Bangladesh, who had a 46-run lead in the first innings, made a great progress on third day as Musfiqur Rahim scored a steady century in Sylhet Test on Monday.
However, Shanto was out by Khurram Shahzad early in the day, falling into the trap of being LBW. The Tiger captain could not survive the review.
However, Liton Das then came to the crease and started batting fluently. He was accompanied by Mushfiqur Rahim. Mushfiqur, who scored 23 runs in the first innings of the match, continued to play in the second innings. He remained unbeaten on 90 runs until the tea break on the third day.
Later, after the tea break, he completed his century with fluent play. The batsman hit a four off Mohammad Abbas to reach his century. Mushfiqur hit eight fours and a six to reach his century. He is unbeaten on 108 runs, with Taijul, who accompanied him, scoring 18 runs.
The wicketkeeper-batsman became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to join the 16,000-run club with this innings. Liton, who had scored a century in the previous innings, scored 69 runs off 92 balls this time. Mehidy Hasan Miraz returned to the crease after 19 runs. As of the writing of this report, Bangladesh have scored 333 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The Tigers are 386 runs ahead of Pakistan.
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