Bangladesh showed a surprise late in the first day against Ireland. They were in control throughout the second day of play today. Mahmudul Hasan Joy's career-best innings, Shadman Islam's fifty and Mominul Haque's century-hopeful performance made the day brighter for Bangladesh.

Coming out to bat, Ireland could only manage 2.2 overs. They lost the remaining two wickets and posted 286 runs on the scoreboard in the first innings.

Then, Bangladesh gave Ireland a strong reply with the opening partnership of Joy and Sadman. The pair was separated for 168 runs. Sadman retired after playing an innings of 80 runs off 104 balls.

Joy and Mominul did not let any wickets fall. Joy scored his first century on home soil. And Mominul is also close to making his 23rd fifty. He is unbeaten on 80 runs off 124 balls. And Joy is unbeaten on 169 runs off 283 balls with 14 fours and 4 sixes.

Bangladesh's first innings total was 338 runs for 1 wicket. At the end of the day, Bangladesh's lead was 52 runs.

Joy reached his career-best with a single in the 77th over. He surpassed his previous 137 runs. Then, after a break of two overs, the aggressive batsman took 16 runs off Kurtis Campher, hitting two sixes and a four. He crossed the 150 mark with a six off the first ball.

Mominul Haque is also playing well with Joy. His highest score in the previous six innings was 47. In between, he crossed the thirty mark only once. After being off-form, Mominul needed a good innings to boost his confidence. Today, against Ireland in Sylhet, he hit a six and scored his 23rd fifty off 75 balls. With Joy, Bangladesh left Ireland behind in the century-less partnership.

Earlier, Joy marked his return to the national team with a century in the Ireland series. This was his first magic figure on home soil. Earlier, Joy had scored his first century in his fourth innings in a Test in Durban, South Africa, in March 2022.

The 24-year-old right-handed opener brought up his second Test century off 190 balls. While his opening partner Sadman was left disappointed after not scoring a century, Joy did not follow suit. He hit nine fours and a six on his way to his century.

After his first century, Joy scored only three half-centuries in 30 innings. He was also dropped from the national team squad due to his lack of consistency with the bat. However, Joy has shown form in domestic cricket in recent times. He carried that form into the national team and scored the second century of his Test career. With him, Bangladesh scored 168 runs in the opening partnership with Sadman. Which is the highest opening partnership in the last 10 years.

Earlier, the Joy-Sadman partnership, which was moving forward with great understanding, was broken by left-arm Irish spinner Matthew Humphries. Sadman was a little late in cutting the outside ball. Which was caught by wicketkeeper Lorcan Tucker with a light touch of his bat. The umpire did not respond to Ireland's appeal at first. The visitors got their first success with the review. Sadman was stopped for 80 runs off 104 balls with 9 fours and 1 six.