After losing the first game of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh, New Zealand’s condition also deteriorated in the second game. At the end of the first day of the Test in Mirpur, the New Zealand team had lost five wickets for just 55 runs. Here the weirdos really get going right from the start. Because of this, 15 wickets fell on the first day of play. Of these 15, 13 wickets were taken by the spinners.
In this match, Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto won the toss and elected to bat first. The spinners got help on the field right from the start and Bangladesh’s wickets fell at regular intervals. Zakir Hasan (8) was sent to the pavilion by Mitchell Santner and Mahmudul Hasan Joy (14) was dismissed by Ejaz Patel. Mominul Haq (5) also became Patel’s victim. Captain Shanto (9) was declared LBW due to Santner’s ball. Within 15 overs in the first session, the Bangladesh team had lost all four top-order batsmen for 47 runs.
From here, Mushfiqur Rahim (35) and Shahadat Hussain (31) formed a partnership of 57 runs and took the Bangladesh team to over 100. For this reason, Mushfiqur was convicted of obstructing fielding. After that, Bangladesh team’s wickets started falling again and the entire team was reduced to 172 runs. Mehdi Hasan Miraj (20) and Naeem Hasan (13) fought for Bangladesh for some time. The remaining tail batsmen conveniently returned to the pavilion. For New Zealand, Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips took 3-3, Ajaz Patel took 2 and Team Saudi took a wicket.
After this amazing performance from New Zealand bowlers, the Bangladesh spinners created havoc. Mehdi Hasan Miraz sent Devon Conway (11) to the pavilion for a total of 20 runs. Tom Latham (4) also retired after adding two runs. The downfall of the opponents continued in the same way. Kane Williamson (13), Henry Nicholls (1) and Tom Blundell (0) were cheaply out. In this way, at the end of the day’s play, the Kiwi team had scored 55 runs and lost 5 wickets. Taijul Islam took 3 wickets and Mehdi Hasan Miraj took 2 wickets. Now Daryl Mitchell (12) and Glenn Phillips (5) will have a big responsibility on the pitch the next day.