When Ariful Haque was the last batsman to be dismissed, top-edging Wellington Masakadza to wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva, he and the rest of the Bangladesh team were probably unaware that there were still a lot of spectators queuing up outside the ground to watch the first Test ever to take place at the Sylhet International Stadium.

Those who did manage to get on the fourth day yesterday could only witness wild celebrations from the Zimbabwe cricketers, who handed the home side a comprehensive 151-run defeat within three and a half days of the first Test and register their first away Test win after 17 long years.

Among Bangladesh's 83 losses in 109 Tests so far, yesterday's defeat against Zimbabwe will surely haunt them for a long time as the Tigers were completely outplayed in their own backyard by an opposition who are the lowest-ranked in Test cricket and were coincidentally playing their first Test of the year.

On the other hand, Zimbabwean cricket has long been going through systemic problems and this win came as a blessing for them. It was their first win in the format since September 2013 against Pakistan and first away win since winning Chattogram's MA Aziz Stadium's inaugural Test in November 2001.

The home side would have had to accomplish their highest successful chase to win the Test match, coming into the fourth day needing 295 runs chasing a target of 321.

The Tigers did manage to start on a positive note, with Imrul Kayes and Liton Das adding 56 runs for the opening wicket. Both batsmen managed to survive a few scares and hung in during the first hour of the day -- the toughest time to bat.

However, just when it seemed like things would start to come back in favour of the home side, Bangladesh crumbled with the bat like they did in the first innings when they were bundled out for 143.

The poor shot selection and rash temperament started from the top as Liton, who had a reprieve on 21, was trapped leg-before to a short-pitched Sikandar Raza delivery which he completely missed.

Number three batsman Mominul Haque, who started his innings with two beautiful boundaries, again paid the price for poor foot movement, dragging a Kyle Jarvis delivery onto the stumps just a ball after he was beaten by the seamer.

By the time that Imrul was dismissed while going for a sweep after scoring a hard-fought 103-ball 43, Raza's bowling had become so venomous that the Bangladeshi batsmen were unsure of how to handle the off-spinner.

Stand-in captain Mahmudullah Riyad continued his lean patch in the longest format of the game and was dismissed after being caught in two minds about whether to sweep or defend. Ultimately, he was caught at short leg to become Raza's third victim.

Nazmul Hossain took things from bad to worse on the stroke of lunch when he handed a short-pitched delivery from debutant leg-spinner Brandon Mavuta to cover, leaving the hosts reeling on 111 for five.

The 21-year-old went on to dismiss Mushfiqur Rahim just after lunch as the right-hander was caught in deep square leg going for a slop-sweep. Mavuta followed that up by removing Mehedi Hasan Miraz, who edged behind.

Nazmul Islam was his fourth victim, trapped leg-before, before another debutant, Wellington Masakadza, put the Tigers out of their misery by removing Tajiul Islam and Ariful to send Zimbabwe into rapturous celebrations.