Bangladesh's goal is 231, the Tigers will have to win on a record average

Sports Desk: The first part of their plan is a completely simple Bangladesh. Mehdi Hasan Miraj came to the press conference as the team's representative at the end of the third day's play and said that the West Indies' lead was limited to 25 runs. Abu Zayed Rahi, Taizul Islam's great bowling gave the Caribbeans a lead of 230 runs, Bangladesh needed 231 runs to win the match. Bangladesh will have to break their previous record to win this match.

Chasing the highest run of the Bangladesh team at home, the winning record is only 101 runs. Bangladesh won this match against Zimbabwe in 2014. However, the record of chasing the highest run of Bangladesh is against the West Indies. In 2009, Bangladesh won by chasing a target of 216 runs on their soil. Bangladesh team can get inspiration to set this record from the first match of the series.

Because the record of chasing the highest run in Test cricket on the soil of Bangladesh is held by West Indies. This is an unforgettable feat of chasing the target of 395 runs thrown by Bangladesh in the last Test. However, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, there is no precedent for winning by chasing so many runs again. England reached the target of 209 runs given by Bangladesh in 2010 by losing 1 wicket. This is the highest run chase record in the home of cricket. Besides, Mirpur has a record of winning by chasing more than 200 runs.

In 2008, South Africa won by 5 wickets for 205 runs in the fourth innings against Bangladesh. In other words, if the Bangladesh team wins this match, it will be only the third instance of winning by chasing more than 200 runs on the ground in Mirpur. Bangladesh started well in the second innings by taking 3 wickets on the last afternoon of the third day of the Dhaka Test. The hosts continued on the morning of the fourth day.

Bangladesh got the first wicket in the fifth over of the day today (Sunday). Bangladesh started the day positively by sending Jomel Warikan, who came down as a night watchman, to the toilet. Right-arm pacer Abu Zayed Rahi's first match. In the second innings of the Caribbean, Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque did not hand over the new ball to Rahi, the only fast bowler of the team. Rahi did not get a single over out of the 21 overs on the third day. But today, on a sunny day, Bangladesh started bowling with Rahi. It was not too late for success.

Warrickan was caught in the leg before the first ball of the fifth over of the day by Rahi. It was clear to the naked eye. That's why the Caribbean did not take the review. West Indies then collected 50 runs for 4 wickets. They could have lost the fifth wicket in that over. Kyle Myers, the hero of the previous match, came to the wicket after the fourth wicket fell. He started with four off the first ball. The last ball of that over was coming out with offstamp. Myers also moved the bat forward, the ball was deposited in the gloves of wicketkeeper Liton Das.

Umpire Richard Illingworth did not give out even though Bangladesh team applied. Bangladesh did not take the review. As seen in the TV replay, the ball touched the outer edge of Myers' bat on its way to Lytton's gloves. In other words, Bangladesh could have got the wicket if he had taken the review, Myers had to take the path to the toilet. That did not happen in the decision of Bangladesh.

However, Myers did not stay on the wicket for long. He was out because of Rahi. The first ball of the 11th over of the day went into the perfect reverse swing. Myers could not play even with the bat down, hitting the pads. Rahi had been setting up Myers for this delivery from the previous over, succeeding in the first ball of the new over. Umpire Ealingworth responded to Bangladesh's strong plea and the Tigers cheered. Myers thought the ball would come out with a legstamp. So take the review. But as seen in the replay, Rahi's ball would go with a legstamp kiss.

That's why Myers couldn't live with the reviews. His innings stopped with 6 runs off 16 balls. In the 14th over of the day, Taizul hung the ball and made a sharp turn and Germain Blackwood's defense went into Liton's gloves. Blackwood came out of the popping crease to defend the forward. Liton took this opportunity. He broke the stamp with lightning speed, before the umpire gave out.

Leg umpire Richard Illingworth sent the decision to third umpire Gazi Sohail. As seen in the TV replay, Blackwood's leg was just outside the spot of the popping crease when Lytton broke the stamp. That's why Blackwood, who scored 9 runs in 1 six, had to return to the dressing room. The main achievement of this wicket is undoubtedly the wicket keeper Liton. However, for the rest of the session, two half-centurions Encrumah Bonner and Joshua da Silva did not allow danger to occur.

Sometimes using Rahi, sometimes using Taizul or Naeem-Miraj, the Tiger captain could not shake these two. At the end of the session, Bonner was unbeaten on 30 off 106 balls and Joshua was unbeaten on 20 off 52 balls. The team's run was 96 for 6. After the lunch break, spinners Taizul and Naeem did not waste any time to take the last 4 wickets.

If both of them took two wickets each, the Caribbeans lost the last 4 wickets by only 13 runs. Naeem returned the highest 37-run boner for the team, while Jashua, who scored 20, returned the ball to Taizul. Taizul took 4 wickets, Rahi 3 wickets, Naeem 2 wickets and Mehedi Miraj 1 wicket for Bangladesh.