Tea Bangladesh 346 and 124 for 3 (Mushfiqur 48*, Shanto 23*, Ahmadzai 2-42) lead Afghanistan 240 (Rahmat 105*, Malik 62, Mahmud 5-55, Ebadot 4-56) by 230 runs
The unbroken fourth-wicket stand is price 71 runs to date. Mushfiqur is unbeaten on 48 off 70 balls with seven boundaries, whereas an uncharacteristically cautious Shanto has 23 off 73 balls with no single 4 or six.
The main focus shifted to Mushfiqur instantly, as he had fallen for a duck within the first innings. He bought off the mark with a clipped 4 three overs later, earlier than chopping one other behind level to get going.
Mushfiqur continued to search out the boundaries commonly. He laced one other reduce off left-arm spinner Zia-ur-Rehman. He drove Ismat Alam straight down the bottom. The following, a crack off Qais Ahmed by means of midwicket, introduced up Bangladesh’s 200-run lead within the twenty eighth over. Zia was then late reduce for 4 extra, earlier than Mushfiqur pulled Qais for his seventh 4.
Within the first session, Afghanistan had struck twice. Mohammad Saleem had Shadman Islam caught on the deep square-leg boundary, an analogous dismissal to when he bought out towards the identical bowler within the first innings.
Mominul Haque’s wicket, edging Ahmadzai to first slip, signalled the tip of the primary session with Bangladesh 150 runs forward.
Afghanistan had come into the third morning with hopes of a lead with Rahmat and Alikhil having added 72 already after that they had slipped to 139 for 4 on the second afternoon. After Alikhil fell, Rahmat managed to carry up his century, however largely watched from the opposite finish as batters got here and went, Mahmud’s hat-trick the cherry on the cake. He grew to become solely the third Bangladesh bowler after Alok Kapali (2003) and Sohag Gazi (2013) to take a Take a look at hat-trick.