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Pooran finished the contest in style, hitting his opposite number Mahmudullah Reyad straight back for his fifth six, posing for the cameras and soaking in the applause from the appreciative crowd.
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Fans in the Grass Mound (Photo: News Room/Avidesh Narine/July 7, 2022)West Indies were in early trouble at 43-3 by seventh over, with Brandon King (7), Shamarh Brooks (12), and Odean Smith (2), promoted to number four, all falling cheaply.
However, any thoughts of further inroads by the Bangladeshis were thwarted by Pooran and Mayers, who proceeded to dominate the contest with a power-packed fourth wicket partnership of 85.
Mayers crunched five sixes and two fours in 55 off 38, his first T20 International half-century.
Rovman Powell fell for five after the dismissal of Mayers, but Pooran continued to play with a free-flowing tempo, ending on 74 not out off 39 balls (5x4s, 5x6s).
Nasum Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh with 2-44.
Earlier, Bangladesh’s total was built on 50 off 38 balls (2x4s, 2x6s) from Afif Hossain and 49 off 41 (3x4s, 2x6s). Leg-spinner Hayden Walsh Jr. again impressed with 2-25, while Romario Shepherd and Odean Smith took a wicket each.
West Indies and Bangladesh now switch focus to the One-Day International leg of the series.
All three games will be played at the National Stadium, Providence, on July 10, 13 and 16, starting at 09:30h on each day.
