Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd Test: Hridoy’s Record 242* Saves the Draw in Sylhet

Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd Test 2026: Towhid Hridoy’s Record 242* and 82 Save the Draw in Sylhet

The second Test between Bangladesh and West Indies at Sylhet ended in a draw on 9 November 2026, giving West Indies the two-match series 1-0. Towhid Hridoy was named Player of the Match for an unbeaten 242 in the first innings — the highest individual Test score ever made by a Bangladesh batter — followed by 82 in the second to see his side to safety at 184 for 4.

Bangladesh were set 369 on the final day and never came close to chasing it. They did not need to. After four days in which West Indies made 356 and 398 for 6 declared, the only thing Bangladesh had to do was bat, and the man who had already batted for 359 balls did it again.

First Innings: Jangoo’s Hundred and Hasan Mahmud’s Six

West Indies won the toss and batted on a surface that gave the seamers something early and then flattened out, and Amir Jangoo’s 133 from 212 balls made the best use of it. Kevin Wickham’s 61 from 145 and Justin Greaves’s 51 from 112 were innings of the same type — long occupation, without ever taking the game away.

That West Indies were bowled out at all was down to Hasan Mahmud, who took 6 for 90 from 24 overs. Expensive, but six wickets in a first-innings 356 is a proper Test return, and he broke the innings open on day two. Mehidy Hasan Miraz bowled 31.4 overs for 2 for 82, and Jomel Warrican’s unbeaten 27 from number nine dragged the total past 350 — which mattered more later than it looked at the time.

Bangladesh’s Reply: One Man’s Innings

Bangladesh’s first innings is one of the stranger scorecards of the year. They made 386. Hridoy made 242 of them.

The next-highest score was Mushfiqur Rahim’s 34. Taijul Islam, batting at nine, made 22 and added 117 from 167 balls with Hridoy for the eighth wicket — a Sylhet record for that wicket, and the partnership that turned a deficit into a lead.

Hridoy’s innings was not an accumulation. He hit 22 fours and 11 sixes, the most ever struck by a Bangladeshi in a Test innings and one short of the world record of 12, held jointly by Wasim Akram and Yashasvi Jaiswal. It was also, remarkably, his maiden Test century — he is the first Bangladeshi to convert one into a double hundred.

Warrican bowled 41 overs for 4 for 104. Shadman Islam was absent hurt, so Bangladesh were all out with nine wickets down.

Third Innings: Hodge and Wickham Set It Up

Thirty runs behind, West Indies needed to bat once and bat fast, and did both.

Kavem Hodge’s 142 from 194 balls was the centrepiece — a controlled, quick hundred that never let Bangladesh settle into a defensive field. Wickham’s second substantial innings of the match, 78 from 107, and Brandon King’s 61 from 84 set the tempo, with Joshua Da Silva making 36 and Jangoo finishing 39 not out.

Scoring at 4.27 an over bought West Indies 93 overs of batting and still left five sessions to bowl at Bangladesh. They declared on 398 for 6, a lead of 368. Taijul Islam’s 2 for 118 and Nayeem Hasan’s 2 for 72 tell you what sort of day it was for the home bowlers.

Fourth Innings: The Rearguard

Needing 369 with five sessions left, Bangladesh in practice had to bat out the day.

Tanzid Hasan made 21 and Najmul Hossain Shanto 14, and when the second wicket fell the series could still have been lost badly rather than narrowly. Hridoy came in and made 82 from 140 balls, with Mushfiqur Rahim’s 49 from 123 the perfect foil — nothing offered, nothing chased.

Warrican, inevitably, kept West Indies interested, taking 3 for 44 from 18 overs. But by the time bad light ended proceedings Bangladesh were 184 for 4 and the draw was secure.

Key Moments That Decided the Match

• Hasan Mahmud’s second-day spell. Six wickets kept West Indies to 356 when 450 looked available.
• The Hridoy–Taijul stand. 117 for the eighth wicket, turning a deficit into a 30-run lead and denying West Indies the platform they had earned.
• Hodge reaching his hundred on day four. The point at which the declaration became a question of when, not whether.
• The declaration at 398 for 6. A lead of 368 with five sessions left — aggressive enough to force a result, not quite enough to get one.
• Hridoy and Mushfiqur’s fourth-innings stand. The partnership that took the match beyond West Indies’ reach.

Best Player Performances

Towhid Hridoy — 242* and 82, Player of the Match. 324 runs in the match for once out. He is the fourth Bangladeshi to make a Test double hundred, after Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, and the first to do it against West Indies, at Sylhet, or in the World Test Championship.

Jomel Warrican — 4/104 and 3/44, Player of the Series. Fifty-nine overs in the match, and the only West Indies bowler who looked like taking a wicket whenever he was on.

Kavem Hodge — 142 (194) gave West Indies a declaration to make. Amir Jangoo — 133 (212) and 39* bookended the match with two innings of occupation. Kevin Wickham — 61 and 78 passed fifty twice without fuss.

Hasan Mahmud — 6/90. Bangladesh’s one genuinely threatening bowling performance of the five days.

Match Scorecard

Innings	Score	Overs	Top performers
West Indies 1st	356 all out	106.4	Jangoo 133; Wickham 61; Greaves 51 | Hasan Mahmud 6/90
Bangladesh 1st	386 all out	111.5	Hridoy 242*; Mushfiqur 34 | Warrican 4/104
West Indies 2nd	398 for 6 dec	93.0	Hodge 142; Wickham 78; King 61 | Taijul 2/118, Mehidy 2/85
Bangladesh 2nd	184 for 4	59.0	Hridoy 82; Mushfiqur 49 | Warrican 3/44

Result: Match drawn. West Indies win the two-Test series 1-0. Player of the Match: Towhid Hridoy. Player of the Series: Jomel Warrican. Toss: West Indies, who chose to bat.

What This Result Means for the World Test Championship

Both Tests carried World Test Championship points, and West Indies take the spoils: a win in Mirpur and a draw in Sylhet.

For Bangladesh the draw is worth more than it looks. They led by 30 on first innings in a match where they were outplayed for three days, and they batted out a fifth day against an attack that had beaten them inside four in the first Test at Mirpur. They now travel to South Africa for two Tests — the Wanderers from 15 November, SuperSport Park from 23 November — about as hard a follow-up as Test cricket offers. Dates and start times are on our November 2026 cricket schedule.

For West Indies, an away Test series win in Asia is a genuine marker, and Warrican’s 59 overs in Sylhet suggest a bowler who has worked out how to operate on these surfaces. Just as encouraging is the batting: Jangoo and Hodge both made hundreds in this Test, and Wickham passed fifty twice. Anyone who followed West Indies cricket through the Brian Lara era knows how rarely that column has read well in the years since.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd Test?

Nobody — the match at Sylhet was drawn. West Indies won the two-match series 1-0, having won the first Test in Mirpur by eight wickets.

What was Towhid Hridoy’s score?

242 not out from 359 balls in the first innings, with 22 fours and 11 sixes, and 82 from 140 balls in the second. He was Player of the Match.

Is 242* the highest Test score by a Bangladesh batter?

Yes. It passed Mushfiqur Rahim’s 219 not out against Zimbabwe in 2018 to become Bangladesh’s highest individual score in Test cricket.

What target were Bangladesh set in the fourth innings?

369. West Indies declared on 398 for 6, a lead of 368. Bangladesh finished on 184 for 4 when bad light ended play on the final day.

Who was Player of the Series?

Jomel Warrican of West Indies, who took 4 for 104 and 3 for 44 in the Sylhet Test after a decisive contribution in the first Test.

How many sixes did Hridoy hit?

Eleven, the most by a Bangladesh batter in a Test innings and one short of the world record of 12, held jointly by Wasim Akram and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Did the series count towards the World Test Championship?

Yes. Both Tests were World Test Championship fixtures.

Final Match Analysis

West Indies deserve the series. They made 754 runs across two innings, declared with a lead of 368, and had five sessions to bowl a side out on a fifth-day pitch in Bangladesh. That usually wins a Test match.

It did not here for two reasons. Their attack, Warrican aside, lacked a second wicket-taking option — Shamar Joseph and Jayden Seales bowled 13 overs between them in the final innings for one wicket. And there was Hridoy, who in one match went from a batter without a Test century to the owner of Bangladesh’s highest Test score.

There is a version of Bangladesh’s batting that depends on one player having an extraordinary week, and that version loses more than it wins. The first innings here — 242 from one batter, 144 from the other ten — is the clearest illustration of the problem you will see all year. South Africa in two weeks will not be forgiving.

But 324 runs for once out, in a match his side had to save, changes how a player is talked about. Hridoy arrived in Sylhet as a white-ball cricketer with a point to prove in the longer format. He left holding a national record.

Scorecard verified against ESPNcricinfo’s full scorecard, with the record detail cross-checked against The Daily Star.