DHAKA: Rain halted the only T20 match of Bangladesh against West Indies at Basseterre Thursday.

Earlier in the day, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim chose to bat first against West Indies in the only T20 at Warner Park. 

It was the logical thing to do, and will be some respite as they would now look to post a big total.

Shamsur Rahman and Mohammad Mithun have been included in the team at the cost of Imrul Kayes and Mominul Haque who played in the third ODI. Mashrafe Mortaza has been sidelined with a groin injury while Sohag Gazi has been dropped. Abdur Razzak, thought to be out of Bangladesh's T20 plans, remains in the side.

West Indies have four medium-pace bowling allrounders filling up the spots from No. 5 onwards. Andre Russell who was one of the standout players in the recent Caribbean Premier League has been picked, while Sulieman Benn and Andre Fletcher have been benched. They will have two left-arm pace bowlers - Krishmar Santokie and Sheldon Cottrell - in the playing XI while Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo are back in the T20 side.

West Indies: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Dwayne Smith, 3 Lendl Simmons, 4 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Darren Sammy (capt), 8 Andre Russell, 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Krishmar Santokie, 11 Sheldon Cottrell

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Anamul Haque, 3 Shamsur Rahman, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), 5 Mohammad Mithun, 6 Nasir Hossain, 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Abdur Razzak, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Al-Amin Hossain, 11 Rubel Hossain

 BDST: 0736 HRS, AUG 28, 2014