Displaying remarkable grit with the bat, tailender Nayeem Hasan played a career-best, unbeaten knock of 49 runs to push Bangladesh's overall lead past 159 runs against West Indies on the fourth day of the Mirpur Test before rain temporarily halted play.
Following the dismissal of the last recognized batsman, Jaker Ali (22), in the very first over of Day 4 off Jomel Warrican (caught by Roston Chase), Bangladesh faced a looming collapse at 9 wickets down. However, number eight batsman Nayeem rose to the occasion. Surviving a dropped catch by Chase at slip when on 29, Nayeem crafted a resolute 80-ball innings featuring 4 boundaries. Partnering with final batsman Shoriful Islam, he surpassed his previous Test-best score of 35* (against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi).
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