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Bangladesh defeated New Zealand in the test by 150 runs: lost for the second time in 24 months
Published - 3-DEC-2023 3:10 IST | Updated - 11-APR-2024 8:34 IST

Bangladesh defeated New Zealand in the test by 150 runs: lost for the second time in 24 months, Taijul Islam took 6 wickets
Bangladesh defeated New Zealand by 150 runs in the first match of the two-Test series. This is Bangladesh's first win against New Zealand at home in Test history.
On Saturday in Sylhet, New Zealand started playing with a score of 113/7. The team was all out for 181 runs and Bangladesh succeeded in winning the Test match against New Zealand for the second time in the last 24 months. Before this, the last time Bangladesh had defeated New Zealand at home by 8 wickets early last year. The two-Test series played in New Zealand was a 1-1 draw.
Taijul Islam took two wickets on the last day
Bangladesh needed 3 wickets on the last day to win. On the fifth day, the first success was achieved by Naeem Islam by dismissing Daryl Mitchell. Mitchell faced 120 balls and scored 58 runs and scored the only half-century of the innings.
At the same time, the last two wickets were in the name of Taijul Islam. He first sent Tim Saudi to the pavilion by getting him caught by Zakir Hasan. Saudi faced 24 balls and scored 34 runs. Islam also got Ish Sodhi caught by Zakir Hasan and led the team to victory.
New Zealand needed 218 runs to win
By the end of the fourth day's play, New Zealand had scored 113 runs after losing 7 wickets after 49 overs. New Zealand needed 218 runs on the last day to win. In the second innings, the Kiwi team could score only 181 runs.
Earlier, Bangladesh had scored 310 runs in the first innings and 338 runs in the second innings. Whereas New Zealand was all out for 317 runs in the first innings.
Nazmul Hussain Shanto scored a century in the second innings
Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto played a century in the second innings for Bangladesh. He scored 105 runs on 198 balls.
Apart from Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim also played an inning of 67 runs and Mehdi Hasan Miraz played an inning of 50 runs, putting the team in a strong position. In this way Bangladesh scored 338 runs in the second innings and New Zealand got the target of 332 runs.
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