Shakib's double strike sees Windies three down at Lunch

West Indies negotiated the Bangladesh spinners quite well in the morning session, having bowled the Tigers out for 324.

Openers Brathwaite and Powell looked solid before Taijul Islam trapped Kieran Powell in front of the stumps, with the batsman looking to sweep as Bangladesh made the first breakthough of the day in the 11th over. Next over, skipper Shakib Al Hasan, returning to the Tigers side after a brief absence due to injury,  worked his magic, removing Shai Hope and Windies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite in the same over.

Hope was well-beaten by the flight of Shakib's delivery and his drive did not connect as the all-rounder bowled him. The Bangladesh skipper then removed his Windies counterpart Brathwaite, caught at slips by Soumya Sarkar with another flighted delivery that turned and bounced just enough to take the edge.

Bangladesh have come out on top with the early wickets in the morning session as they wrested control from West Indies in a dramatic Test match where every session has produced a turnaround from either of these two sides. West Indies went to lunch on 54 for three as Bangladesh spinners began to make their presence felt in this first Test against the Windies.

Bangladesh fold for 324:

Bangladesh: 324 all out; Taijul 39* FOWS Nayeem 26 (9/324), Mustafizur (10/324) 

Bangladesh innings folded within four overs in the second Day of the first Test match as Jomel Warrican took both wickets. Bangladesh added just 9 more their overnight score with Taijul Islam stranded on 39 not out at the other end.

Nayeem Hasan had been resilient yesterday but was beaten for flight as he pushed at the delivery and edged it to the man at slip. Mustafizur survived a review on the first delivery but two deliveries later he was struck in the pads once more and fell leg-before to Warrican who bagged four wickets for 62.

Source: thedailystar