BAN vs WI 2nd Test Day 4: Kavem Hodge 140* Puts West Indies 315 Ahead in Sylhet

West Indies take control on Day 4

The BAN vs WI 2nd Test swung firmly towards West Indies on Sunday, 8 November 2026. A day after Towhid Hridoy's record 242 not out had given Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead, Kavem Hodge batted through most of the fourth day for a career-best 140 not out off 189 balls. West Indies closed on 345 for 3 in their second innings, a lead of 315 runs with seven wickets in hand.

Bad light stopped play again, minutes before the scheduled 4.30pm close, which has been a theme of this series. The fifth and final day is Monday, 9 November, with play due to start at 9.30am local time (9am IST).

Scores at stumps, Day 4: West Indies 356 and 345/3 (83 overs) lead Bangladesh 386 by 315 runs.

How the lead was built

The openers wiped out the deficit early. Brandon King and Joshua Da Silva added 85 for the first wicket in a dominant morning session. Taijul Islam broke the stand by trapping Da Silva lbw for 36. ESPNcricinfo noted it was the sixth time Taijul has dismissed him in Tests. King was dropped by Hridoy on 56 and fell soon after for 61 off 84 balls (10 fours, one six), caught by captain Najmul Hossain Shanto off Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

Hodge and Wickham then took the game away. The pair added 165 for the third wicket. Kevin Wickham hit two sixes and made 78 off 107 balls before Taijul took a return catch. After his 61 in the first innings, Wickham became the first West Indies batter in 48 years to score two fifties on Test debut, according to ESPNcricinfo.

Hodge kept going. He passed 1,000 Test runs in his 19th Test, reached his hundred off 142 balls and then went past his previous best score with a cut off Hasan Mahmud. He finished the day with 17 fours and a six, in an unbroken 61-run stand with Amir Jangoo (20 not out off 49), who had scored a century in the first innings.

Mehidy was the tightest bowler, with 1 for 58 from 22 overs. Taijul took both of the other wickets but conceded 118 runs, and Nayeem Hasan went wicketless (0 for 48 in 10 overs).

A tough day for Bangladesh in the field

Bangladesh's fielders took plenty of blows. Shanto hurt his knee chasing a ball to the fine-leg boundary and later took a knock on the fingers. Mehidy and wicketkeeper Litton Das also needed the physio. Prothom Alo reported that West Indies head coach Darren Sammy was visibly irritated by what looked like time-wasting during the treatment breaks.

The pitch has offered little to the bowlers even on the fourth day. Prothom Alo observed that apart from Mehidy, every Bangladesh bowler went at more than four an over.

What Hodge said

Hodge credited a shared approach in the West Indies batting group. "Although we are from different countries, when we get together, we have a lot of conversations. We share ideas and mindset," he told reporters, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo. All three of his Test hundreds have come away from home, and the West Indies line-up has now scored 13 Test centuries in 2026.

Day 5 scenarios

West Indies already lead the two-match series 1-0 after their first-Test win in Mirpur. They can declare overnight or bat on briefly before trying to bowl Bangladesh out on a surface that has stayed good for batting. Bangladesh's realistic goal is to bat out the day for a draw.

There is more bad news for the hosts. Opener Shadman Islam, who injured his ankle on the first morning of this Test, has been ruled out of the two-Test tour of South Africa, the Times of India reported on 8 November, citing Cricbuzz. Mahfizul Islam Robin is expected to replace him. Bangladesh leave for South Africa on 10 November, and the first Test at the Wanderers starts on 15 November.

For the World Test Championship picture, see our WTC 2025-27 points table explainer. Earlier days: Day 2 – Hasan Mahmud 6 for 90. Full scores are on our Bangladesh vs West Indies Test series results page.

Sources: ESPNcricinfo match report and Hodge interview by Mohammad Isam (8 Nov 2026); Sky Sports scorecard; Prothom Alo (8 Nov 2026); Times of India / Cricbuzz on Shadman Islam. All scores come from those reports.