At the end of the day, West Indies posted 110 for three in 40 overs. They have to score more 285 to seal the game on the last day of the game on Sunday. For Bangladesh, Mehidy bagged three for 52.
Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque hit a ton in the second innings, his 10th in Test. He now has seven centuries at this venue. Riding on his ton, Bangladesh posted 223 for eight in the second innings and declared.
Along the way, the southpaw surpassed Tamim Iqbal to become the holder of most centuries for Bangladesh in the most prestigious format of cricket. Tamim hit nine centuries while Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan registered seven and five respectively.
All of Mominul’s centuries came at the home venues — his other centuries were in matches at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.
With his seventh ton in Chattogram, Mominul joined Michael Clarke (Adelaide Oval), Mahela Jayawardene (Galle) and Kumar Sangakkara (Galle) to score seven or more centuries in one ground.
Before Mominul reached his 10th hundred, Liton Das recorded his sixth fifty in Tests. Bangladesh eventually declared at 223 for eight.
For West Indies, Rahkeem Cornwall and Jomel Warrican bagged three wickets each while Shannon Gabriel took two.
West Indies now have to score 395 to win this game and they will get more than four sessions to do so. In contrast, Bangladesh have to take all 10 wickets of the tourists before the time ends.
In the first innings of the match, Bangladesh posted 430 riding on the maiden Test hundred of Mehidy Hasan Miraz (103). Shadman Islam (59) and Shakib Al Hasan (68) also hit a fifty each.
Jomel Warrican was the best bowler for the tourists scalping four wickets while Cornwall took two.
In reply, despite some good batting displays from the captain Kraigg Brathwaite (76) and Jermaine Blackwood (68), West Indies tumbled for 259 runs in their first innings, losing the last five wickets in six runs.
For Bangladesh, Mehidy bagged four wickets while Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam and Nayeem Hasan took two wickets each.
Brief score after day four
Bangladesh (first innings) 430/10 in 150.2 overs (Mehidy 103, Shakib 68, Shadman 59); Warrican 4/133, Boner 1/16
West Indies (first innings) 259/10 in 96.1 overs (Brathwaite 76, Blackwood 68, Da Silva 42); Mehidy 4/58, Mustafizur 2/46, Nayeem 2/54
Bangladesh (second innings) 223/8 declared in 67.5 overs (Mominul 115, Liton 69, Mushfiqur 18) Cornwall 3/81, Warrican 3/57
West Indies (second innings) 110/3 in 40 overs (Mayers 37*, Campbell 23) Mehidy 3/52
