Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said on Tuesday he was thinking only about the first Test against West Indies, as the pitch for Wednesday's match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium remained covered in grass.

Bangladesh go into the two-match series having won seven of their 13 Tests since December 2024, with two draws and four defeats. The run includes a win over Australia in Darwin in August and a home whitewash of Pakistan in May.

Questions at the pre-series press conference in Mirpur kept returning to the World Test Championship final, but Shanto said he had not looked that far ahead.

"Honestly, I haven't thought about it at all," he said. "I'm only thinking about this Test. Even the second Test ...