Debutant Shahadat will be gone for 24 hours.
After negotiating 54 deliveries, debutant Shahadat Hossain succumbed to a simple delivery from part-time spinner Glenn Phillips. The right-handed middle-order hitter hit 24 before chipping an easy catch to short midwicket while advancing to the ball and attempting to work it on the leg-side.
The dismissal left Bangladesh 261 for seven, leaving Nurul Hasan as the only recognised batter left.
Bangladesh are in a perilous position after losing important wickets of Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehedi Hasan Miraz shortly after resuming after the tea break on Day 1 of their first Test against New Zealand at the Sylhet International Stadium today.
Bangladesh are 243 for six at the end of 70 overs, with rookie Shahadat Hossain unbeaten on 17 off 41 and wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan not out on 10 off six (he edged out two Kyle Jamieson deliveries shortly after going on to the crease).
Mushfiqur was the first to go in the final session, when the seasoned batsman threw away his wicket by charging Ajaz Patel. Mushfiqur couldn’t clear the pitch, leaving Kane Williamson with a simple catch at deep mid-off.
Miraz and rookie Shahadat began to create a bond before the former was taken off guard when playing a Kyle Jamieson delivery. Miraz attempted to check his attempted pull shot and gained a top edge, giving the initial slip a simple catch.