Bangladesh opening batsman hit his maiden Test hundred on the day-four play of the first of the two-match Test series against India at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Saturday.

Zakir, who bagged his maiden fifty before the lunch and shared a highest 124-run stand in the opening stand for the Tigers in the longest format of cricket, was eventually removed by Ravi Chandran Ashwin after the tea break, securing a 100 off 219 balls sweeping Axar Patel at the boundary through the fine leg.

In the process, he pummeled thirteen boundaries and a maximum.

With Zakir hitting a ton alongside a 67 from Shnato, Bangladesh managed 220-4 while writing this report.

In the first innings, Bangladesh were all-out for a meager 150, while India, who posted a sizeable 404 in their first innings, made 258-2d to gain a mammoth 513-run lead in the second innings.