Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal’s resilience put an impetus on a commanding win for Bangladesh against their Ireland counterpart as the duo went unscratched until lunch on day four of the one-off Test that trailed them by 49 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday.

The pair stood on 29 off 20 balls and 24 runs respectively to manage 89 prior to the day’s first break, in their second innings, in reply to 137 runs.

Ireland, who made 214 in the first innings, were all out for 292 in the following innings, while Bangladesh were bowled out for 292 runs in their first innings.

Earlier, in the day’s initial hour, Ireland’s overnight batsmen Andy McBrine and Graham Hume added just 6 runs before Ebadot Hossain claimed them as they resumed the innings on 131-8.

In reply, the home side lost their top order duo Najmul Hossain Shanto and Liton Das for 43 runs inside the eight-over as they were removed 4 and 23 runs by McBrine and Mark Adair.

Then Tamim and Mushfiqur affixed 46 runs in the third wicket stand to give the Tigers an aroma of victory with more than four sessions to spare.