The bowler Taijul Islam whooped his second 10-wicket haul in the Bangladesh vs New Zealand 1st Test on Saturday.
Taijul Islam 10 wicket haul against New Zealand
Bangladesh is scheduled to play in a Test series against New Zealand starting on November 28, where Taijul Islam grabbed a 10 wicket haul helping the side to defeat New Zealand by 150 runs.
Najmul Shanto chose to bat after winning the toss. Mahmudul Hasan Joy scored 86 runs in 166 balls including 11 fours. Glenn Phillips dismissed 4 wickets for 53 runs which helped the side to collapse the strong 180/2 Bangladesh to lose all wickets for 310.
Kane Williamson scored 104 runs in 205 balls where Daryl Mitchell helped the side with 41 runs and Glenn Phillips’ 42 runs helped the side to lead the hosts by 7 runs by the end of the first innings.
By the end of 4th day, New Zealand scored 113 runs losing seven wickets. With 219 runs needed for victory, New Zealand was all out after scoring 68 runs for their last three wickets.
In the second innings, Najmul scored 105 runs while Rahim scored 67 runs and helped the side. Mehidy scored a fifty during the second innings where Bangladesh had a score of 338 runs. While New Zealand started their second innings, they scored 113 runs in the fourth day of the match.
Taijul claimed the last two wickets to finish with 6/75 and by adding 4/109 runs in the first innings, he grabbed his 10 wicket haul.
This is Bangladesh’s second victory against New Zealand with their first victory coming from Mount Maunganui in January 2022.
“Credit goes to all the players, especially Taijul, Nayeem, Shoriful (Islam), and Mehidy (Hasan),” said Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, who became the fourth Bangladesh captain to win his first match in charge.
“Everyone enjoyed this match. We weren’t thinking about the result,” Najmul Shanto, who scored a century in the second innings, said in the post-match conference.
On the other hand, New Zealand captain Tim Southee praised the hosts and said he expects more from him.
“They played well. Our bowling group needs to create pressure for longer, batters need to stitch more partnerships, be better for longer,” he said.
They will be facing off each other in the second test played between December 06- 10 at Sher-e-Bangla.
