At the end of the second day, the visitors scored 266-8, and they’re still 44 runs behind Bangladesh in the first innings. Williamson made 104 runs in his 29th Test century, hitting 11 fours in 205 balls. However, Taijul Islam bowled him out. Taijul was the best among the Bangladesh bowlers, taking 4 wickets for 89 runs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan, Shoriful Islam, and Mominul Haque each took one wicket.

“I think the spinners bowled well. We could have created some more pressure. We took eight wickets in the end, so it is a good day for us,” Bangladesh spin coach Rangana Herath said.

Herath praised Taijul for using his extensive experience effectively.

“Taijul is always helping the attack. He is our leading spinner. He created a lot of pressure,” said Herath.

“He created a lot of angles. He has great experience, knowledge and understanding. I am so happy that he took four wickets today.”

Glenn Phillips scored 42 runs, supporting Williamson in their 78-run partnership for the sixth wicket. This helped the visitors recover from a tough situation, having lost the top half of their batting order for 175 runs.

Mominul, an occasional left-arm spinner, made Phillips give a catch at slip, breaking their partnership.

Williamson reached his hundred with a single off Nayeem, taking 189 balls. This century put him on par with legends Don Bradman and Virat Kohli in terms of Test centuries.

“I mean, you just see all around the world, he’s amazing and how he sort of works out different attacks, different sort of ways people are trying to get him out, different surfaces,” New Zealand coach Luke Ronchi said in praise of Williamson.

“So to be able to do it the way he does and the calmness he shows in situations is awesome,” Ronchi added. “He’s done it a lot, but a lot of our young guys can see how he does it.”

Ronchi Stays Optimistic About New Zealand’s Lower Order Performance.

“We’ve still got two wickets in hand and hopefully tomorrow morning we come back,” he said.

“And the guys left can put some more runs on the board and get us closer to the Bangladesh score, definitely.”

Taijul made up for dropping Williamson at midwicket by taking the wickets of the former New Zealand captain and Ish Sodhi in back-to-back overs. Daryl Mitchell, who had a stroke of luck on his way to 41 runs, was stumped by Nurul Hasan off Taijul’s bowling. Mitchell, along with Williamson, had a 66-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Mitchell had a narrow escape when he nicked the ball to the wicketkeeper while batting on four, but Bangladesh didn’t review the caught-behind appeal, and the on-field umpire turned it down.
In the morning, New Zealand dismissed Bangladesh for 310 with Tim Southee getting the last wicket, trapping Shoriful leg-before for 13.