Towhid Hridoy’s unbeaten 242 took Bangladesh to a first-innings lead of 30 over West Indies, as the hosts were bowled out for 386 on the third day in Sylhet on Saturday, November 7. West Indies had made 356, and Bangladesh at one stage looked set to concede a lead of more than 100.
Hridoy walked in at 22 for two and carried Bangladesh through the day, hitting 22 fours and 11 sixes off 359 balls. With Shadman Islam unavailable to bat, the innings closed when Taskin Ahmed fell to Jayden Seales for 12, caught by Joshua Bishop at fine leg.
Taskin top-edged a short ball from Seales towards fine leg, a few deliveries after a thick edge had flown over the cordon for four. He made 12 off 29 balls, and the ninth-wicket stand with his partner was worth more than 80.
The innings also set a team mark. After Hasan Mahmud fell at 184 for seven, Bangladesh added another 202 runs for the last three wickets, with Shadman’s absence counted as the tenth. That is their highest for those wickets in Tests, beating the 198 against Zimbabwe in 2021.
A slower, fuller delivery from Bishop was launched over long-off for six, putting Bangladesh ahead on 362 for eight with the batter on 229. Another six off Roston Chase soon followed, the 11th of the innings and a mark no Bangladeshi has reached in a Test innings.
The day’s batting list has a new name at the top. Starting on 29 and finishing on 242, he made 213 runs in a single day, beating Shakib Al Hasan’s 212 against New Zealand in 2017, the previous best by a Bangladeshi.
Mominul Haque’s 175 against Sri Lanka in 2018 drops to third. Mushfiqur Rahim’s 171 against Zimbabwe in 2020 and Mahmudul Hasan Joy’s 169 against Ireland in 2025 follow. At tea the total for the day was 161, fifth on that list, and 52 more runs after the break changed the order.
The highest Test score by a Bangladeshi is his as well. A single off Bishop took him to 219, level with Mushfiqur’s unbeaten 219 against Zimbabwe in 2018, and a pulled four off Jomel Warrican then carried him to 223, past Shakib’s 217.
His double century had come earlier, with a single to long-on off Warrican, making him the fourth Bangladeshi to reach the mark after Mushfiqur, Shakib and Tamim Iqbal. Taskin was at the other end, and Bangladesh were 340 for eight after 101 overs when he stood on 208.
Tea arrived with Bangladesh on 318 for eight, 38 behind, and the batter ten short of 200. A straight six off Warrican, who had shortened his length, came in the final over, followed by a thick outside edge for four off the last ball.
Warrican had stumped Taijul Islam for 22, his foot on the line, to leave Bangladesh on 301 for eight after 92 overs. That ended the eighth-wicket stand, only Bangladesh’s third century partnership for that wicket in Tests.
By that stage the score of 172 was already the highest individual Test innings at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. At 154 he had passed every Bangladeshi against West Indies, and he survived a painful blow when Seales struck him on the ribs in the 85th over.
A single off Chase just before lunch brought up a maiden Test hundred, with Bangladesh going to the break on 205 for seven, 151 behind. Warrican had taken Mushfiqur, Litton Das and Hasan Mahmud in the morning, while Mehidy Hasan Miraz fell to a catch at first slip off Chase.
Play had resumed on 88 for three, with Mushfiqur on 19 alongside the overnight not-out batter. Bangladesh had lost three wickets for 51 runs on day two after Nayeem Hasan opened for the first time in his career because of Shadman’s ankle injury.
Only 54 runs in four innings had come before this match, his third Test. One unbeaten innings has now dwarfed that tally more than four times over in a single day.
West Indies reached seven without loss at stumps, still 23 behind, after four overs of their second innings. Brandon King was on five off 13 balls and Joshua Da Silva on two off 11.
Bangladesh lost two reviews in Taskin’s first over. The first was for a bat-pad catch that replays showed was nowhere near the bat, and the second was for an lbw that the umpire turned down but which showed an inside edge. King then drove the last ball of the over for four.
Taskin and Hasan bowled the first three overs, with Hasan’s a maiden. When the umpires brought out the light meters, only spinners could bowl, and Taijul sent down a maiden. The umpires then judged the light had reached the threshold for the Test, ending play for the day.