Bangladesh turned an 18-run first-innings lead towards the West Indies right into a aggressive 211-run benefit on day three of the second Check at Sabina Park.
Bangladesh defended its first-innings 164 by bowling out the host for 146 simply after lunch as quick bowler Nahid Rana took his maiden Check five-for.
Because the pitch began to ease up within the solar, the Bangladeshis batted with surprising boldness, particularly Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Shadman Islam, and grabbed a helpful lead at 193 for 5 when dangerous mild ended play.
Captain Mehidy’s counterattacking 42 off 39 balls consolidated Bangladesh’s renewed confidence of tying the two-Check sequence.
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Bangladesh needed to overcome shedding Mahmudul Hasan Pleasure within the first over after he edged Jayden Seales to the slips. Shahadat Hossain was dropped on 18 however the harm was restricted. He scored solely 10 extra runs, 28 off 26 balls.
That introduced in Mehidy, who promoted himself from No. 7 within the order to No. 4, partially to guard No. 3 batter Mominul Haque, who stayed off the sector due to an unspecified sickness.
Mehidy obtained off the mark first ball, fended off the second he confronted, then smashed 4 consecutive boundaries; two drives, and two via the slip cordon.
Shadman added two boundaries, Mehidy pulled one to the fence, and so they had hit seven boundaries in 9 balls.
They mixed for 50 in 29 balls, and had the run price at almost seven an over. However then they eased simply earlier than tea, when Bangladesh was 110-2 and main by 128.
Bangladesh additionally exploited the absence of West Indies’ most skilled quick bowler Kemar Roach, who was hit within the shoulder whereas batting. He didn’t reappear till 30 overs into Bangladesh’s second innings. He bowled 5 overs and conceded 12 runs.
Shadman edged behind off Shamar Joseph for 46, ending the stand with Mehidy of 70 in 74 balls. Mehidy adopted him quickly after on 42, out on assessment to a leg-side flick.
Litton Das was dropped on 12, and quick bowler Shamar Joseph dropped to his knees. It was the sixth drop off his bowling within the sequence. Litton was out for 25, bowled via the gate by Justin Greaves.
At stumps, Jaker Ali was 29 not out, and Bangladesh had 5 wickets in hand, together with Mominul’s.
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Within the morning, West Indies collapsed and misplaced the benefit from a gradual however strong 85 for one begin. The house aspect was all out for 146, shedding the final 9 wickets for 61 runs.
It was solely the second time Bangladesh obtained a primary innings lead after scoring lower than 200. Beforehand, it scored 192 towards South Africa in 2008 for a lead of twenty-two runs.
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite, on 33, and Keacy Carty, on 19, began the day within the center at 70-1 and remained the one batters to get into double figures.
Brathwaite triggered the collapse when he was out for 39 off 129 balls, attempting to defend Rana solely to see the ball pop off his bat shoulder to gully, the place substitute Zakir Hasan made a diving catch.
Carty was the seventh man out attempting to flick Hasan Mahmud and edging behind, ending his team-best innings of 40 off 115 balls.
Rana tried bouncing out West Indies earlier than lunch and hit Shamar Joseph on the grill and Roach on the shoulder. They lasted three extra overs after lunch. Roach was the final man out, trapped by Rana, who bagged his first five-for in his sixth take a look at. He made his take a look at debut in March.
Rana took 5 for 61 within the innings, however on Monday he claimed 4 for 26 from his final seven overs.
“We knew it was coming,” Bangladesh bowling coach Andre Adams mentioned. “Whenever you bowl at 150 kph, you’re going to take wickets at some stage. What he has finished within the final 12 months is change into correct. We simply attempt to give him some directions and let his instincts take over.”
All the Bangladesh bowlers obtained a wicket, and Hasan, Taskin Ahmed and Taijul Islam every averaged lower than two runs an over.