Imrul Kayes sets the tone for Bangladesh's chase

Imrul Kayes (43 off 61 balls) set the tone for Bangladesh in their quest to set a new benchmark for their highest successful run chase (previous best: 217/6 v West Indies in 2009) after England set them a target of 286 in the morning session of the Chittagong Test on Day 4. Despite Keyes's dismissal towards the end of the session, his positive start posed all sorts of problems for Alastair Cook, and perhaps gave the rest of his line-up a reason to carry on the intention of scoring runs briskly.

England began the day on 228 for 8 and added just 12 runs in the four overs they batted. Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes's decision to take on Mehedi Hasan's arm at gully proved costly as Broad was caught short of his crease when Mushfiqur Rahim whipped off the bails. Gareth Batty became left-arm spinner Tajiul Islam's second wicket of the innings. Batty's review, an unsuccessful one, of an LBW decision was the 20th of the match - a new Test record.

On a crumbling fourth-day wicket, England began the proceedings with Moeen Ali and Batty - two right-arm spinners - for the first time in their Test history. Bangladesh openers had to make a swift decision of how they would approach the chase. The fact that they had nearly six sessions to bat came as a double-edged sword - trying too many shots too early could bring the risk of a flurry of a wickets that could trigger a collapse but getting into a shell would give England the chance to attack.

Kayes led Bangladesh's charge, unleashing the sweep shot early against both the spinners. Unlike Bangladesh's Mehedi Hasan, Batty couldn't hit the right lengths to make life uncomfortable for the two left-handed batsmen. Moeen Ali used the rough areas to generate variable bounce and turn but the pressure couldn't be kept up from the other end by Batty.

Kayes and Iqbal were starting to look comfortable when a wicket arrived. The lead up to Iqbal's dismissal was chaotic. On the ball before, a Moeen delivery went past Iqbal's willow towards the first slip, who fumbled the ball. The ball ricocheted off his boot before it nestled in his hands while he was sprawled on the ground and England went up in appeal. The umpire wasn't convinced and a review was taken. Replays showed that there was no bat on ball, giving Iqbal a breather. Not for long, however, as he was undone by the loop on offer on the very next delivery. Iqbal lunged forward to defend it but a thick inside edge went to Gary Ballance at forward short leg.

Kayes continued to throw caution to the wind, scoring boundaries off Moeen while Mominul Haque joined in and got off the mark with a streaky four, nicked over the slips, off Batty. An over after drinks, Cook replaced the 39-year-old tweaker with Chris Woakes in his quest to find another wicket or two before the Lunch break.

He could've had it, had it opted to review an LBW shout against Mominul Haque. The No.3 batsman defended a Moeen delivery on the front foot with his bat placed close to the pad. There was a shout for a leg before but the umpire was unmoved. Since the ball had definitely got the bat, the visitors opted against a review. Replays, however, suggested that the ball clipped the pad first and would've gone on to strike the leg-stump.

Mominul shrugged off the big appeal and scored a couple of more fours to ensure Bangladesh didn't take their foot off the pedal. Adil Rashid arrived and made the most vital dent in Bangladesh's ambitions, sending Kayes back to the pavilion. Batting in his 40s, it was the case of how many shots was too many for the left-hander. He decided to take on Rashid but an attempted sweep ended his breezy stay, when the ball flew off the glove and was taken by Root.

Bangladesh went into the Lunch break on 86 for 2, needing exactly 200 runs to win.