Bangladesh win by an innings and 106 runs

Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 106 runs in the one-off Test  at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Young off-spinner Nayeem Hasan finished with figures of five for 82 while Taijul Islam took four wickets as Zimbabwe folded for 189 runs in their second innings.

Zimbabwe were bowled out for 265 runs in the first innings while Bangladesh set a massive total of 560 for six in their first innings.

This is only the second victory by an innings margin for Bangladesh in their Test history, with the previous innings-victory against West Indies in November, 2018 in Mirpur.

Mushfiqur Rahim completed his third double century in Tests after Mominul Haque made a hundred.

Bangladesh declared their first innings with 560-6 with 295-run lead after Mushfiq reached the milestone to stay 203 not out.

Spinner Nayeem Hasan then struck twice in two balls in the first over of Zimbabwe’s second innings to leave the visitors reduced to nine for two at stumps on the third day.

Nayeem’s double strike late in the day raised the hopes for a rare Test win for Bangladesh as Zimbabwe still need 286 runs to make the hosts bat again.

Mushfiq and Mominul, who made 132, provided the backbone in Bangladesh innings as the hosts dominated the third day’s play after resuming on 240-3.

Mushfiq and Mominul added 222 runs in their fourth wicket stand and made Zimbabwe wait until the second session of the day for their first success.

Mominul hit pacer Donald Tiripano a boundary at mid-off to complete his hundred off 156 balls.

With the innings, Mominul, who was unbeaten on 79 overnight, joined team-mate Tamim Iqbal to score most Test century for Bangladesh.

Ainsley Ndlovu took a brilliant reflex catch off his own bowling to dismiss Mominul, who struck 14 fours in his first hundred since becoming Bangladesh Test captain in November.

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