5 recent instances when teams were bundled out for very low scores in Tests

#1 Bangladesh (43) Vs West Indies at North Sound in 2018

Roach took part for only 5 overs of the entire match proceedings and finished with 5 wickets

West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and chose to bowl. Bangladesh lost 3 wickets at the same score on 18 and were staring down the barrel at 18 for 5 barely into the ninth over of the Test match.

Kemar Roach got going in his third over with the all-important wicket of Tamim Iqbal. In his next over, he took another wicket. However, at the end of the fourth over, Roach was struggling with his right knee. Braving the agony, Roach came on to bowl his fifth over.

With the second delivery, Roach had Mushfiqur Rahim plumb in front of the wicket and the review could not save the batsman. Off the fourth delivery, Roach had Shakib Al Hasan caught in the slips for a duck. Off the very next delivery, Mahmudullah was caught behind and suddenly Roach was on a hat-trick.

Though Roach could not complete the hat-trick, he took 3 wickets in his fifth over to break the back of the Bangladesh middle-order. Roach could not continue his bowling after that due to his knee injury. But he had already done enough damage claiming 5 wickets in his 5 overs conceding a mere 8 runs.

For Bangladesh, Liton Das was the top scorer with 25 out of the team's total of 43.

Roach could not take any further part in the proceedings of that Test match. Roach might have created a record of sorts in a Test match when he caused the maximum impact in a match within a short span of 45 minutes. That was the exact time that Roach spent on the field in the entire match to turn the match upside down.

Jason Holder and Miguel Cummins continued the good work and Bangladesh was all out for 43 in 18.4 overs. It was their lowest score in Test matches. Bangladesh went on to lose that Test match by a massive margin of an innings and 219 runs.

To sum up, of late, there have been more regular collapses in Test matches leading up to the matches finishing off in two and half days. The collapse has been triggered by the spinners on sub-continental pitches and fast bowlers elsewhere. Whether this regular collapse is due to the technical deficiency of the modern-day batsmen or due to the nature of the wicket or the supremacy of the bowlers or due to the increased number of T20I is a separate topic for discussion for another day.