Veteran fast bowler Kemar Roach and his protégé Jayden Seales took three wickets each to put the West Indies in prime position to seal victory against Bangladesh on an eventful penultimate day in the first Test match that saw the fall of 17 wickets.

The performances of Roach and Seales made up for a poor batting performance in the Windies’ second innings and overshadowed a spectacular performance by Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed, who took a career-best six-wicket haul.

After the visitors surprisingly declared their overnight total of 269 for nine and conceded a first-innings lead of 181 runs, Ahmed then snapped 6-64 to beat the West Indies for just 152, giving Bangladesh a slim chance got on a come-from. – behind the victory.

However, in pursuit of 334, Roach and Seales almost bowled the home side to victory by restricting their opponents to 109 for seven, before poor light ended play early on the penultimate day yesterday.

Now in the twilight of his career, 36-year-old Roach gave West Indies the perfect start when the fifth ball of the innings to Zakir Hasn deflected off the inside of his bat and crashed into the stumps with just one run on the ball . plate.

Seales then piled on the pressure by having Mahmudul Hasan Joy caught at third slip by Justin Greaves after the opener played a wide delivery off his body to leave Bangladesh seven for two.

Roach claimed his second wicket on review after umpire Kumar Dharmasena Shahadat initially failed to dismiss Hossain following a caught appeal.

However, the replay showed that the ball had brushed Hossain’s glove on its way to the wicketkeeper, putting the visitors in further trouble at 20 for three.

Pacer Shamar Joseph was then unlucky not to dismiss Mominul Haque twice in the same time. First, wicketkeeper Joshua DaSilva squandered a difficult chance by diving to the leg side, and with his next delivery, Mikyle Louis took an easy catch at gully.

The missed opportunities did not prove costly, however, as Roach completed a stunning return catch in the next over to account for Haque after scoring 11, leaving the visitors in trouble at 23 for four.

Captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Litton Das tried to rebuild the innings in a 36-run stand, until Shamar Joseph was deservedly rewarded when he tempted Das to pull a delivery straight into the hands of Alzarri Joseph at deep backward square .

Miraz and Jaker Ali frustrated West Indies in a 43-run partnership that took the visitors past the 100-run mark.

But soon after, Miraz flirted with a ball outside off stump and was brilliantly caught by a diving DaSilva off Seales’ bowling for a well-played 45 off 46 balls.

Seales then bowled Taijul Islam for four to give West Indies hope of ending the match on the fourth day with the score at 108 for seven, before bad light finally had the final say. Roach has gone 3-20 so far, while Seales finished 3-31.

Earlier, Ahmed led a Bangladesh battle with a stylish spell of pace bowling. Ahmed had both Mikyle Louis and Keacy Carty caught behind the wicket, while Shoriful Islam dismissed West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite for 23 to make the score 39 for three.

Ahmed also accounted for the wickets of Kavem Hodge for 15, first innings centurion Justin Greaves for two, before returning to round out the tail by taking the final two wickets of Shamar Joseph and Kemar Roach, to finish the match interestingly on the way to the final. session.