The hat-trick hero and the fastest Bangladeshi cricketer to 50 wickets in Test cricket, Hasan Mahmud starred today with an eye-catching display of seam and swing bowling. He is so dextrous and far more mature than his age suggests, a coveted asset for Bangladesh and tailor-made for this format. Afghanistan were in a strong position when they started the day, but Rahmat Shah received little support from the lower order and the entire team was bundled out for 240 in a collapse. Hasan and Ebadot Hossain were miserly, making full use of whatever little assistance was available and creating wicket-taking opportunities to expose the vulnerabilities in Afghanistan's line-up. Bangladesh were 50 for 3 and in a tricky position but Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto weathered the storm and emerged on top. With the lead now over 300, Bangladesh are bossing the game and closing in on batting Afghanistan out of the contest. A herculean effort will be required from Afghanistan even to salvage a draw. That's it from an absorbing day of cricket. From myself, Rvel Zahid, Shashwat Kumar and Rashad Mahbub, it's good evening and we look forward to your company tomorrow!

Hasan Mahmud: When you start bowling, you try to bowl upright, swing the ball and get wickets. So yeah, I was just trying that and bowling across. Yeah, I'm very pleased to see this kind of moment in the morning. But yesterday, I got one wicket in the whole day. But I wasn't nervous at all. I was looking forward. I just feel that I should bowl straight, that's it, and let the ball do its job. So I just bowled the line of the stumps. It's amazing because, as you're saying, we tried in the last couple of days in the first innings, so everyone was just thinking about the DRS, how it's going to be, like, yeah, hitting or not. So yeah, credit to the captain and Liton Das for talking, chatting with each other, and then they corrected me, yeah, it's going to hit. You can take the review. I just want to keep going like that always, and looking forward to the Test Championship and going to South Africa for Test matches. So yeah, big, big Test. Everybody just keeps cheering me up till the last ball. So it's feeling very happy to, you know, get feedback from your teammates. Maybe it's going to be helpful for our spinners as well tomorrow. By the time the day goes, turns more. So maybe it's going to be good turning for spinners. I think we're going to follow the same process, same things. Just keep coming with the new ball, hitting the right lengths

Haqmal : "You are absolutely right zahid! Qais is primarily a white ball cricket bowler"