Tea Bangladesh 272 and 34 for 4 (Litton 4*, Jaker 1*, Chase 3-6) lead West Indies 245 (Chanderpaul 56, Campbell 54, Nayeem 4-33) by 61 runs
A burst of four wickets - three of them to Roston Chase - has left Bangladesh in tatters on the third afternoon of the Dhaka Test against West Indies. Bangladesh were 34 for 4 at tea, ahead by just 61 runs after bowling West Indies out for 245 shortly after the lunch break.
Shamar Joseph got West Indies their first breakthrough when he removed Tanzid Hasan in the second over for a duck with his second ball of the innings. Tanzid edged to gully where Chase took the catch.
Chase took over after that. Coming in to bowl in the seventh over in place of Jomel Warrican, Chase got one to drift past Shadman Islam, the century-maker from the first innings, in the 11th over to hit the stumps.
One ball later, Towhid Hridoy skied Chase to mid-off attempting a slog to a length ball, and Jayden Seales took an easy catch. Hridoy is likely to get plenty of rap for his shot - he was dismissed playing a similarly reckless shot in the first innings against Joshua Bishop.
Chase took his third wicket soon afterwards when he got his opposite number, Najmul Hossain Shanto, for ten. Shanto fell lbw to another straight delivery.
Nayeem Hasan ran through the Bangladesh tail
Nayeem Hasan ran through the Bangladesh tailAFP/Getty Images
Bangladesh are also without senior batter Mominul Haque after he suffered a concussion when he was hit while fielding close to the bat. Jaker Ali, his replacement, arrived at the crease at No. 6 to join Litton Das before rain stopped play five minutes before the scheduled tea break.
Bangladesh had a good time with the ball earlier in the day.
Nayeem Hasan took the leading role either side of the lunch break. He had Justin Greaves lbw for 46 with what turned out to be the last ball before lunch. And after lunch, he removed the lower order of Shamar Joseph, Warrican and Seales quickly, finishing with 4 for 33.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul had earlier given West Indies a positive start to the day. He struck Taijul for a six in the early exchanges before reaching the third half-century of his Test career. Shoriful Islam, though, ended his 184-ball stay when he had him caught at second slip. Chanderpaul had scored 56.
Chase and Justin Greaves then gave West Indies some stability with a 51-run sixth-wicket stand, with both batters finding the odd boundary till Greaves' dismissal just before lunch.