South Africa Dominates as Bangladesh Crumbles in First Test
Bangladesh team, which won the two-match Test series with its strong performance on the Pakistan tour, is not able to repeat that performance. India defeated it in two Test matches at home. Now Bangladesh has to face shame in its own country. South Africa bowled out Bangladesh cheaply in the first innings of the first Test match being played in Mirpur. The entire team was reduced to 106 runs.
With this, Bangladesh has made a new record of its lowest score in the Test. This is Bangladesh’s fifth-lowest score on home ground. At the same time, this is also Bangladesh’s third-lowest score in Mirpur.
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Bangladesh Struggles to Bat
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto won the toss in this match and decided to bat first. But the batsmen of the host team proved the captain’s decision wrong. In the second over itself, Wiaan Mulder sent Shadman Islam to the pavilion without opening his account. Mulder also gave Bangladesh the second blow by dismissing Mominul Haque. From here wickets kept falling continuously.
Opener Mahamudul Hasan Joy scored the highest 30 runs for the team. He played this innings with the help of two fours and a six on 97 balls. Apart from him, only Taijul Islam (16), Mehedi Hasan Miraz 13, and Mushfiqur Rahim (11) could reach double figures.
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Rabada Shines for South Africa
Kagiso Rabada, Mulder, and Keshav Maharaj took three wickets each for South Africa. Dane Piedt got one wicket. With this, Rabada completed his 300 wickets in Tests. He has become the sixth bowler to take 300 wickets in Tests for his country. Rabada took so many wickets after bowling 11,817 balls. With this, he has become the bowler to take 300 wickets in the least number of balls.
| Bangladesh’s Lowest Scores in Home Tests |
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| 87 runs vs West Indies, Dhaka, 2002 |
| 91 runs vs India, Dhaka, 2000 |
| 97 runs vs Pakistan, Mirpur, 2021 |
| 102 runs vs South Africa, Dhaka, 2003 |
| 106 runs vs South Africa, Mirpur, 2024 |
Bangladesh will now need to work hard to recover in the second innings, but the pressure from South Africa’s strong bowling attack continues to challenge them.
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