In the late afternoon of the first day, Taijul Islam‘s whirlwind magic showed the dream of turning around. That dream was dashed by a second-day sweep by Kyle Verena-den Pitre. Bangladeshi bowlers took advantage of the bowling opportunity in Karaiganda.
On a wicket where the Proteas batsmen have scored intelligently, the Tigers batsmen have failed as usual. However, the pair of Mahmudul Hasan Joy–Mushfiqur Rahim is giving some relief at the end of the day. On Tuesday (October 22), Bangladesh ended the second day at 101 for 3. 101 runs behind South Africa’s first innings.
If this pair is not tall, Bangladesh will have to pay a big loss. Joy left the field unbeaten on 38 and Mushfiqur 31 runs. 42 runs came from the duo. Mushfiqur was the first Bangladeshi batsman to enter the 6,000 club in Test cricket.
In response to South Africa’s lead of 202 runs, Bangladesh lost 2 wickets for 4 runs in the second innings. After Sadman Islam got back to 1 run, Muminul took the path of Sajghar without opening the run book.
After that, Nazmul Hossain Shanto became the partner of Joy. The two resisted in a pair of fifty. If calm returns to 23 runs, danger increases. But Zai-Mushfique’s fluent batting ended the day with relief. Kagisu Rabada is not alone 2 wickets.
Earlier, they scored 308 runs in response to Bangladesh’s 106 runs based on Verena’s century. The visitors started the day with 140 runs for 6 wickets. Unbeaten on 18 runs, Verena stopped at 114 runs. This batsman took the second century of his career with 134 balls.
Mulder, who started the day undefeated with Verena, provided great company. He started the day on 17 runs and stopped on 54 runs. The duo’s 119-run partnership put Bangladesh on the back foot at the start. Coming to the crease, Keshav Maharaj could not take advantage. At the other end, Pit stood as Verena’s shield. 66 runs from 130 balls came from the pair of the two. In this pair, Verena gets to see the magic figure. After scoring 32 runs off 87 balls, the pair broke when Pitt returned.
Taijul Islam took maximum 5 wickets for Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmud has collected 3 wickets. At the end of the day, Hasan hopes that Bangladesh can win if they score more than 200 goals. He also believes that something like that can happen tomorrow.
‘Joy Mushi is having a great time. Tomorrow, in Sha Allah, we will try to bat as long as we can, make the pair as big as possible, the next batsmen should also bat with the same intention, that we can make a big partnership.’
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