West Indies are showing us why they are better: Domingo

Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo praised West Indian players and said in St Lucia that the hosts were showing Bangladesh how they are better than the Tigers in Test cricket. 

"Not good enough," said Domingo. "Some serious questions with both the bat and the ball at the moment. It's not a 250-all-out wicket. If it weren't for a 30-run partnership at the end, we would be 190 all out. Just not good enough in terms of putting together performances with the bat.

"West Indies are showing us why they are better than us in this format at the moment. They have got a guy who's got a hundred and they got a big score lined up because they managed to build partnerships and withstand the pressure where we have folded and they just batted longer and showed us how to do it," he added.

Kyle Mayers's spectacular unbeaten ton has put the Windies in a pole position after day 2. They have a lead of 106 runs with five wickets in hand. 

Bangladeshi bowlers were looking aggressive just before the lunch break as they picked up four wickets in the first session. The Caribbeans were struggling at 132 for 4 in reply to the Tigers’ first-innings total of 234. Mayers lifted his side to 340 for five on Saturday.

Domingo also mentioned that Bangladesh's batters need to score big. Tiger opener Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das were comparatively better as they scored 46 and 53 respectively to help them post a respectable 234-run total.

"Definitely there's a lot of players looking for form and searching for runs and the only way to get through it is to bat for a long periods of time. We are getting a lot of 30s and 40s and odd 50s but nobody is doing what Kyle Mayers is doing and getting a big hundred. That's the difference between 230 and getting 400. Somebody has got to get a 126 like he is doing," said Domingo.

He also mentioned the bowling unit's failure. He said, "It's the story about Test match cricket at the moment; we are good in one session and we have really bad session and the guys getting impatient and not being able to bowl consistently."