2024-05-10 14:57:07
Talk about a holiday. Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla does not have a place to hold sesame seeds. The new opening pair Tanjid Hasan Tamim-Soumya Sarkar did not disappoint. Both of them have made the audience happy with all the shots in 11 overs. But the audience, the cricketers themselves will want to forget what happened after the break of the opening pair.
Bangladesh lost the toss and were bowled out for 143 runs at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday (May 10, 2024). But the beginning was not beautiful! 100 in 11 overs. 57 in the power play! Opener Tanjid’s departure is the beginning of the fall. Bangladesh lost 10 wickets to add just 42 runs to their team total.
Especially after losing the third wicket with the dismissal of Tawheed Hriday (12) for 121 runs, Bangladesh went into disarray. Then Bangladesh lost the wickets of Nazmul Hossain Shanto (2), Shakib Al Hasan (1) and Zaker Ali Anik (7) within 9 runs.
There was no recognized batter after Anik’s dismissal. Rishad Hossain couldn’t do it today either. He returned for 2 runs. Taskin Ahmed was run out.
But Tanjeed-Soumya duo has been playing brilliantly since the beginning. In the power play, the two batted stormily without losing any wicket. Earlier in the current series, the maximum was 42 runs. 101 runs came from the pair of the two. For the eighth time in T20, Bangladesh has crossed a pair of centuries on any wicket. But the next batters could not maintain that streak.
Tanjeed’s second fifty came in the fourth match of his T20 career. He scored a fifty in just 34 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. In the end he was dismissed with a maximum of 52 runs off 37 balls.
Soumya also returned to the dressing room within 7 runs of his out. 41 runs from 34 balls came from Soumya’s bat. 7 batsmen of Bangladesh did not face double figures.
Luke Jongwe took the maximum 3 wickets for Zimbabwe. Richard Ngrava and Brian Bennett took 2 wickets each.