Warrican’s five-wicket haul leads WI fightback against Bangladesh
MIRPUR: West Indies spinner Jomel Warrican took five wickets to bowl Bangladesh out for 272 before the visitors reached 134-4 on the second day of the opening Test on Thursday.
The West Indies trail by 138 runs at stumps, with Tagenarine Chanderpaul batting on 43 and Justin Greaves on 15 when bad light ended play early in Mirpur.
Warrican, a left-arm spinner who struck twice on day one, returned figures of 5-53, his fourth five-wicket haul in Test cricket.
Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam, who resumed on 99 not out, reached his third Test century on the second morning but fell for 105 as Bangladesh lost their remaining seven wickets for 51 runs.
“We should have done better,” said Shadman. “If our top-order batters had converted their scores into bigger innings of 150, 170 or even 200, the team total could have reached 450 or 500.”
The hosts resumed on 213-3 and Shadman reached his hundred with a flick off debutant left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop on the second ball of the day.
But Bishop trapped him lbw in his next over to trigger a collapse.
Towhid Hridoy, who had retired hurt on 42 on the opening day due to cramps, returned to bat but was bowled by Bishop without adding to his overnight score.
Litton Das attempted to rebuild the innings with the lower-order and remained unbeaten on 34, but Warrican and fast bowler Shamar Joseph dismantled the tail with Bangladesh all out before lunch.
Bishop and Joseph took two wickets each to support Warrican’s heroics.
West Indies made an aggressive start in reply, with openers John Campbell and Brandon King taking on the Bangladesh fast bowlers.
Hasan Mahmud broke through when King edged out for 15, leaving the visitors at 29-1.
Campbell continued to attack, reaching his half-century off 61 balls to take West Indies to 89-1 at tea.
The visitors resumed after a rain interruption of around an hour, but Bangladesh struck soon after play restarted.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz removed Campbell for 54 with a sharply turning off-break that took the outside edge and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto held a diving catch to his left.
“The ball was a little bit darker and we had momentum going before the rain break,” said Campbell. “I think that [rain] allowed them to regroup and they were hitting better areas.”
Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam then struck twice in the 36th over, dismissing Kavem Hodge (7) and Amir Jangoo, for a duck, to reduce the opposition to 97-4.
Chanderpaul and Greaves helped West Indies recover before bad light brought an early end to the day’s play.
Scoreboard
BANGLADESH (1st Innings, overnight 213-3):
Shadman Islam lbw b Bishop 105
Tanzid Hasan c Greaves b Seales 7
Mominul Haque c Joseph b Warrican 28
Najmul Hossain lbw b Warrican 19
Towhid Hridoy b Bishop 42
Litton Das not out 34
Mehidy Hasan b Warrican 15
Nayeem Hasan c Hodge b Joseph 5
Hasan Mahmud c Jangoo b Joseph 6
Taijul Islam c Jangoo b Warrican 1
Shoriful Islam lbw b Warrican 0
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-2, NB-5) 10
TOTAL (all out, 97.4 overs) 272
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-9 (Tanzid), 2-68 (Mominul), 3-110 (Najmul), 4-221 (Shadman), 5-221 (Towhid), 6-253 (Mehidy), 7-262 (Nayeem), 8-271 (Hasan), 9-272 (Taijul)
BOWLING: Seales 13-4-29-1 (1nb), Joseph 15-3-41-2 (2nb), Chase 13-1-53-0, Greaves 10-4-30-0 (2nb), Bishop 23-2-61-2, Warrican 23.4-3-53-5
WEST INDIES (1st Innings):
J. Campbell c Najmul b Mehidy 54
B. King c (sub) b Hasan 15
T. Chanderpaul not out 43
K. Hodge c Mominul b Taijul 7
A. Jangoo c Tanzid b Taijul 0
J. Greaves not out 15
TOTAL (for four wickets, 48 overs) 134
STILL TO BAT: R. Chase, S. Joseph, J. Bishop, J. Seales, J. Warrican
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-29 (King), 2-90 (Campbell), 3-97 (Hodge), 4-97 (Jangoo)
BOWLING: Hasan 6-1-25-1, Shoriful
5-1-17-0, Mehidy 19-4-44-1, Taijul
15-3-44-2, Nayeem 3-0-4-0
Published in Dawn, October 30th, 2026
