On the moving day in Sylhet, Towhid Hridoy stood tall with a fantabulous maiden double ton in Test cricket and he has single-handedly brought Bangladesh back in the game leaving the Test match in the balance after Day 3. Towhid Hridoy showed his class as he took Bangladesh into the lead by 30 runs and remained unbeaten on 242. With Shadman Islam out of the Test match, Bangladesh made 386 and West Indies survived a tricky phase before close.
For the West Indies, it was a hard toil with the ball with Jomel Warrican standing out with 4 wickets while Jayden Seales picked up 2 wickets while the rest of the wickets were shared. It’s all to play for on Day 4 and West Indies must avoid a collapse on Day 4 to make sure they don’t lose the Test match while the hosts will want to take early wickets come tomorrow.
Towhid Hridoy stands tall with his maiden Test hundred even as West Indies chip away at the wickets in an absorbing morning session.Â
Towhid Hridoy and Mushfiqur Rahim came out to resume proceedings for Bangladesh while Shamar Joseph had the ball in hand for West Indies. Joseph started the day with a maiden. Jomel Warrican had the ball in hand from the other end. He bowled a decent over as well. Shamar continued as Hridoy got up on his toes and slapped it past deep point for a boundary. Warrican continued and bowled a quiet over. Shamar continued as the 100 came up for Bangladesh in 44.4 overs.
Hridoy got the top edge that flew overs the slips and away for a lucky boundary as the 50-run stand came up between the two players. Warrican continued as Rahim got down and dragged it by sweeping to deep square leg for a boundary. Shamar continued as Rahim merely pushed the ball past deep point for a boundary. Shamar conceded 4 leg byes as a bonus to the batting side. Warrican continued and got the first wicket of the morning as he dismissed Rahim for 34 off 76 balls with 4 fours to his name as King dived forward to take a splendid catch inches from the ground.
Litton Das came out to bat next. Joshua Bishop came into the attack for the first time on Day 3. Hridoy sliced it away past backward point for a boundary to get to his fifty in 109 balls, his maiden Test fifty. Litton then walked across and got down to sweep it to deep backward square leg for a boundary. Warrican continued as Litton went back in a flash and pulled it past square leg for a boundary. Warrican got another as he dismissed Litton for 8 off 7 balls with 2 fours to his name as King took another catch at slip.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz came out to bat next. Bishop continued and bowled a decent over. Warrican continued and bowled a tight over. Bishop continued and kept things tight as well. Warrican continues as Miraz showed aggression by clearing his front leg and smashed it over extra cover for a boundary. Miraz was at it again as he drove the ball down past cover and mid-off for a boundary. The 150 came up for Bangladesh in 54 overs. Bishop continued as Hridoy swept the ball to deep square leg for a boundary. Bangladesh were 157/5 in 55 overs when we paused for Drinks in the morning session.
Warrican continued after the break and bowled a tight over. Bishop continued as Hridoy swept the ball to deep midwicket for a boundary. Warrican continued as Miraz showed deft touch and used the bowler’s pace to slice it to deep third fence for a boundary. Captain Roston Chase came into the attack next and was welcomed with a smash through covers for a boundary. Warrican continued and bowled a tight over.
Chase continued and got rid of Mehidy for 16 off 30 balls with 3 fours to his name as Justin Greaves took a stupendous catch at slip by anticipating it well. Hasan Mahmud came out to bat next. Warrican continued and bowled a decent over. Chase too kept things under check. Warrican then struck for West Indies as he dismissed Hasan Mahmud for 1 off 12 balls thanks to great usage of DRS. The umpire gave it NOT OUT for caught behind and got the decision overturned on DRS. Taijul Islam came out to bat next.
Chase continued as Hridoy took him on and swung across the line with a hammer over deep midwicket for the maximum. Hridoy then backed away and made room to go inside out over covers for a boundary. Warrican continued and bowled a probing maiden over. Chase continued as Hridoy slogged across the line and swung across the line and the ball went away to deep square leg for a boundary.
Jayden Seales came back into the attack next as Hridoy walked across and rolled his wrists to flick it to deep fine leg for a boundary as the 200 came up for Bangladesh in 67.4 overs and he moved to 99*. Chase came and bowled the last over before Lunch as Hridoy reached his maiden Test hundred off 171 balls. Bangladesh reached 205/7 in 69 overs with Hridoy unbeaten on 100 off 171 balls alongside Taijul unbeaten on 1 off 14 as players walked off the field for Lunch on Day 3.
Towhid Hridoy leads Bangladesh’s charge in a productive afternoon session.Â
Towhid Hridoy and Taijul Islam came out to resume proceedings after Lunch while Jomel Warrican had the ball in hand for the West Indies. Warrican started with a decent over. Shamar Joseph had the ball in hand from the other end. Joseph too bowled a decent over. Warrican kept things tight as well. Joseph continued as Hridoy opened his bat face and used the bowler’s pace to slice it aerially past deep backward point for a boundary. Warrican continued and bowled a tight over.
Roston Chase returned to the attack as Hridoy muscled the ball to swing across the line to club it over deep square leg for the maximum. Warrican continued and bowled a decent over. Chase continued as Hridoy pumped the ball down the ground over long-on for the maximum. The 50-run stand came up between the duo. Hridoy took on Chase again and smacked it over long-off for the maximum. Warrican continued and bowled a quiet over. Chase continued and bowled a maiden.
Warrican continued and bowled a tight over. Jayden Seales came back into the attack with the second new ball. Taijul slashed the ball away past deep backward point for a boundary. The 250 came up for Bangladesh in 80.4 overs. Hridoy survived a massive scare for LBW against Seales as the onfield umpire said NO. On reviews, umpire’s call on clipping the leg stump meant the decision stood, but the review was saved for West Indies. Shamar Joseph had the second new ball in hand from the other end. Taijul backed away and opened the bat face to glide it down past gully for a boundary.
Seales continued as Hridoy hung back and opened the bat face late to slice it over slips for a boundary before charging down the track and muscle it down the ground over long-on for the maximum. Joseph continued as Hridoy used his wrists to whip it between midwicket and mid-on for a boundary. The 150 came up for Towhid Hridoy. Bangladesh reached 274/7 after 84 overs when we paused for Drinks in the afternoon session.
Seales continued after the break as Hridoy got hit on the chest as the physio came and looked after him. Joseph continued as Hridoy stood and delivered with a slash past backward point for a boundary and then swivel pulled over deep square leg for a boundary. Seales continued as Taijul got the outside edge over the slips for a lucky boundary as the 100-run stand came up between the duo. Warrican came back into the attack as where Islam got a lifeline on 20 and the score of 290 when King at midwicket put down the catch.
Bishop came back into the attack as Hridoy launched it down the ground over the bowler’s head for the maximum. Warrican continued as the 300 came up for Bangladesh in 89.5 overs. Bishop continued and delivered a wide but kept things tight. Warrican continued and be broke through as Taijul was dismissed for 22 off 56 balls with 3 fours to his name as the back foot was on the line when bails were dislodged and OUT was the verdict. The partnership was finally broken by West Indies. Taskin Ahmed came out to bat next as Warrican completed a wicket maiden.
Bishop continued and bowled a tight over. Taskin survived a LBW call as the impact was outside the leg stump as the DRS was burnt by the visitors. Bishop continued as Hridoy pierced the gap by slashing it past diving backward point fielder for a boundary. Warrican continued as Hridoy thumped him down the ground by charging him to hit ot over long-on for the maximum.
Hridoy ended the session with a thick outside edge when he looked to smash it as the ball raced away past the keeper and away to the deep third man fence for a boundary. Bangladesh reached 319/8 in 96 overs with Hridoy batting unbeaten on 190 off 289 balls and Taskin unbeaten on 0 off 2 balls as players left the field for Tea on Day 3.
Towhid Hridoy completes double ton and stays unbeaten as Bangladesh get bowled out for 386 with a lead of 30 runs; West Indies negotiate the remaining 4 overs of the final session before Bad Light intervenes.Â
Towhid Hridoy and Taskin Ahmed resumed proceedings for Bangladesh after Tea while Shamar Joseph had the ball in hand for West Indies. Shamar Joseph overstepped while King got a finger injury and received treatment. Joseph though kept things tight. Warrican continued and bowled a tight over. Joseph continued as Hridoy rolled his wrists quickly and whipped it past the bowler and deep fine leg for a boundary and the bowler overstepped as well.
Then the moment came for Towhid Hridoy as he reached his maiden Test double ton off 304 balls. Taskin then got the outside edge as Greaves put down a tough chance at slip cordon. Joshua Bishop returned to the attack as Hridoy slogged across the line to whack it over deep square leg for the maximum. Warrican continued as Hridoy sliced the ball between backward point and short third man for a boundary. Bishop continued and bowled a maiden.
Warrican continued as Hridoy used his feet to get to the pitch of the ball and loft it inside out over extra cover for a boundary. The 350 came up for Bangladesh in 103.4 overs. The 50-run stand came up between the duo as well. Bishop continued and kept things tight. Warrican continued as Hridoy walked across and whipped it over midwicket for a boundary to level the first-innings score. Chase continued and delivered a maiden.
Bishop continued as Hridoy took him on to swing through the line and club it over long-off for the maximum as Bangladesh took the first innings lead. Roston Chase returned again as Taskin whacked the ball uppishly over midwicket for a boundary. Hridoy took him on again as he swung across the line to blaze it over deep square leg for the maximum. Jayden Seales returned and conceded wides as well despite keeping it tight. Bangladesh reached 376/8 in 110 overs when we reached Drinks in the final session with a lead of 20 runs.
Chase continued after the break as Hridoy shuffled across and got underneath to muscle over long-on for the maximum. Seales continued as Taskin edged it away after he looked to smash downtown and the ball flew over the slips for a boundary. Seales finally got the final wicket to fall as Taskin fell for 12 off 29 balls with 2 fours to his name as Bishop took the catch at deep fine leg by coming forward. With Shadman Islam unable to bat, the innings ended here.
Towhid Hridoy remained unbeaten on 242 off 359 balls with 22 fours and 11 sixes to his name to turn the match on its head as Bangladesh finished with 386 in 111.5 overs. 12 extras given by the West Indies team. For the visitors, Jomel Warrican was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/104 in 41 overs. Jayden Seales finished with 2/58 in 15.5 overs. Shamar Joseph finished with 1/82 in 20 overs. Justin Greaves finished with 1/10 in 6 overs. Captain Roston Chase finished with 1/66 in 13 overs. Joshua Bishop finished with 1/66 in 13 overs.
So, Bangladesh gained a handy lead of 30 runs when the first innings of both sides ended. So for the West Indies, in their second innings Brandon King and Joshua Da Silva came out to bat while Taskin Ahmed had the ball in hand for Bangladesh. Bangladesh burn a DRS for caught behind against King as there was no bat whatsoever on that one. They burnt another review in the same over for LBW against King as the inside edge was detected. The hosts were down to just 1 review now so early in the innings.
King hit a glorious shot through the covers driving on the up for a boundary. Hasan Mahmud shared the new ball from the other end. Hasan bowled a probing maiden over. Taskin continued and bowled a decent over. With light deteriorating, Taijul Islam came into the attack next and delivered a maiden. West Indies were 7/0 in 4 overs when bad light intervened even as Mehidy Hasan Miraz was about to start his over and spell. King is unbeaten on 5 off 13 balls with a boundary to his name and Joshua is unbeaten on 2 off 11 balls. 0 extras so far by Bangladesh.
Three bowlers used by Bangladesh. Taskin Ahmed bowled 2 overs for 7 runs. Hasan Mahmud bowled a maiden and so did Taijul Islam. It is West Indies who trail by 23 runs with 10 wickets in hand and 2 days of play left at Stumps on Day 3.
What Lies Ahead on Day 4.Â
The moving day belonged to Towhid Hridoy as his double ton propelled the hosts to a handy 30-run first innings lead. Hridoy has kept Bangladesh in the game for sure. With two days left, West Indies will aim to bat well and time to eliminate a loss at this stage. While Bangladesh will hope for early damage and elicit a collapse in order to chase a low score to level the series 1-1 and have time doing so.
So, it’s all to play for in Sylhet on Super Sunday with the game very much on the line and plenty of things to anticipate as well. Let’s see how Day 4 pans out for us.
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