Warrican takes five as West Indies fight back after Shadman Islam century in Mirpur

West Indies spinner Jomel Warrican claimed five wickets to dismiss Bangladesh for 272 on the second day of the opening Test in Mirpur on Thursday. The visitors then reached 134-4 in reply before bad light brought play to an early close.

West Indies trail by 138 runs. Tagenarine Chanderpaul is unbeaten on 43 and Justin Greaves on 15. Warrican, a left-arm spinner who had taken two wickets on the first day, finished with 5-53, the fourth five-wicket haul of his Test career.

Bangladesh began the morning on 213-3, with opener Shadman Islam on 99 not out. He completed his third Test century with a flick off debutant left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop on the second ball of the day. Bishop then trapped him lbw for 105 in his next over, and the innings quickly unraveled.

Towhid Hridoy, who had retired hurt on 42 on the opening day because of cramps, returned to the crease but was bowled by Bishop without adding to his score. Litton Das tried to build a total with the lower order and stayed unbeaten on 34. Warrican and fast bowler Shamar Joseph cleaned up the tail, and Bangladesh were all out before lunch. Bishop and Joseph took two wickets each.

Shadman admitted the hosts had fallen short. "We should have done better," he said. "If our top-order batters had converted their scores into bigger innings of 150, 170 or even 200, the team total could have reached 450 or 500."

West Indies replied aggressively, with openers John Campbell and Brandon King attacking the Bangladesh fast bowlers. Hasan Mahmud made the first breakthrough when King edged to be out for 15, leaving the visitors on 29-1. Campbell kept up the pressure and reached his half-century off 61 balls, taking his side to 89-1 at tea.

Rain interrupted play for about an hour after the break, and Bangladesh struck soon after the restart. Mehidy Hasan Miraz removed Campbell for 54 with a sharply turning off-break that took the outside edge, and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto held a diving catch to his left.

Campbell felt the delay helped the hosts. "The ball was a little bit darker and we had momentum going before the rain break," he said. "I think that [rain] allowed them to regroup and they were hitting better areas."

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam then struck twice in the 36th over, dismissing Kavem Hodge for 7 and Amir Jangoo for a duck, which left West Indies on 97-4. Chanderpaul and Greaves steadied the innings before the umpires called off play because of the light.