A slack performance from Bangladesh's batsmen spoiled a decent start provided by Tamim Iqbal and left the visitors in trouble on 134 for 5 at lunch on the second day in Grenada.
It was a strange session of play. The bowling wasn't threatening enough to take four wickets but the batting wasn't disciplined either. West Indies were neither wayward nor brilliant. They didn't bowl a cluster of pressure-building deliveries and Bangladesh prospered initially. But with Tamim's exit, they grew less disciplined and started to play poorly.
Their sloppy performance was best captured by Mohammad Ashraful's dismissal. He had struggled in the first Test but here he started well. He did not attempt extravagant shots and seemed to be playing each ball on its merit. He had hit a fine square drive and an on-driven boundary before the customary lapse. It was a short and wide delivery from Ryan Hinds, the left-arm spinner, and Ashraful cut it tamely to point. It was similar to how David Bernard had fallen in West Indies' innings. Both teams' batsmen seem to be outdoing each other in their lack of commitment. Post Ashraful's exit, the bowling got tighter and Raqibul Hasan, who unlike in the first Test, played as close to the body as possible. Shakib Al Hasan batted carefully at the other end to ensure there wouldn't be any further damage
