Bangladesh vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Najmul Puts Bangladesh In Control Against New Zealand

BAN vs NZ, 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Najmul Hossain Shanto hit his third Test century in four innings to put Bangladesh on course for a strong total in the second innings of the first Test against New Zealand in Sylhet on Thursday. The hosts reached 212-3 at stumps on the third day, leading New Zealand by 205 runs, with Najmul unbeaten on 104. Former captain Mushfiqur Rahim made an unbeaten 43 and put on 96 runs in the unbroken fourth-wicket stand with Najmul. Najmul, who scored a century in both innings of Bangladesh's previous Test against Afghanistan in June, also shared 90 runs with Mominul Haque for the third wicket. (Scorecard)

Right then, that is it from a testing Day 3 where Bangladesh have taken a decent lead with a lot of wickets in hand while New Zealand will hope that they can make some early inroads in Day 4 to get back in the game. The action on Day 4 will begin on 1st December, Friday at 9 am IST (3.30 am GMT), but as you know, you can always join us early for all the build-up. Cheers!

Bangladesh, on the other hand, would have liked to bowl the Kiwis out much quicker but that wasn't the case. However, the lead was not that significant, so the hosts surpassed it very quickly. The openers, Zakir Hasan and Mahmudul Hasan Joy were a bit too defensive this time around. The former once again became a victim of Ajaz Patel while the latter was unfortunate to get run out at the non-striker's end. Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque steadied their ship in this second session and added 90 runs together before a huge mix-up in the middle cost the latter his wicket after Tea. Shanto registered an excellent half-century and Mushfiqur Rahim used his experience well as they used the sweeps and reverse-sweeps