New Delhi. Ever since West Indies bowled out Bangladesh for 164 runs in the second Test, its fans had been dreaming of consecutive victories. At that time no one had any idea that even though Bangladesh’s batsmen had surrendered in the first innings, there were still 3 innings left in the match and anything could happen. After surrendering in the first innings, Bangladesh played in such a way in the next two innings that the match turned in its favor.
The second test match between West Indies and Bangladesh is being played in Kingston. Due to rain on the first day of the match, only 30 overs could be played, in which Bangladesh scored 69 runs for 2 wickets. Bangladesh, which was bundled out for 164 runs in the first innings on the second day, made a comeback in the match in the next two days. This comeback was made by two players Nahid Rana and Zakir Ali. On the third day of the match, Nahid Rana played a big role in defeating West Indies for 146 runs by taking 5 wickets. After this, Zakir Ali gave his team a winning score by playing a stormy innings of 91 runs on the fourth day.
Bangladesh, which took a lead of 18 runs in the first innings, scored 268 in its second innings. At one time the visiting team had lost five wickets for 173 runs, but Zakir Ali did not give up the struggle. This Bengali batsman scored 91 runs in his innings of 106 balls. Zakir Ali, along with the tail batsmen, took the team to 268 runs. He hit 8 fours and 5 sixes in his innings.
West Indies has got a target of 287 runs to win. He has no shortage of overs, but scoring runs on a difficult pitch is not easy. The host team, which came to chase the target, lost the wicket of opener Michael Lewis (6) in the fifth over itself. Till the time of writing the news, West Indies have scored 23 runs for 1 wicket in 5 overs. There are still about 150 overs left in the match.
Tags: Bangladesh, Test cricket, West indies
FIRST PUBLISHED : December 3, 2024, 11:28 PM IST