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Zimbabwe Beats Bangladesh in First Test: Zimbabwe’s novice team defeated Bangladesh by 3 wickets in the first Test match. The match played in Sylhet ended in 4 days.
Mehdi Hasan Miraj could not win Bangladesh even with 10 wickets.
Highlights
- Bangladesh cricket team lost at their home.
- Zimbabwe defeated by 3 wickets in the first Test.
- Mirage could not win Bangladesh even with 10 wickets.
New Delhi. Bangladesh cricket team has suffered defeat at their home. Zimbabwe’s novice team defeated Bangladesh by 3 wickets in the first Test match. With this, he has taken a 1-0 lead in the 2-match series. This is Zimbabwe’s first win in Test matches in 4 years. He had earlier defeated Afghanistan in 2021.
The first Test match was played between hosts Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Silhat. Bangladesh scored 191 runs while batting first. In response, Zimbabwe scored 273 runs. In this way, he took an 82 -run lead in the first innings over Bangladesh, which proved to be decisive. Bangladesh then scored 255 runs in their second innings. In this way, Zimbabwe got a target of 174 runs to win, which he achieved by losing 7 wickets. The match played in Sylhet ended in 4 days. Zimbabwe’s Pesar Blessing Mujarbani was adjudged Player of the Match.
Chasing the target, Zimbabwe started well. Brian Bennett and Ben Karen shared a 95 -run partnership and did half the team’s work. But once the process of falling the wicket started, it seemed that the victory would slip from Zimbabwe’s hand. Bangladesh took 4 wickets of Zimbabwe within 128 runs. The 5th wicket fell for 144 runs. In this delicate time, Wesley Madeware played an unbeaten innings of 19 runs and won his team.
Bangladesh spinner Mehdi Hasan Miraj took 5 wickets in the second innings like the first innings. In this way, he took 10 wickets in the match. Despite this best performance, he could not win his team.
