BAN vs. ZIM 2025, First Test: On Day 3, Bangladesh overcomes the visitors’ lead thanks to middle-order and skipper Shanto

After leading by 112 runs in their second innings of the first Test match against Zimbabwe on the third day, Bangladesh staged a strong comeback.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Mominul Haque, and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto deserve praise for their valiant defence against the visitors. The players persisted and presented the Zimbabwe bowlers with a difficult test.

Despite the rain-shortened day, the host enjoyed a successful game, going from 57 for 1 to 194 for 4 against Stumps on the third day. They can surpass 200 runs as the lead and still have six wickets to spare. Jaker Ali, who is on 21 runs off 60 balls, and captain Shanto, who is on 60 runs off 103 balls, will continue to bat. The hitters scored 39 runs off 92 balls in partnership. To have a chance to win the opening game, the visitors will need to take wickets.

Blessings for Zimbabwe Nyauchi took one wicket, and Muzarabani took three. Zimbabwe returned to the game when Muzarabani removed the top-performing hitters. The captain of the home team first partnered with Hasan Joy for 60 runs, then with Haque for 65 runs.

Both hitters appear to be in fantastic form and stand a good opportunity of setting a high standard for the African country. A day later, Shanto & Co. outscored Zimbabwe, who had taken an 82-run lead the day before. Because they were able to establish strong alliances, the batters will be overjoyed with the outcome.

From now on, everything will depend on how the middle order moves the game along. The results won’t be known until the last day of the game, which recently begun. On Day 4, it would be intriguing to see how the Zimbabwean bowlers recover.