'We'll bowl Pakistan out,' says Bangladesh bowling coach Shaun Tait

After facing resistance from Pakistan's batters through the fourth day in Sylhet, Bangladesh were able to eke out two wickets just before stumps, leaving them in a strong position to close out the second Test. seal a 2-0 series win, according to bowling coach Shaun Tait.

Chasing 437, Pakistan were reduced to 316 for 7, still needing 121 runs with three wickets in hand. Mohammad Rizwan the only top-order batter left. "Well, I think we'll bowl them out on the fifth day," Tait said after stumps on the fourth day. "We have been bowling well generally, so I think what happens then [is that] you expect it every day. It doesn't always work that way. We are in a good position now. It was a very hot day, so the conditions were difficult conditions. The wicket became really good. These are not excuses. I think if you look at it now, we're in a good position."

Pakistan had two good partnerships, with Babar Azam. Shan Masood adding 92 for the second wicket and Rizwan and Salman Agha adding 134 for the sixth wicket. But with 15 minutes left in the day, they lost Agha and then Hasan Ali, and it was advantage Bangladesh.

One of the turning points was when wicketkeeper Litton Das intercepted a glide down the leg side from Babar off Taijul Islam. sparking massive celebrations from the Bangladesh team. "He has been so tidy behind the stumps. He has been fantastic," Tait said of Litton's glovework. "We have mentioned it in the change rooms after games actually. We have given him a bit of a hand with the way he's been keeping. It makes a huge difference, there's no doubt about that. Litton's keeping at the moment is just absolutely world-class. I think. to be honest, the way he's batting, I think as a cricketer at the moment he's probably at the top of his game."

Despite Rizwan. Agha's century stand, Tait said Bangladesh were not nervous, sensing something would happen when Mushfiqur's direct hit nearly caught Agha short of his crease in the 73rd over.

"I tell you what: there was some excitement in the dugout when that run-out [chance] was so close," Tait said. "We thought that was the breakthrough we needed, and then it came through Taijul. We were not tense, but excited.

"I think if you watch Test cricket enough. you can see that it can change really quickly in the latter part of the day. We talk about staying in the contest as long as possible, because you don't know what can happen, right?

"So, if you bowl well enough, you stay in the contest long enough throughout the day. You hope that in the last session, you can pinch a couple of wickets, which I suppose we did. I know there's people that coming here today expect the game to be over, but Pakistan played really well today."

The Sylhet pitch was a subject of discussion as it flattened out on the fourth day. Pakistan scored almost a hundred runs in every session. Tait, however, said these are good pitches for cricket.

"The wickets have been quite good for cricket in Bangladesh recently - whether it be the white-ball series that we have had recently,. the Tests. I think they're doing a really good job," he said. "Other people see wickets differently, and expect different things. But the way I look at it, the pitches are producing some pretty good cricket to watch."