2024-09-04 06:00:26
Statistics show that no team has ever won a match in Test cricket after losing 6 wickets for 26 runs in the first innings. According to the calculations, Bangladesh’s historic victory over Pakistan has been added to the history of cricket as a world record.
Captain Nazmul Hossain credited everyone in the team for the calm win. But a hero has to be chosen. Liton Dash became the hero of the book. He played a brilliant innings of 138 runs to lift the team from the edge of the abyss in the first innings. He made a partnership of 165 runs with Mirage on the way to play the innings.
Top and middle order batsmen joined the procession of dismissals. Liton and Mirage, who were down six and seven there, saved the team and set a world record. No team has ever scored more than 150 runs in the seventh wicket before losing 6 wickets before 30 runs in cricket history. Miraj and Liton added a new chapter to the history page and saved Bangladesh’s value.
Liton said after the match about the pair of the two, ‘I only believed in myself. Pakistan bowled really well at that time. Me and Miraj discussed that we should bat longer and make them change their rhythm. Mirage then hits a couple of boundaries and the momentum changes. Things got easier after lunch break.’
Miraj returned to Sajghar with 78 runs. Litton was still batting at 84 runs. In the meantime, his leg cramped twice. Legs batsman Hasan Mahmood played a big role in getting him a century and increasing the team’s score. Talking about his batting, Liton said, ‘When Hasan came to bat, I didn’t have any runs. All the fielders went to the boundary. I took time again, and I had to play the overs. No runs or nothing taken. There were many singles open to me. But the boundary did not come. On the other hand, Hasan batted very responsibly. And credit must go to Hasan; He batted really well.’
Lytton also talked about enjoying wicketkeeping, ‘(wicket keeping) yes, definitely. I like keeping in test matches because it’s my job. I did my job behind the wicket, and my team did well.’
In Liton’s eyes, like skipper Shanta, this victory, this success is a product of team effort, ‘(Historic win) When we came here, the situation in the country was not good. We reached here earlier and prepared ourselves. It is a total team effort. The way every player has pushed themselves in these conditions…it’s tough to play five days of Tests here. All the credit for the success should go to my teammates and coaching staff.’