The first test match between Bangladesh and West Indies will start today at St Lucia as West Indies cricket board has announced the squad for the first test match.

The 15-members squad of West Indies has been a totally inexperienced side as nine of these players will make their debuts in the International cricket and also there has been question on significance of this test series.

The Bangladesh skipper M Murtaza has said that they would have liked to play against experienced and world class players like Chris Gayle, Chanderpaul as they could have learnt a lot of things from them while playing with them.

Floyd Reifer will lead the West Indies team who had played four Tests between 1997 and 1999, and he has been currently playing for the Combined Colleges and Campus team in the West Indies domestic tournament and Darren Sammy has been named as the vice captain.

It should be noted that the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has decided to boycott this series over the payment and contract issue and all the West Indies team players have refused to play in the International cricket until all the issues would be solved.