2024-09-01 07:06:39
Mehdi Hasan Miraj is 21 years old. In 2003, Mohammad Rafiq took 5 wickets twice on Pakistan soil, after which no other bowler from Bangladesh achieved this feat. Something that came in 2024 as a mirage.
This offspinner made Pakistan blue with spin poison in his 10th fifer. The hosts were all out for 274 on the second day of the Rawalpindi Test. On the first day of the Test, which began yesterday, not a single ball was bowled. Today is actually the ‘first’ day of the Rawalpindi Test. A touch of green on the wicket. no turn The ball did not go up or down. To get 5 wickets on such a wicket is a big thing.
Miraj made Bangladesh happy by doing that job effortlessly. The bowlers contributed a lot to decide the fate of this Test without allowing Pakistan to score three hundred. Now waiting for the batsmen to fight. There are concerns about whether Mushfiqur, the hero of the first Test, will be available in that match. He injured his shoulder while fielding and left the field. At the end of the day, he was seen lying in the dressing room.
Taskin Ahmed, who returned to Test after 14 months, tied the rhythm, rhythm and rhythm that Bangladesh attacked in bowling throughout the day. Bangladesh fielded Shariful Islam in the second Test in Rawalpindi due to his injury. Bangladesh got a break through in the first over with the new ball. The first five balls were pulled from opener Abdullah Shafiq. Taskin bowled the last ball with great swing. Pakistan went into bat losing the toss and losing their first wicket without adding any runs to the scoreboard in their opening attack.
Then the hosts resisted. Opener Saeb Ayyub and captain Shan Masood finished the first session with 99 runs. Bangladesh’s bowling was tight. Taskin, Hasan and Nahid along with Miraj and Shakib have turned their hands this time. Despite not getting a wicket, their bowling was controlled.
Bangladesh got the reward of this controlled bowling in the second session itself. Bangladesh took 4 wickets with 84 runs in 30 overs. The wicket could have gone up by one more if Shan Masood had been caught at short by Zakir Hasan. It was not a big problem. Immediately after the tea break, Bangladesh had no problem putting the hosts under severe pressure to all out them.
In the second session, Mirage broke the 107-run partnership by returning Shane (57). The left-handed batsman was LBW as he was bowled inside. Another left-handed batsman Sime came forward and was stumped for 58 runs. Taskin, who rotated his hand in short spells, came to bowl for the fourth time and bowled Saud Shakeel. This batsman got life in the hands of Mirage for zero runs while cutting the ball square outside the offstump. Babar floated Bangladesh to the biggest success in the second session. Bangladesh regular Shakib got his only wicket. Shakib’s arm ball went LBW for 31 runs while playing to double leg.
The most important factor in Bangladesh’s success in the first Test was the chain bowling. Something similar has been seen even today. Nahid Rana bowled brilliantly, combining pace and aggression. Despite creating opportunities, there was no success in the second session. He made two or three deliveries around 150 in that session. Even the creator did not disappoint him. Rizwan couldn’t move the bat from one of his leaping deliveries. That ended Pakistan’s hopes of a big score. In the end, it was Miraj who showed the rest to the dressing room.
Mirage were the best bowlers of the day with 5 wickets for 61 runs in 22.1 overs. Besides, Taskin returned after a long time and made a great contribution with 3 wickets. Shakib and Nahid’s 1-wicket haul was great. All in all, Bangladesh spent a colorful day in white clothes with a collective effort.
This is Mirage’s best bowling success outside the country. Prior to this, two of the nine Fifers were in Harare and Kingston. This time, he doubled the joy of getting Fifer on the soil of Pakistan. The script of this Test can be written by the batsmen on the third day tomorrow.