DHAKA: The only T20 match of Bangladesh against West Indies at Basseterre has been abandoned Thursday due to rain.

The match officials, after a long, drawn out discussion, have called off the match finally.

The captains have relayed the news to their respective troops and now Sammy and Mushfiqur lead their players as handshakes are given all around, reports cricinfo.com. 

For those of you brave enough to stick it out all this time, we thank you for your undivided attention.

BajanJonathan: "Dodgy lights, dodgy covers, small crowds. With all due respect I think this just goes to show that most matches need to be played in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Guyana where there would be bigger crowds and these technical difficulties wouldn't happen."

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

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

** Rain halts BD-WI T20

BDST: 0933 HRS, AUG 28, 2014