Published: Oct 30, 2016, 07:01 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 30, 2016, 07:01 PM (IST)
It was a historic day for Bangladesh as they England by a huge margin of 108 runs in the second Test at Mirpur. Thanks to newcomer Mehedi Hasan who made England batsman dance to his spin bowling and he ended up taking 12 wickets in this Test, which is also his second match of the career. The foundation of victory was first laid by Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal by scoring a crucial 104 runs in the first innings of the match. Although, Bangladesh collapsed after Tamim’s ton and England took lead as well but it was Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan’s spell who brought his side back into the game.
While chasing a stiff total of 273 runs, England looked confident the way they started by not losing any wicket for first 100 runs. Opener Ben Duckett and Alastair Cook both scored fifties but everything turned with the England captain’s wicket as no other batsman could stay in the crease for long. Ben Stokes showed some promise but he too could not let his feet stuck at the crease for more than 36 deliveries. With this emphatic victory, Bangladesh has surely ensured their rise in Tests as well after doing that in limited overs format.
Their victory was very much appreciated and rated pretty highly by everyone in the cricket fraternity. Meanwhile, we present some of those appreciation and reaction from cricket fraternity.
What a comeback from Bangladesh in this series. Mehedi Hasan. Good series to watch. Bangladesh cricket is heading the right way.
— ian bishop (@irbishi) October 30, 2016
A massive thanks to England from the cricket fraternity for actually making a trip some nations have refused to.#BANvENG #Cook #Buttler
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) October 30, 2016
Massive result for Bangladesh. Well done! Commiserations to England. What a fantastic couple of test matches!#BANvENG
— Jason Gillespie (@dizzy259) October 30, 2016
Full credit must go to all the England players who decided to travel to Bangladesh .. 2 great series have been produced .. #BANvENG
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 30, 2016
Awesome performance, Bangladesh. You have earned every bit of it.
Terrible self-destruction, England (psst: Ashwin, Jadeja)#BANvENG— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) October 30, 2016
It’s Mirpur. It’s Mehedi. It’s Madness. What a win @BCBtigers #BANvENG
— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) October 30, 2016
I will forgive all those England ‘fans’ for taking umbrage at my predictions. Just no need to be abusive….
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) October 30, 2016
Celebrating Big Man’s Bday with Great win vs England! pic.twitter.com/zSwihVRybo
— Chandika Hathu (@CHathurusinghe) October 30, 2016
Congrats @BCBtigers
Eng were 0/100 lost 10wkt/64 runs
Eng Post mortem-Cooky/Duckett good work
Rest of you guys.not so good#BangasGoBang— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist) October 30, 2016
Congratulations @BCBtigers hard fought and well deserved #engvbang
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) October 30, 2016
Mirpur has to be the most hostile venue to be playing for any visiting team.Atleast recent history says so.#BANvENG
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) October 30, 2016
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