Spinner Rahkeem Cornwall claimed a five-for to put the West Indies in a strong position but Bangladesh struck back immediately to leave the second Test delicately poised at the end of the third day.
By the final session of the day, the West Indies had dismissed the hosts for 296 to begin the second innings with a 113-run lead. However, they ended the day at 41 for 3, having lost captain Kraigg Brathwaite (6), John Campbell (18), and Shayne Mosely (7) before long.
The West Indies captain was the first casualty, miscuing a shot off Nayeem Hasan, which caught the top of his gloves before being taken by wicketkeeper Liton Das. Shayne Moseley then departed after edging to second slip, in the process becoming Mehidy Hasan’s 100th Test wicket. Brathwaite’s opening partner Campbell was then dismissed in bizarre fashion, with the ball spinning back off the ground to hit the stumps after he had attempted to play a defensive stroke.
Earlier, Das and Mehidy, who got together before lunch, played out a crucial session after the break – with the team still over fifty short of avoiding the follow-on and looking at one point like they would have headed in that direction. Eventually, the two accounted for a valuable 126-run partnership and looked set to potentially cause even more severe damage.
Cornwall, however, ensured it would not be the case. Having earlier removed both captain Mominul Haque (21) a confident-looking Mushfiqur Rahim (54) and Mohammad Mithun (15), earlier, he put an end to the partnership after removing Das. The batsman took the dreaded walk after getting an edge off an attempted paddle, for 71. Cornwall added No. 9 Nayeem Hasan to complete his tally. It was pace bowler Shannon Gabriel who accounted for Mehidy after an attempted drive.
Cornwall ended the innings with figures of 5 for 74, while Gabriel ended with 3 for 70. Nkrumah Bonner (8) and Jomel Warrican (2) will be the batsman resuming the day at the crease for the West Indies on the fourth day.