Bangladesh are trailing by 80 runs in the Dhaka Test against India after day two. Taijul Islam, who took four wickets in India's first innings, believes that Bangladesh could have been in a stronger position now, were it not for some sloppy fielding.

Bangladesh failed to capitalize on two great chances - a stumping chance against Rishabh Pant and a catch dropped off Shreyas Iyer, which could have greatly impacted the game.

While Rishabh scored 93, Iyer posted 87— the best two individual totals of India’s innings. 

"To be honest, our fielding was a bit sloppy," Taijul declared in the post-day press conference. "It's rare to get opportunities such as these while competing with heavyweight teams like India."

Taijul is confident that Bangladesh are still well-positioned in the match despite being behind India by 80 runs in the first innings. He believes it will be a challenging task for India if Bangladesh can set a target of 250 or more in the final innings.

“We don't know how the wicket would behave on the fourth and fifth day,” he said. “If we can take a lead of 250 runs, I think it would be good for us.”

India started the day on 19/0, and ended their first innings all out for 314, securing a lead of 87 runs after Bangladesh were bowled out for 227 on day one. 

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At stumps on day 2, Bangladesh were batting at 7/0. Najmul Hossain Shanto and Zakir Hasan ended the day unscathed. 

Earlier, Taijul had taken three wickets of his four first innings wickets in the first session to rock the Indian innings, leaving the visitors teetering at 94/4 at one stage of the morning. But Bangladesh struggled to contain Rishabh and Shreyas in the second session, as they established a steady 159-run stand for the fifth wicket. Their partnership was eventually broken by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, when he got rid of Rishabh. 

Shakib Al Hasan, recovered from the injury that prevented him from bowling in Chattogram, chipped in with four wickets later, as India lost their last six wickets for just 61 runs.

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“We have been doing well in this Test so far,” Taijul said. “It would be great if we could beat India. We would take the field keeping a win in mind.”