Bangladesh shouldn't take this 2nd team lightly, effectively both teams are now equal (stats wise)
I did some research on Cricinfo looking at the first class stats of both teams
West Indies Batsman Bangladesh Batsman
Omar Phillips- 653 @ 32.65 Shakib al Hasan- 2005 @ 33.41
Dale Richards- 2600 @ 38.23 Imrul Kayes- 1217- 28.97
Floyd Reifer- 6689 @ 35.02 Junaid Siddique- 1321 @ 24.01
Travis Dowlin- 3259 @ 29.62 Mahmudullah- 2151 @ 35.85
Chadwick Walton- 761 @ 26.24 Mehrab Hossain jnr- 2084 @ 32.06
Andre Creary- 17 @ 17.00 Mohammad Ashraful- 4908 @ 29.21
Kraigg Brathwaite- 137 @ 34.25 Mushfiqur Rahim- 1519 @ 28.66
David Bernard- 3073 @ 27.19 Raqibul Hasan- 1719 @ 35.81
Saghir Hossain- 2184 @ 24.53
Tamim Iqbal- 1839 @ 35.36
West Indies Bowlers Bangladesh Bowlers
Darren Sammy- 128 @ 26.58 Mashrafe Mortaza- 121 @ 35.59
Kemar Roach- 35 @ 34.94 Shakib al Hasan- 89 @ 31.35
Ryan Austin- 152 @ 25.86 Enamul Haque jnr- 232 @ 30.56
Tino Best- 202 @ 26.20 Mahbubul Alam- 77 @ 26.72
Kevin McClean- 39 @ 22.02 Mahmudullah- 44 @ 33.25
Nelon Pascal- 47 @ 31.89 Shahadat Hossain- 111 @ 36.60
Nikita Miller- 141 @ 19.31 Rubel Hossain- 20 @ 48.80
David Bernard- 124 @ 29.98
So, as you can see the first class stats of the West Indies players are nothing to be ashamed of, however they are very inexperienced with many of them not playing in a test yet. Hopefully Bangladesh take this opportunity and don't waste it and record their second test victory and first away from home.
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