St Georges Grenada, CMC:

West Indies and Bangladesh play the first of three One Day Internationals here today with much to prove following a trail of poor performances in the series this year.

The two sides are renewing a rivalry which reached a thrilling high point when Bangladesh, with a gritty performance, clinched a tie-breaker to earn a 3-2 win in their last ODI series at home.

"I am excited with the one day team that is selected. We are ten games away from a prestigious tournament which is the 2015 World Cup so this is part of preparation," said Bravo.

Seven members of the Bangladesh outfit have toured the West Indies before while the likes of Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Shamsur Rahman and Sohag Gazi have visited with Bangladesh-A.

The visitors are expected to rely heavily on the in-form captain Mushfiqur Rahim who will be hoping that Tamim, Nasir, Mahmudullah, Razzak and Gazi would return to form.

On the other hand, under Dwayne Bravo, West Indies have now won three out of seven ODIs this year.

Bravo himself has been the team's best batsman and bowler, averaging 93.50 and taking 12 wickets in seven ODIs.

But apart from Lendl Simmons, none of the other batsmen have even crossed 200 runs this year, while none have reached double-figures in the wickets column apart from left-arm spinner Nikita Miller, who has taken 10 wickets.