Delhi: The Zimbabwe cricket team made a big upset against Bangladesh at his home ground. He registered a stunning win in the first match of the two-Test series and took a 1-0 lead in the series. This victory was also special because Zimbabwe has won a Test match abroad for the first time since 2018.
Mominul Haq’s new record
However, Mominul Haq of Bangladesh set a special record in the match. He has become the highest catcher in Test cricket to become the Bangladeshi fielder. He has so far caught 41 catches and has left Mehdi Hasan Miraj (40 catches) behind.
Mehdi Hasan Miraj’s bowling shine
In this match, Mehdi Hasan Miraj also performed brilliantly with the ball. He snatched the Bangladeshi record of taking the most 10 wickets in Tests from Taizul Islam. Despite this, his spectacular performance could not win the team.
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– Zimbabwe Cricket (@zimcrickv) April 23, 2025
Bangladesh’s first innings
After winning the toss, Bangladesh decided to bat first, but the team was reduced to 191 runs. Mominul Haq scored the most runs by scoring 56 runs off 105 balls. Najmul Hussain Shanto scored 40, Jaker Ali 28 and Hasan Mahmood scored 19 runs. For Zimbabwe, Blessing Mujarabani and Wellington Masakadja took three wickets each.
Zimbabwe’s first innings lead
In response, Zimbabwe scored 273 runs with the help of Brian Bennett (57) and Sean Williams (59). In this way, he got a lead of 82 runs in the first innings. Mehdi Hasan Miraj took 5 wickets from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh tried to return to second innings
In the second innings, Bangladesh scored a little better and scored 255 runs. In this innings, Najmul Hussain Shanto scored 60, Jaker Ali 58 and Mominul Haq scored 47 runs. However, Blessing Mujarabani again took 6 wickets in his name.
Zimbabwe’s brilliant run chase
Bangladesh gave Zimbabwe a target of 174 runs, which the visiting team achieved by losing 7 wickets in 50.1 overs. Brian Bennett played important innings of 54 and Ben Curren 44 runs. Even in the second innings, Mehdi Hasan Miraj took 5 wickets but could not save the team from defeat.
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