Tea Bangladesh 318 for 8 (Hridoy 190*, Taskin 0*, Warrican 4-85) path West Indies 356 (Jangoo 133, Wickham 61, Greaves 51, Mahmud 6-90) by 38 runs
Bangladesh have been staring down the barrel when Taijul walked into bat earlier than the lunch break. By the point he left the crease, his facet was simply 55 wanting West Indies’ 356. Hridoy, batting on precisely 100 on the lunch interval, launched into an incredible array of strokeplay, lacing the ball via level with a number of square-cuts, in addition to 5 sixes from midwicket to additional cowl.
He continued in the identical vein with the strike-farming and seek for boundaries. He began with a well timed upper-cut off Shamar Joseph, earlier than he swung Chase for a giant six over sq. leg. Then he struck two straight sixes in Chase’s subsequent over.
The brand new ball was at all times going to be essential for West Indies, particularly every time they obtained an opportunity to have a go along with it in opposition to Taijul. Surprisingly, Taijul dealt with it fairly properly, ticking two boundaries early in opposition to Jayden Seales and Joseph.
Hridoy then lashed Seales for a 4 via level, after which straight down the bottom for a six, in the identical over. His 150 got here via one other stunning flick, off Joseph, earlier than treating him for 2 extra fours in his subsequent over.
Taijul then obtained a 4 attempting to fend himself in opposition to Seales, however then Hridoy launched Joshua Bishop for his sixth six of the innings. When he moved to 172, it was the best Check rating in Sylhet, beating Mahmudul Hasan Pleasure’s 171 in opposition to Eire final 12 months.
West Indies’ spinners obtained Bangladesh on the ropes within the day’s first session. Warrican had each Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das caught at cowl in consecutive overs. Mushfiqur drove the ball on the up, whereas Litton tried to easily time it via the covers, the ball lobbing simply to Brandon King. Mushfiqur’s catch went to Chase who dived to his left to finish the catch.
Justin Greaves then took a wise catch operating from slip in the direction of the leg facet, after Mehidy Hasan Miraz performed an uppish lap sweep. Warrican then obtained Hasan Mahmud caught behind, as Bangladesh slipped into additional hazard. Hridoy, batting on 81, clattered Chase instantly for a six and a 4, earlier than discovering two extra boundaries to get him to 99. He reached his century within the final over earlier than lunch.