Mushfiqur Rahim’s brain-fade second led to his obstructing-the-field dismissal however Bangladesh took cost of the second Test towards New Zealand after 15 wickets tumbled on a frenzied opening day of the competition on Wednesday.
Chasing a series-levelling victory, New Zealand appeared to nostril forward within the contest after bundling out Bangladesh for 172 at Mirpur’s Shere Bangla Stadium.
The vacationer needed to take care of a top-order meltdown of its personal when it got here out to bat and it was reeling at 55-5 when unhealthy gentle stopped play with solely 79 overs bowled within the day.
Daryl Mitchell (12) and Glenn Phillips (5) will resume New Zealand’s battle to remain within the contest when play resumes on Thursday.
Earlier opting to bat, Bangladesh slumped to 47-4 in 15 overs with New Zealand’s spin duo of Mitchell Santner (3-65) and Ajaz Patel (2-54) wrecking the highest order.
Mushfiqur (35) and Shahadat Hossain (31) mixed in a 57-run stand to regular the ship till the forty first over when New Zealand prised out a wicket within the unlikeliest of fashions.
Mushfiqur defended a Kyle Jamieson supply after which instinctively prolonged his proper hand to push the ball away despite the fact that there was no likelihood of it hitting the stumps.
The TV umpire upheld New Zealand’s enchantment for what was beforehand generally known as handling-the-ball however was introduced underneath obstructing-the-field dismissal in 2017.
Mushfiqur is the primary Bangladesh batter to be given out obstructing the sector, seven batsmen had beforehand been given out ‘handling the ball’ in take a look at cricket.
Phillips wrecked Bangladesh’s decrease order with figures of 3-31.
New Zealand’s high order couldn’t grasp the spin-friendly circumstances and regarded in poor health comfortable towards Mehidy Hasan Miraz (3-17) and Taijul Islam (2-29).
Bangladesh received the opening Test in Sylhet by 150 runs, its first on dwelling soil towards New Zealand.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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