Mohammad Mithun returned to the dressing room in the morning after falling victim to West Indies spinner Rakim Cornwall.
Then Mushfiqur Rahim, the best hope of the team, also returned. Later, the Lytton-Mirage pairing was also broken by Big Man Cornwall. Bangladesh were bowled out for 296 in the first innings. West Indies got a lead of 113 runs in the first innings. Abu Zayed was dismissed for 1 run as the last batsman. Taizul Islam remained unbeaten on 13 runs.
Earlier, Liton Das played an innings of 71 runs. Mehdi Miraj, who was with him, was dismissed for 57 runs. 126 runs came from their pair. The pair was hoping to touch the West Indies run. Earlier, Bangladesh lost 4 wickets for 105 runs on the second day. Tamim Iqbal scored 44 runs for the team.
21 runs came from Muminul's bat. Soumya Sarkar and Nazmul went back to the toilet at a calm start. On the third day of the Test on Saturday, Mohammad Mithun was dismissed for 15 in the morning. Mushfiqur returned to Cornwall's spin with 54 runs. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat in the match which started at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.
Joshua de Silva, playing in the second Test, scored the highest 92 runs for the Caribbean. Before being bowled by Taizul, Aljari made a pair of 118 runs with Joseph. Besides, pacer Joseph led the team with a great innings of 82 runs. Before that, Enkrumah Bonner played an innings of 90 runs at an important time by putting pressure on the Bangladesh bowlers.
Mehdi Miraj deprived him of a century. Picked up the 99th wicket of his Test career. Bonner's 88-run partnership with Joshua was followed by two openers Craig Brathwaite and Johan Campbell.
They added 66 runs in the beginning. Captain Braithwaite scored 47 and Campbell 36 runs. Abu Zayed and Taizul Islam took four wickets each in the first innings for Bangladesh.
Cornwall took five wickets for the West Indies. Shannon Gabriel took three wickets.
