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Rana's five wickets and aggressive batting put Bangladesh in a strong position against West Indies
Rana's five wickets and aggressive batting put Bangladesh in a strong position against West Indies
Rana's five-for saw West Indies go from 85 for 1 to 146 all out before a counter-attacking start helped Bangladesh take a lead of 211
Bangladesh's fast bowler Nahid Rana took his first five wickets (5-61) in Test cricket, helping to dismiss West Indies for 146 runs. This gave Bangladesh a small 18-run lead on Day 3 of the second Test. By the end of the day, with Shadman Islam scoring 46 and Mehidy Hasan Miraz contributing 42, Bangladesh had reached 193 for 5, increasing their lead to 211 and putting them in a strong position. It was an exciting day at Sabina Park in Jamaica, with 14 wickets falling and 269 runs scored.
Bangladesh continued their playing session with Nahid, who was in full form to test the batters even on Day 2. He got some sideways movement in his first over on the third morning and managed to get Keacy Carty to miss the ball outside the edge. Later, he took the wicket of West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite, who tried to hit a short ball but ended up hitting it to the fielder in the gully.
The visitors took advantage of a small chance early in the day and started to turn things around. Kavem Hodge was the next to go, edging a delivery from the fast bowler to the wicketkeeper.
Not long after, Alick Athanaze hit a ball onto his wickets off Taskin Ahmed, and Taijul Islam bowled out Justin Greaves. Hasan Mahmud then joined in, getting Joshua da Silva out LBW as the home team struggled at 114 for 6. Carty, who had been holding his ground from the other end, was caught out down the leg side, ending his 115-ball innings. Rana returned to finish off the lower order, taking Kemar Roach as his fifth and final wicket of the inning. Except for the top three batters, none of the other West Indies players scored in double digits.
At Sabina Park, Jayden Seales bowled a ball that angled in and then moved away, leading to Mahmudul Hasan Joy getting out without scoring. Shahadat Hossain played a risky game, nearly getting out on a few occasions, but he took advantage of any loose balls from Alzarri Joseph, hitting two boundaries in one over.
Shadman almost got out by edging a ball onto his stumps, and Shahadat was dropped by Brathwaite at extra cover. Shahadat scored 28 runs off 26 balls before getting out caught at mid-off. Mehidy and Shadman built a solid partnership of 70 runs, as the West Indian bowlers started to lose their line and length. Mehidy hit four boundaries in one over to get into rhythm. At one point, West Indies gave away 29 runs in just nine balls.
The two batsmen reached their 50-run partnership in only 29 balls, including 11 boundaries. Runs flowed freely until both Shadman and Mehidy were caught behind off Shamar's bowling. It was a good opportunity for Litton Das and Jaker Ali, who scored quickly before Litton was bowled by a slow ball from Greaves. Taijul and Jaker made sure no more wickets fell, and Bangladesh found themselves in a strong position.
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