In the commentary room, Atahar Ali Khan said in a very surprised voice, 'I am quite surprised to see Bangladesh not batting in the morning.' Many viewers of Bangladesh were surprised like him.
After trailing by 181 runs, the Bangladesh team is scheduled to bat on the fourth day in Antigua today. However, West Indies went into bat. The media department of Cricket West Indies said that Mehdi Hasan Mirajra announced the first innings yesterday!
The visitors passed the third day with 269 runs for 9 wickets. Taskin Ahmed (11) and Shariful Islam (5) were batting. But is Bangladesh announcing this innings to refresh pacers in bowling? Perhaps this decision is due to the visitors' plan to take advantage of the humidity and conditions of the morning to take quick wickets in the Caribbean. It is very difficult for the batsmen to score runs on the slow wicket of Antigua. Bangladesh may have taken the strategy of sending them to bat again in the morning without realizing that the Caribbeans will not be able to declare the innings quickly.
The announcement of the innings of Mirage was not known yesterday. However, the cricket-based website Cricinfo writes in their commentary, 'Bangladesh announced (the innings) in the night itself.'
Earlier, in the first Test of the series, after losing the toss, West Indies declared the first innings with 450 runs for 9 wickets. Starting the second innings today, the Caribbean have scored 10 runs without a wicket till the time of writing this report. Two openers Craig Brathwaite (9) and Mikalai Lewis (1) are in batting. Bangladesh has a lead of 191 runs so far.
