-confident of series win

After his highest score in a One Day International, 146 not out, and sharing in an unbroken 71run partnership with Guyanese, Keemo Paul to see West Indies to their first victory on their tour of Bangladesh, Shai Hope is backing Paul with the bat.

Playing primarily as a bowler, Paul scored 18 not out from 31 balls including the winning runs when West Indies needed six from the last over as well as coming in at a time when his team needed 71 from the last 11 overs and with all the recognized batsmen apart from Hope back in the shed.

Hope, speaking during the post-match conference, said the plan was just to bat as deep as possible, “we know Keemo has very good batting abilities and I have full confidence in him.”

The 25-year-old wicketkeeper batsman stated that the only thing going through his mind in the middle was “Just keep believing regardless of what’s happening, we are here play cricket, compete and win. It is only a matter of time before we get over the line.”

He explained that his knock “was about pacing the innings. I knew that someone had to bat deep. I got the opportunity to start at the top of the order. I had all 50 overs, just a bit disappointed for some of the guys in the middle to get out at that stage. The key was to bat as deep as possible and make sure that we win the game.”

Hope explained “We just tried to rotate as best as possible, we knew the wicket was a bit difficult to come in and strike from