Taijul, Shakib run through Ireland toporder after Mushfiqur ton powers Bangladesh to 369

Ireland are 128 runs behind Bangladesh in their second innings

Spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam rattled the Irish top-order after a scintillating century from Mushfiqur Rahim lifted the Tigers to 369 in their first innings on the second day of the one-off Test in Mirpur.

The southpaws ran through the top four Irish wickets inside 7 overs to leave them tottering on 27 for 4 at stumps. The visitors will begin the third day trailing Bangladesh by 128 runs in their second innings.

All the Irish wickets fell with batters stuck in their crease with the track doing wonders for the orthodox spinners on Wednesday.

Shakib (2-11) struck in his first over to send James McCollum packing on review before Taijul (2-7) trapped Murray Commins (1) in front.

Taijul then clipped the offstump of skipper Andy Balbirnie (3) before a beautiful delivery from Shakib kissed the outside edge off Curtis Campher (1) on its way to the wicketkeeper’s gloves.

Reduced to 14 for 4, Harry Tector (8) and Peter Moor (10) saw off the remaining overs safely.

Earlier, Bangladesh's domination on the second day started shortly after Mark Adair removed Mominul Haque's leg stump in the third over of the day.

It brought Shakib into the middle and he got off the mark with a boundary. He continued to play aggressively, skilfully using the pace of the bowlers to guide the ball through backward point and third-man.

Shakib (87) and Mushfiqur (126) bossed the morning session and stitched a 159-run stand which eventually propelled the Tigers to their quickest 350-plus score, scoring at 4.58 an over.

After Shakib got out, Mushfiqur made another swift 87 off 84 deliveries with Litton Das (43 off 41) to push Bangladesh's lead past 100. He reached his 10th century in the prestigious format off 135 balls on the way.

It was also Mushfiqur’s fourth century at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, the most by a batter at the venue.

However, Andy McBrine (6-118) led a largely controlled Irish bowling attack in the second session when Bangladesh lost four wickets -- including Shakib, Mushfiqur and Litton.

But Bangladesh batted at five an over in the first two sessions of the day, when they made 136 and 146 runs respectively.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz then showed grit and scored 55 off 80 balls to take Bangladesh’s lead past 150 runs before becoming the last wicket to fall.

Ben White (2-71) and Adair (2-64) chipped in with a couple of wickets.