SOK silences Nasir as Aussies take charge

A day after he cheekily raised the finger in the role of umpire, Bangladesh's Nasir Hossain has been told to keep quiet by the Australians as the tourists stampede towards a series-levelling win in Chittagong.

Hossain stood next to umpire Nigel Llong on day three and in unison with the on-field official gave Pat Cummins out after the Australia was judged lbw on review.

But on Thursday the shoe was on the other foot, with Hossain walking off dismissed to a raised index finger, this one vertical and in front of a closed mouth by left-arm spinner Stephen O'Keefe.

Already on the back foot at 4-43, Bangladesh sunk even lower when O'Keefe found the edge of Hossain's bat through to visiting skipper Steve Smith at first slip.

What followed was O'Keefe motioning to the departing batsman to "shh" as Australia tightened their grip on the second Test.

While Hossain's actions didn't appear to antagonise the Australians yesterday, O'Keefe's actions indicate that perhaps a line was crossed by the young allrounder.

"I wasn't watching, so I don't know much about that," Australia vice-captain David Warner said on Wednesday.

"It's one for obviously the umpires to look at and deem if it was a send-off or not.

"From my past track records I know that the heat can get to you sometimes.

"I'm not making excuses for him, but yeah."

Australia in Bangladesh 2017

Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Steve O'Keefe, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.

Bangladesh squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Mominul Haque.

27-31 August First Test, Dhaka, Bangladesh won by 20 runs

4-8 September Second Test, Chittagong