A late century by Mahmudullah powered Bangladesh to 508 all out in their first innings on the day two of their second and final Test match against the West Indies at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur in Dhaka Saturday (Dec 1).
Bangladesh posted a big total playing 153.6 overs.
Besides Mahmudullah, Shadman Islam, Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das are the other batsmen who rolled over Windies bowlers in the innings.
Mahmudullah had to wait a long period of eight years to hit his second Test ton against Zimbabwe in the last Test of Bangladesh’s previous home series as he smashed his maiden one in 2008 against New Zealand.
But this time, Mahmudullah smashed two Test-tons in a span of three weeks.
Mahmudullah narrowly escaped a run-out at 98 when Windies fielders displayed a real mess in spite of having a golden chance to trap the batsman.
Along the way of hitting the third ton, Mahmudullah stretched a 55-runs stand with Taijul Islam at the ninth wicket. Taijul, the left-hander, also showed some glimpses of his batting ability once again. He scored 26 at tea of the second day.
Shadman justified his inclusion to the side registering a fifty on debut. He was out for 76. The southpaw of Chattogram also scored a half-century for BCB XI in the practice match against the same opponent in Chattogram.
Shakib was not up to the mark in the series opener as he returned with 34 and one in two innings of the match. This time around, however, he hit his 24th Test-fifty and stretched it to a significant 80 to help Bangladesh to have solid first innings total.
Liton Das, who was not the part of the team initially, struck his fourth Test-fifty off 50-balls. This is his first fifty in 11 innings. The right-handed batsman got the comeback call as backup wicket-keeper due to an injury of Mushfiqur Rahim.
Bangladesh added 249 to their first-day tally in last five wickets. The score is Bangladesh’s second-highest total against the West Indies. Their highest total against the Caribbeans remains 556 that they gathered in 2012 in the same venue.
Bangladesh lost seven of their 10 wickets to spinners. While Jomel Warrican, Devendra Bishoo and Kraigg Braithwaite shared two-wickets each, Roston Chase took one.
