Afghanistan lost two quick wickets Friday, trailing Bangladesh by 616 runs at stumps after centuries from Najmul Hossain and Mominul Haque gave the hosts a third-straight day of dominance in their one-off Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh declared their second innings at 425-4 an hour into the third session in Dhaka and could earn the distinction of cricket's second-largest Test victory margin when play resumes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With two full days left in the Test, the chances of a face-saving conclusion by Afghanistan immediately dimmed after Shoriful Islam trapped opener Ibrahim Zadran for a duck off the first ball of the innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We are working at trying to bat out the two days, which is gonna be tough," said Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Taskin Ahmed removed Abdul Malik for five to leave Afghanistan at 7-2, and the visitors suffered a further blow when skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi was forced to retire hurt after being hit by a bouncer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rahmat Shah (10) and Nasir Jamal (5) were at the crease when bad light forced stumps with Afghanistan on 45.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Najmul on Friday became only the second Bangladeshi to score a century in each inning of a Test, making 124 to go with his first innings score of 146.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mominul, the other Bangladeshi to achieve that feat, was unbeaten on 121 alongside skipper Liton Das on 66 when the declaration was made.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was the 12th Test century for Mominul, the highest tally by any Bangladeshi, with the left-hander smashing 12 fours and a six in his 145-ball innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Afghanistan toiled but could only take three wickets through the day, including two in the same over off leg-spinner Zahir Khan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Zahir ended the prolific innings of Najmul, who gave a catch to Abdul Malik at short midwicket, ending a 151-ball knock with 15 boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mushfiqur Rahim hit a six soon after coming to the crease but an attempted reverse sweep on the next ball brought his downfall for eight as Ibrahim Zadran took the catch at slip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mominul and Liton then frustrated Afghanistan with an unbroken 143-run fifth-wicket stand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Resuming at 134-1 overnight, Najmul and Zakir Hasan batted with confidence before Afghanistan got an unexpected breakthrough against the run of play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The duo made 173 runs before Zakir was run out for 71.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
An edge from Najmul's bat raced to the boundary line, where Nasir Jamal stopped the ball and relayed it to Ibrahim.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ibrahim's direct hit found Zakir well short while running for his third, ending their free-flowing partnership.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Zakir scored his second 50 in just his third Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh scored 382 runs in the first innings and bowled out Afghanistan for 146.<\/p>\r\n\r\n