West Indies, who won the opening Test in Mirpur by eight wickets, took the two-match series 1-0.

Hridoy’s unbeaten 242 in the first innings rescued Bangladesh from 88-3 and carried them to 386, a lead of 30 over West Indies’ 356. That surpassed Mushfiqur Rahim’s 219 not out as the highest score by a Bangladesh batter in Tests, and included a 117-run stand with Taijul Islam.

He added 82 in the second innings for a match aggregate of 324, beating Mominul Haque’s 281 against Sri Lanka in 2018 as the best by a Bangladeshi.

West Indies resumed on 345-3, but Kavem Hodge fell for a career-best 142, and Justin Greaves and Shamar Joseph followed to leave them on 372-6. Joshua Bishop then hit an unbeaten 20 off 11 balls, and Roston Chase declared on 398-6, setting a target of 369.

Taijul, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Nayeem Hasan took two wickets each.

Bangladesh began the chase without opener Shadman Islam, who was ruled out with an ankle injury. Jomel Warrican removed Tanzid Hasan for 21 and trapped captain Najmul Hossain Shanto lbw to leave them 40-2.

Hridoy and Mushfiqur then added 135, passing 100 off 185 balls, and Mushfiqur became the first Bangladeshi to reach 7,000 Test runs along the way. Bangladesh were 162-2 at tea, with Hridoy on 82 and Mushfiqur on 40.

Warrican then bowled Hridoy for 82 off 140 balls, his 100th Test wicket, and Joseph removed Mushfiqur for 49. Bad light ended play with Bangladesh on 184-4, Litton Das on seven and Mehidy on one.

Bangladesh now travel to South Africa, where the first of two Tests starts at the Bullring on 15 November.

– AFP

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