Twitter Reactions: Mominul Haque, Mehidy Hasan’s brilliances make Bangladesh firm favourites in Chattogram Test

The fourth day’s play in Chattogram was mostly about Bangladesh getting a stronger grip on the match. The pitch at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium has started to play some tricks and West Indies will have to pull a rabbit out of the hat to even pull off a draw. At the close of the penultimate day of the opening Test, the Caribbean team needs 285 runs to win with seven wickets left in hand.

Mominul carries Bangladesh

The Tigers had the reliable Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque in the middle when the day started. But then, Rahkeem Cornwall trapped Mushfiqur in front to make more inroads into the hosts’ batting lineup. But skipper Mominul and Liton Das steadied the ship. Once the lead kept escalating, the duo started playing some attacking strokes without having much trouble.

Momimul perished to a rash shot in the first innings, but he made amends in the second. The left-hander notched his 10th Test ton, becoming the batter with the most number of Test centuries from his country. He was involved in a 133-run partnership with Liton, who played in his own aggressive way. Mominul got to his century off 173 balls and his knock was laced with 10 glorious fours.

Mehidy strikes yet another time

He got out while trying to flick Shannon Gabriel for a six over the leg side. Kemar Roach, in the deep, took a decent catch. Liton, on the other hand, scored 69 runs off 112 balls with five fours. He fell prey to left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, after racking up his maiden Test century, couldn’t deliver with the bat. Once he got out to Warrican, the Tigers declared their innings.

On a track, which showed signs of deterioration, the hosts set a target of 395 for West Indies to chase down. The Caribbean unit got off to a poor start after Mehidy removed Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell in their 20s. Shane Moseley became Miraz’s third victim. However, Nkrumah Bonner and Kyle Mayers stayed not out on 15 and 37 to ensure that the visitors went into stumps with more hiccups.

Here’s how the netizens reacted:

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque becomes the first Bangladesh player to reach 10 hundreds in Test cricket.#BANvWI #MominulHaque

— 3rdMan (@3rdmaan) February 6, 2021

WI need 285 run to win the test match
Ban need 7 wickets

Interesting Day5

#WIVSBAN #BANvWI

— 😶 (@Thank_____Y0u) February 6, 2021

Will be A Great Final Day
Rooting For WI🤞#BANvWI https://t.co/h0KxWOvfdC

— Sidharth_Shukla_World (MI💙 Meri Jaan 💙) (@Sidharth_World_) February 6, 2021

#Cricket 🏏 fans are spoilt for choice over this weekend:#PAKvsSA #ENGvIND #BANvWI

— Qamar Abbas Khokhar (@mqakhokhar) February 6, 2021

highest batting average away test in last five years (MIN.500 Runs)#BANvWI #ENGvIND #SAvPAK pic.twitter.com/Xb1nbQxtcm

— md polash mahmud ornob (@PMOrnob) February 6, 2021

WI scored 110/3 .All thanks to the fielders otherwise could have lost 2 or 3 wickets more. Mehidy Miraz is still dominating the match, picked up all 3 wickets in 2nd innings (7 overall).He needs 3 more to reach 10 wickets & 100 runs landmark in same match.#BANvWI #1stTest

— Nasreen 🇧🇩 (@NA__SR__EEN3) February 6, 2021

Windies are 3 down and need another 285 runs to win on the final day tomorrow. Will waking up at 5:30 am be worth it 😭 #BanvWI

— EEMS (@NaeemahBenjamin) February 6, 2021

Stumps Day 4 #BANvWI
WI 3/110 trail by 285.
All 3 wickets to (Man of the Match) Mehdy Hasan Miraz.
No rain in sight, so The Tigers should notch-up their first Win in the #iccworldtestchampionship @guerillacricket @BCBtigers @windiescricket

— Farong (@thundhaa) February 6, 2021

Good partnership this Bonner and Mayers 👏 get some rest come back tomorrow and keep it going 🏏 🤞#BANvWI

— Monique Lalor (@LalorMonique) February 6, 2021

Shadman Islam is the third member of the @BCBtigers XI to be off the field with an injury concern.

Shakib Al Hasan (groin)
Tamim Iqbal (right hand)
Shadman Islam (groin)

Yasir Ali, Saif Hassan and Mohammad Mithun are all on the field as subs.#BANvWI pic.twitter.com/hvGgPUX4ld

— 🏏FlashScore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) February 6, 2021