Bangladesh got off to a great start in the only Test against Ireland. Before the tea break, the Tigers picked up a crucial 6 wickets. The Irish went into the tea break with 145 runs for 6 wickets at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Tuesday (April 4). Taijul Islam picked up 3 wickets for the Tigers. Shariful Islam, Ebadat Hossain, and Mehedi Hasan Miraj bagged one wicket each. Ireland, who won the toss and took the batting, was pushed at the beginning by Shariful Islam. Ireland lost their first wicket for 11 runs. Murray Cummins was trapped leg before by Shariful. He was able to score 5 runs by facing 10 balls. After Shariful, Ebadat Hossain also got a wicket with the ball in hand. He dismissed James McCullum in his second over. Ebadat’s outswinger hit the edge of McCullum’s bat and was caught by Nazmul Hossain Shanta at first slip. Shanta, however, could not collect the ball at the first opportunity; The left-hander took control of the ball by juggling several times. Taijul took the third wicket. Irish captain Andrew Balbirnie was lbw by the left-arm spinner.

After getting out, however, the Ireland captain took a review. But it didn’t help. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs off 50 balls. Harry Tector and Curtis Campher picked up 74 runs in the fourth wicket partnership. Mirage strikes before their pair grows older. Tector was bowled by Mirage after playing an inning of exactly 50 runs off 92 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. After his departure, Peter Moore departed with another run added. Taijul’s ball was caught by Tamim Iqbal, who scored 1 run. Kampfer also could not stay at the crease. After scoring 34 runs off 73 balls, he returned to Sajghar with Taijul’s ball falling into the leg before the trap. Irish lost 3 wickets between 122-124 runs. Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrien kept the Tigers under pressure before the tea break. Tucker is 11 off 31 balls and McBrien is unbeaten on 10 off 35 balls.