Left arm spinner Taijul Islam claimed his eleventh five- wicket haul that helped Bangladesh to bundle out their Ireland counterpart for 214 runs in the evening session of the opening day of the one-off Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.
With Taijul escaping 5-58 and Ebaot Hossain and Mehidy Hasan Miraz taking two wickets apiece allowed the tourists to manage a moderate total in 77.2 overs of their first innings prior to their dismissal.
Harry Tector scored the highest with 50 and Lorcan Tucker added 34 as the next highest for the side who are playing the red-ball cricket after 2019.
Ireland who were 48-3 three at lunch added 97 more in the day’s second session however lost three more wickets that lessened them to 145-6 at tea.
However, Taijul who claimed four wickets in the day’s initial two sessions, struck one again to pick up his eleventh fifer in the longest format of cricket while Miraz claimed the remaining wicket to depose the visitors.