Bangladesh spinners wreaked havoc on hapless West Indies batting line-up to complement Mahmudullah Riyad’s career best 136 as the hosts tightened the noose on visitors on day two of the second Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital yesterday. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan and off-spinner Mehidy Hasan were to the fore to put the visitors in all sorts of troubles, forcing them to slump to 75 for five in 24 overs after Bangladesh racked up a hefty 508-run total in their first innings.

Mahmudullah’s innings was complemented by three half-centuries from skipper Shakib Al Hasan (80), debutant Shadman Islam (76), and Liton Das (54), paving the way for the hosts’ four-pronged spin attack to go all guns blazing against the visitors on an increasingly deteriorating pitch.

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan (3-36) and left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan (2-15) shared five wickets between them, spinning the ball viciously as the visitors found themselves in a state of embarrassment, being reduced to 29 for five inside 12 overs.

Shakib made the breakthrough in just the first over, knocking off the middle stump of Kraigg Brathwaite for naught to trigger the collapse. Mehidy Hasan then ended Keiran Powell’s (4) uncomfortable stay in the crease with a slider and Shakib fooled Sunil Amrbis (7) with a turning delivery.

West Indies batsmen failed to show the required patience as the things continued to unravel quite spectacularly. Mehidy Hasan then struck twice in his consecutive over – first with a straight delivery that flattened Roston Chase’s (0) off-stump and then with a delivery that kept low and got the better of Shai Hope for 10. The much-needed resistance came from Shimron Hetmyer and Shane Dowrich who used their feet nicely against Bangladesh’s four-pronged spin attack and shared a valuable 45-run in an unbroken sixth wicket stand.

At stumps, Hetmyer was batting on 32, with Dowrich on 17. But still they need 234 more runs to avoid the follow-on in a series which is slipping away from the tourists after they lost the first of two Tests by 64 runs.

Earlier, all 11 Bangladeshi batsmen reached double digit figure for the first time in their cricket history to rally the side, making it just the 14th occasion in Test cricket’s history. Shakib and Mahmudullah combined for a 111-run for the sixth wicket stand to provide the solidity after Bangladesh resumed the day on 259-5.

The visitors broke through fast bowler Kemar Roach (2-61) who had Shakib caught by Shai Hope at gully after the batsman hit six boundaries in an innings lasting for 139 balls. Liton Das paced the innings with a 62-ball 54 and shared a 92-run stand with Mahmudullah to further frustrate West Indies.

The partnership looked dangerous until Das played a reverse sweep to throw away his wicket and left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican (2-91) then won a review to remove Mehidy Hasan for 18. These two wickets in quick space gave West Indies’ hope but Mahmudullah, who cut past point for a boundary to raise his second century in three matches, kept things flowing.  He smashed 10 boundaries in his 242-ball 136. He shared 56 runs for the ninth wicket with Taijul (26) and 36 with No. 11 batsman Nayeem Hasan (12 not out), to help side propel past 500 for the ninth time—the second against West Indies.