Zimbabwe won Test after 4 years, gave Bangladesh out in his house after 6 years – Cross Talk India

Zimbabwe has made a big explosion in the cricket world by defeating Bangladesh in his house exciting. In the Test rankings, the number 12 team Zimbabwe defeated number 9 team Bangladesh to make Test cricket wonders. Zimbabwe defeated hosts Bangladesh by 3 wickets in the first Test and took a 1-0 lead in the Test series. Zimbabwe won the first Test match within 4 days. This is Craig Ervin’s first Test win as captain. At the same time, Zimbabwe has won the first Test after 4 years. The team last won a Test win against Afghanistan in March 2021. Not only this, Zimbabwe has won the Test after 6 years in Bangladesh.

Zimbabwe had a target of 174 runs to win, which he finally achieved in the session on the fourth day. Opener Brian Bennett, who was the hero of this victory of Zimbabwe, did the feat of scoring a brilliant half -century in both innings. He scored 57 runs in the first innings for Zimbabwe while in the second innings scored an important innings of 54 runs.

Zimbabwe scored 273 runs in the first innings

The 2 -match Test series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe began on April 20 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Silhat. Bangladesh’s team, batting first after winning the toss, collapsed for just 191 runs in the first innings. In response, Zimbabwe scored a score of 273 runs in the first innings thanks to the half -century of Brian Bennett and Sean Williams. By the end of the second day’s play, Bangladesh scored 57 runs losing 1 wicket in the second innings.

On the third day, not a single ball could be thrown in the first session due to rain. After this, the team of Bangladesh managed to make a comeback on the third day than the captain shunto and Mominul Haq (47). Both shared a 65 -run partnership for the third wicket. Zimbabwe dismissed Mominul and Mushfiqur Rahim quickly, but Shanto and Zakir did not allow the team to get shocks by making an unwavering partnership of 39 runs for the fifth wicket. For Zimbabwe, Blessing Mujarbani took three wickets for 51 runs.

By the end of the third day’s play, Bangladesh had losing 4 wickets and put 194 runs on the scoreboard. After this, on the fourth day, the hosts were able to increase their score by just 61 runs and collapsed at the score of 255 runs. In this way, Zimbabwe got a target of 174 runs to win. Najmul Hasan Shanto scored the highest 60 runs in the second innings for Bangladesh. At the same time, Jacker Ali contributed 58 runs.

Zimbabwe wins by 3 wickets

Openers Brian Bennett and Ben Karan made a brilliant debut on behalf of Zimbabwe’s team to chase the target. The two shared a 95 -run partnership for the first wicket. Ben Karan returned to the pavilion after scoring 44 runs. After this, the wicket took place. Brian Bennett became a victim of Mehdi Hasan Miraj after scoring 54 and then 6 Zimbabwe’s batsmen returned to the pavilion for a score of 145 runs. After this, Wesley Madhevere and Wellington Masakadja took the front and brought their team closer to the target. Wellington Masakadja returned to the pavilion after scoring 12 runs. After Masakadja was dismissed, Madhevere took the front with Richard Nagarava and died only after reaching the target.

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