Bangladesh was in the driver’s seat in the late Test on the first day. Today, they ended the third day’s play with a sense of victory. Unless something unusual happens, the rest of the formalities will be completed on Friday.

After batting all day, Bangladesh returned from the tea break and declared their innings. However, the Tigers gained big capital before that. They declared their innings by scoring 587 runs for 8 wickets, which is the highest score on the country’s soil.

On the way to building big capital, the lead increased to 301 runs. This is the second largest lead for Bangladesh in the first innings in a Test. Bangladesh had a maximum lead of 397 runs against the West Indies in Mirpur in 2018.

The Irish, who scored 286 runs in the first innings, went to break the lead and lost 86 runs before the end of the day by losing 5 wickets. They need 215 more runs in the last two days to avoid an innings defeat, with 5 wickets in hand.

The third day started with a stumble on Thursday. Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Mominul Haque could not settle down. Both returned with regrets. Joy (171) did not reach a double century, Mominul (82) missed a century.

Bangladesh did not take time to overcome the initial shock. Captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto took control. He made a 79-run partnership off 103 balls with Mushfiqur Rahim, who was playing the 99th Test of his career.

Mushfiqur was caught on 23 runs, but Shanto moved forward. He got Liton Das along with him. The two continued to increase the runs in a row. Liton was out for 60 runs off 66 balls. Shanto celebrated his century with Mehedi Miraj.

However, after reaching three figures in 112 balls, he could not extend his innings. The Bangladesh captain was lbw one ball after scoring a century. He returned to score exactly 100 runs off McBrien’s delivery.

After that, none of the rest could score any runs. However, their small innings gave the team a little more lead. Matthew Humphreys took 5 wickets with the ball for the Irish.

Ireland lost their first wicket for 14 runs after breaking the lead. Carmichael (5) was returned by Nahid Rana. Then Paul Stirling and Harry Tector put on a 47-run partnership. Which was broken when Stirling was run out for 43.

Then Taijul removed Tector, who returned for 18 runs. And towards the end of the day, Hasan Murad removed Curtis Campher and Lorcan Tucker. Ireland lost 5 wickets for 85 runs.