Tamim Iqbal celebrates return to 'very comfortable' format with century

Bangladesh reached 279/4, helped by Iqbal's 130*, Shakib Al Hasan's 97 and a late 11-ball 30 from Mushfiqur Rahim, and were then led with the ball by captain Mashrafe Mortaza, who picked up 4/37 as they restricted the hosts to 231/9 and won by 48 runs.

"I think the first 10 overs were very very difficult. It got better after the 25th over," Iqbal, the Player of the Match, said after the match.

Windies captain Jason Holder struck early for his side, dismissing Anamul Haque for a duck in the second over of the innings, but Iqbal and Shakib added 207 runs in 43 overs for the second wicket to take their side to a respectable total.

But Rahim's blitz at the death changed the momentum of the game. "Luckily Mushy played a valuable knock and got us 20-30 runs extra. This is one format where we feel we are very comfortable. We had a new captain and a new voice," Iqbal said.

Mortaza lauded his batsmen saying they set the tone in challenging conditions. "It is always hard but I enjoy on the ground. Just play with your heart as you are playing for your nation. Hopefully, we will carry on from here," Mortaza said.

"We won here against South Africa in 2007. Batting was challenging but Shakib and Tamim set the tone for us and Mushy played a blinder at the end."

Mortaza's counterpart, Holder, felt that his team bowled well until the 45th over of the Bangladesh innings but lost the plot thereafter. "They played some good cricket today. I felt we were pretty good till the 45th over but it fell away after that. Not enough partnerships with the bat as well," Holder said.

Despite having a star-studded batting line-up with the likes of Chris Gayle, Ewin Lewis and Andre Russell, the Windies could not get their chase going as wickets at regular intervals hampered their scoring rate. Shimron Hetmyer top-scored with 52 and was seconded by Gayle, who made 40, but that clearly wasn't enough.

"We did not execute today. We need to do it better with the bat and the ball. We've just got to prepare well. We obviously had our plans today but that did not go well," Holder said.