Taijul Islam’s ball touched Barry McCarthy’s bat and landed in Liton Das’ gloves. Liton was quite confident about the out. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain, who was standing at the slip, took the review a few seconds before the end of the time. The eyes of the cricketers’ confusion also immediately went to the big screen in the stadium. There, ‘Out’ was written in red!

Bangladesh won the Sylhet Test by an innings and 47 runs after all-outing Ireland for 254 runs in the second innings on the fourth day. After Bangladesh scored 587 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 301 runs, the doubt about the victory was almost gone.

After Ireland lost 5 wickets in the second innings in the late afternoon of the third day, the task became easier. How long will it take to win today? It took Bangladesh almost one and a half sessions to answer this question.

The umpire raised his finger on Taijul Islam’s delivery on the third ball of the day. But the decision was changed on review. Bangladesh captain Nazmul was also injured when he was caught at slip by Mehedi Hasan Miraj. This prolonged Bangladesh’s wait for victory.

Taijul broke McBrien’s 31-run partnership with Humphries. But even then, Bangladesh was not getting close to victory. The umpire’s decision was repeatedly changed on review. Andy McBrien saved Miraj’s over twice with a review, and in the first session, Balbirnie’s decision to be out was also changed on review. It seemed that the Irish batsmen were not giving up.

McBrien extended the wait for Bangladesh. He tried to pull Ireland from one side.

Looking at McBrien’s batting, it seemed that Ireland would avoid an innings loss? Nahid Rana removed that uncertainty by catching McBrien, who was on 52, to Hasan Murad. Ireland’s wait for an all-out increased a little with a 54-run partnership between McCarthy and Neil.

That too ended with the hands of Taijul Islam and Hasan Murad. These two left-arm spinners of the Bangladesh team took 7 wickets together in the second innings. This ensured Bangladesh’s fourth innings victory in their history in Test cricket.

Ireland could not pose any challenge to Bangladesh throughout the Sylhet Test. Bangladesh, who established their control from the beginning of the match, finally won easily.

Some personal achievements were also added to this – opener Mahmudul Hasan wrote a comeback story with an innings of 171 runs, Nazmul Hossain scored his fourth century as captain, and all four of Bangladesh’s first four batsmen scored 80 runs for the first time. Hasan Murad also shone on debut.

Bangladesh showed their dominance with bat and ball and took a 1-0 lead in the series. The second Test will be played in Mirpur on November 19.

Brief scores:

Ireland: 286 and 254 (McBrien 52, Stirling 43, Balburne 38; Murad 4/60, Taijul 3/84).

Bangladesh: 587/8 (declared).

Result: Bangladesh won by an innings and 47 runs.

Man of the Match: Mahmudul Hasan Joy.

Series: Bangladesh lead the two-match series 1-0.