But Mahmudullah’s two wickets in his only over — the penultimate of the session — gave Bangladesh the momentum after it had won the toss and sent West Indies in to bat at National Cricket Stadium.
Mahmudullah, who took 5-51 in the second innings of the first Test that Bangladesh won, had figures of 2-9.
Richards and Omar Phillips gave West Indies a bright start with a stand of 60 inside the first hour.
After surviving a chance to mid-on, Phillips was out in the same over to left-arm spinner Shakib-al-Hasan, holing out to Tamim Iqbal’s brilliant, low running catch at deep midwicket.
Shakib, captaining Bangladesh due to the injury to Mashrafe Mortaza, had figures of 1-29.
SCOREBOARD
West Indies (I Innings)
Richards c & b Mahmudullah 69
Phillips c Iqbal b Shakib 23
Dowlin (batting) 12
Hinds c & b Mahmudullah 2
Reifer (batting) 0
Extras (nb-1) 1
Total (for 3 wkts; 24 overs) 107
Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-104, 3-106.
Bowling: Shahadat 5-1-21-0, Rubel 3-0-18-0, Haque 9-1-30-0, Shakib 6-2-29-1, Mahmudullah 1-0-9-2.