DHAKA: Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal put India’s attack to the sword with a blistering 151 on the third day of the second and final Test here today.

The left-hander dominated a record 200-run stand for the second wicket with Junaid Siddique (55) as Bangladesh reached 228-3 in their second innings at stumps. But the hosts still face a stiff task to save the match as they need 83 more runs with seven wickets in hand to make India bat again after conceding a 311-run lead. The tourists lead 1-0 in the short series following their 113-run win in the opening match in Chittagong last week.

Iqbal completed his second hundred off just 101 balls, the fastest by a Bangladeshi in Tests. His stand with Siddique was also Bangladesh’s highest for any wicket in Test cricket. Bangladesh’s previous best was 191 between Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfiqur Rahim for the sixth wicket against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2007.

Iqbal, 20, delighted the crowd with bold strokeplay, smashing three sixes and 18 fours in his career-best knock. He spared neither seamers nor spinners as he kept playing attacking shots on both sides of the wicket. Indian seamer Zaheer Khan struck in the third over when he had Bangladeshi opener Imrul Kayes (five) caught by substitute Dinesh Karthik, who dived forward to hold on to the ball at short cover.

The visitors then had to wait for more than 51 overs for the next success as Iqbal and Siddique bolstered the innings with their contrasting knocks. Zaheer broke the partnership when he had Siddique caught behind. The Bangladeshi batsman, who relied more on singles and twos, hit only five fours in his 144-ball knock for his fifth Test half-century. The Indian seamer then got a big wicket in the day’s penultimate over when he had Iqbal caught behind for his third victim.

India earlier declared their first innings closed at their lunch total of 544-8 in reply to the hosts’ 233, with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni making a solid 89. The visitors added 85 to their overnight total of 459-5, with Dhoni alone contributing 67. The Indian captain, on 22 overnight, completed his 17th Test half-century when he lofted seamer Rubel Hossain over mid-off for a boundary. He looked set for his fourth Test hundred when he was stumped by Rahim off part-time spinner Raqibul Hasan on the stroke of lunch. He cracked two sixes and nine fours in his 167-ball knock.

India lost their first wicket early in the morning when Zaheer was caught hooking by Shahadat Hossain at fine-leg off seamer Shafiul Islam for no score. Part-time spinner Ashraful was the other wicket-taker when he had Ishant Sharma (13) caught behind. Shafiul finished with 3-86 and left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan 2-118.