2024-10-04 17:15:49
Published: 19:48, 3 October 2024 Updated: 20:10, 3 October 2024
The first touch of anything is bliss. Today is one such happy day for Nahida Akhtar. Wearing the national team jersey on the World Cup stage has involved himself in an achievement where no Bangladeshi cricketer could go before.
Left-arm spinner Nahida became the first Bangladeshi bowler to reach the milestone of 100 wickets in T20 cricket. He needed one wicket to reach the magical figure of three against Scotland. Nahida reached this landmark in the last over of her quota. Send Catherine Fraser back to the dressing room.
Nahida started her career in Karachi against Pakistan in 2015. This spinner has maintained his consistency since the beginning of his career. He got 50 wickets in 41 matches. He got his hundredth wicket today in the 88th match. In all, Nahida got a hundred wickets in 88 matches at an average of 16.82 and an economy of 5.71. Where he got 5 wickets twice. There are 4 wickets.
Nahida is followed by former captain Salma Khadun in the number of wickets. Salma got 84 wickets in 95 matches. Then Rumana is third with 75 wickets. Then Jahanara and Fahima Khatun got 58 and 50 wickets respectively. No bowler has taken fifty wickets beyond this.
Nahida became the second left-arm spinner to take his 100th wicket in international cricket. Only England’s Sophie Elliston is above her. In 86 matches, English women spinners got 126 wickets.
Bangladesh started the World Cup in a great way on such a day of Nahida’s success. After 10 years of waiting, he won the T20 World Cup match for the first time. Bangladesh beat Scotland by 16 runs.
Yasin/Aminul
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