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The West Indies had to toil on the opening day of first Test against home side Bangladesh.

Only 74 overs were possible due to bad light, with the Tigers closing on 213 for 3.

Opener Shadman Islam was unbeaten on 99, while Jomel Warrican picked up two wickets.
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00:00This was the opening test in Meirpur, with Bangladesh winning the toss and opting to bat against the West Indies.
00:05The Tigers lost their first wicket at 9 as Jaden Seals had Tansad Hassan caught by Justin Graves at slip.
00:15Mominoal Haq joined opener Shadman Islam and they rebuilt the innings.
00:23Their partnership was with 59 runs for the second wicket.
00:31Mominoal Haq was caught by Shammar Joseph of Jamal Warrikan for 28.
00:38In came captain Najmul Hussain Shanto, who chipped in with 19.
00:47Shanto was then struck on the pad when sweeping and the players appealed for a leg before.
00:54Since the umpire was not interested, the West Indies referred it upstairs, with DRS confirming the end of Shanto.
01:01Second wicket for Warrikan.
01:03You're on screen, please signal.
01:06At 110 for three, new batter Tawid Ridhoi made a positive start out in the middle.
01:12He's not going to miss out on...
01:13But the left-handed Shadman Islam was the main batter who frustrated the visiting team.
01:19And to bat one, Chase will be in vain.
01:22They took the score to 198, with Ridhoi getting 42 before retiring hurt.
01:30Play ended earlier than normal due to bad light, with Shadman Islam unbeaten on 99 and Lithandas 10 knocked out,
01:37as Bangladesh closed the day on 213 for three.
01:41Vinod Nawani, Chiefs Expoort.
01:43Oh, that's very...