Overview
- Bangladesh won the second Test in Mirpur by 217 runs after bowling Ireland out for 291 on the final day.
- Taijul Islam became Bangladesh’s leading Test wicket-taker and the first from the country to 250, finishing with eight wickets across two four-wicket hauls.
- Mushfiqur Rahim marked his 100th Test with 106 and an unbeaten 53 as Bangladesh posted 476 and later declared at 297-4 to set a target of 509.
- Irish offspinner Andy McBrine took 6-109 in the first innings, and Curtis Campher’s unbeaten 71 with lower-order stands extended the match to day five.
- Hasan Murad claimed 4-44 to close out the chase after Harry Tector’s 50 and Ireland’s first-innings 265 had offered resistance.