West Indies bounced back from a slow start to defeat Bangladesh by 16 runs in the opening match of the three-game Twenty20 series on Monday.

A late surge from captain Shai Hope and Rovman Powell, scoring 51 runs in the last three overs, propelled the West Indies to a formidable total of 165/3.

Bangladesh was bowled out for 149 in 19.4 overs, suffering due to reckless batting by the specialists. Jason Holder took 3/31, while fellow fast bowler Jayden Seales cleaned up the tail, claiming 3/32.

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Hope won the toss and opted to bat on what he described as a batting-friendly pitch. However, openers Brandon King and Alick Athanaze managed only 36 runs in the powerplay, struggling against Nasum Ahmed’s spin. Although Nasum did not take any wicke

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