indies' squad after missing the home T20 series against New Zealand in July.

They drew that 1-1 but have won seven of their last 11 matches in the format, while Bangladesh have lost their last five.

Bangladesh have also been defeated in all 12 of their completed one-day internationals this year.

Spinner Sohag Gazi is available for selection despite being reported for a suspect action after the second one-day international. He will undergo testing next month following the completion of the tour.

Mushfiqur will again captain Bangladesh and they desperately need a win to lift morale ahead of next month's Test matches.

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