“Half Job Done”: Najmul Hossain Shanto After Win vs New Zealand | Cricket News

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto is wanting ahead to lock horns with New Zealand within the second Test after registering a historic 150-run victory over the Blackcaps within the first match of the collection at dwelling on Saturday. Bangladesh made historical past on Saturday, with a ten-wicket haul by Taijul Islam, together with six wickets within the second innings, guiding the workforce to their first-ever dwelling Test win towards New Zealand by 150 runs at Sylhet. The first encounter of the two-match Test collection noticed Bangladesh defeat New Zealand at dwelling for the primary time. Taijul Islam completed the primary Test together with his career-best 11/170 in that recreation.

The recreation ebbed and flowed, with the 2 groups separated by simply seven runs on the finish of the primary innings. However, a tenacious hundred by newly-appointed skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and a six-wicket haul from Taijul Islam helped the hosts cruise over the guests.

Shanto, who led from the entrance on his Test captaincy debut with a century within the second innings, stated after the match that they stored to the method and weren’t involved concerning the final result.

“Credit goes to all the players. Taijul, Miraz, Shoriful, Nayeem – they bowled very well. Everyone enjoyed this match. We’re not thinking of the result, just following the process. For me, in the first innings we could’ve scored 50-80 more runs,” Shanto stated in a post-match presentation.

Shanto can even captain the workforce after they journey to New Zealand for a white-ball collection following the Test collection. However, he’s not desirous about that collection proper now and is concentrated on the second Test match.

“Now I’m thinking of the next Test. For me, half job is done. Still, a long way to go,” Shanto added.

With this, the Tigers take a 1-0 lead within the two-game collection and have gained essential World Test Championship (WTC) factors. The second Test between the 2 sides is scheduled to start out on Wednesday in Mirpur.

Shanto couldn’t have requested for something higher than this in his first Test as a captain. This was their second Test win in 18 matches towards Kiwis. Their earlier victory towards the Kiwis had are available in 2022 after they received in Mount Maunganui.

(This story has been edited by Mahaz News workers …)