Five-star Taijul leads Tigers' fightback on 16-wicket Day 1

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam claimed 5-49 on Monday as Bangladesh hit back to leave the first cricket Test against South Africa in parity despite being bowled out for 106 in its first innings on Day 1, report agencies.
Thanks to Taijul, who became only second Bangladeshi bowler after Shakib Al Hasan to reach 200 wickets, Bangladesh reduced South Africa to 140-6 before bad light brought a premature end to the day.
South Africa posted 140-6 in an action-packed first day of the opening Test, after Bangladesh collapsed to 106 all out with Kagiso Rabada celebrating being the fastest to take 300 Test wickets.
The visitors took the lead, reaching 140-6 in 41 overs in reply at stumps at Mirpur, with Wiaan Mulder and Kyle Verreynne not out for 17 and 18 respectively.
The visitors now took lead by 34 runs after a day when 16 wickets fell, with Kyle Verreynne batting on 18 with Wiaan Mulder on 17. Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat but four of their top six batsmen failed to reach double figures, with opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy top-scoring with 30 on a lively pitch.
With the pitch showing signs of deteriorating, Bangladesh sensed a chance to deny South Africa a big lead.
Mulder (3-22), Kagiso Rabada (3-26) and Keshav Maharaj (3-34) earlier shared nine wickets among them to wreak havoc on Bangladesh after its captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat first.
Mulder took a wicket in each of his first three overs to put Bangladesh in early trouble.
The rot began with the dismissal of Shadman Islam, who played a needless shot against a delivery that moved away to edge to second slip for a duck.