Twitter Reactions: Tamim and Mushfiqur lead the Bangladesh fightback

Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim led the fightback for Bangladesh on the second day’s play as the hosts took a sliver of the upper hand on the second day’s play of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at Chittagong. What was more impressive was the fact that the Bangladeshis seemed to be very articulated in their approach as they impressed with some brilliant and patient batting.

While this highlights their Test match batting acumen, Michael Vaughan may well be in a position to take his words back following some of the comments he made at the close of the ODI series which the Brits claimed with relative difficulty. However, in the longest format of the game, it will only be a matter of time before Bangladesh is a force to reckon with.

The hosts had some issues initially when they faced a few problems battling against Moeen Ali. The 28-year old England off-spinner began to create problems for the hosts when he dismissed Imrul Kayes and Mominul Hasan in the same over. However, in spite of the setback, the hosts managed to cover the leakage in their batting unit with some impressive and patient batting, something they have seldom exhibited in recent times in ODIs.

England’s spin trio of Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali, and Gareth Batty kept taking wickets in tandem but that did not stop the Bangladesh batsmen from scoring their runs and chipping away at the 293-run lead England had managed to muster. Mushfiqur Rahim was one of the most impressive batsmen on the day as he smashed his way to a brilliant 48, a knock that exuded character. That said, here are some of the best tweets from all over the globe.

Great partnership this between Tamim and Mahmudullah.The most important phase of the game for both teams.Ebbs and flows of test cricket.#joy

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) October 21, 2016

Mehedi Hasan poses with the match ball after his debut figures of 6 for 80. #BANvENG pic.twitter.com/KnEzzYm5cD

— Sarath Chandran (@ImSarathC) October 21, 2016

Mehedi Hasan is the youngest Bangladesh player to take a five wicket haul on his Test debut! #BanvEng #howzstat pic.twitter.com/hCZsVa6dr6

— ICC (@ICC) October 20, 2016

Match is delicately poised, perhaps Bangladesh have their noses in front #BanvEng

— Neerav (@ntrivedi19) October 21, 2016

STAT ALERT: This is the first time England have lost all 10 to spin in their 1st inns since Faisalabad Test v Pak in 1987-88. #BANvENG

— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) October 21, 2016

Bairstow's Test year: 150*, 30*, 45, 0, 14, 140, 48, 167*, 32, 29, 48, 58, 12, 83, 55, 81, 50* #BANvENG

— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket) October 20, 2016

Jonny Bairstow nearly made a mess of a simple catch, but finally – a pacer has a wicket in the Test, Rahim OUT for 48 #BANvENG

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 21, 2016

GONE! Batty gets the crucial wicket of Tamim Iqbal, his first Test victim since 2005, Bangladesh 163-4. #BANvENG pic.twitter.com/M8AQfdBHH8

— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag) October 21, 2016

5 lefties in England's top 6.. not sure that's wise with all the bunsens (& R Ashwin) to come this winter #BANvENG

— mark butcher (@markbutcher72) October 20, 2016

This battle between Kumar Dharmasena and Moeen Ali has been exciting.All these dismissals have been so close.#BANvENG

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) October 20, 2016

63.12 – Tamim Iqbal's average against England in Tests, before this match – his best against any team. #BANvENG

— Sarath Chandran (@ImSarathC) October 21, 2016

The last time before today, this happened was against India at Kanpur. #BANvENG pic.twitter.com/AUnPpUUmeA

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 21, 2016

Most dismissals by an Eng WK in a year:
56 Matt Prior (2010)
51 G Jones (2005)
50 J BAIRSTOW (2016)*
48 Geraint Jones (2006)#BANvENG

— Sarath Chandran (@ImSarathC) October 21, 2016