BAN vs ZIM - 2nd Test Update after 2 Days of Play | The World of Sports |
Dear sports lover people, how are you? I hope you are well. Currently, the Zimbabwe cricket team is in Bangladesh to play a two-match Test series against the Bangladesh cricket team. Currently, the second day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe is underway at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the port city of Chittagong.
In the second Test, Craig Ervine, captain of Zimbabwe, won the toss and decided to bat. The Chittagong wicket is famous for being a batting-friendly wicket. So such a decision was easily understandable. The Zimbabwean openers started well. But Brian Bennett was out for just 21 runs after the team was 41 runs. The other opener, Ben Curran, was also out for 21 runs. Then Welch and Williams made a great partnership. But after the T-break, Welch retired heartily and went up and they lost the tempo. At that point, Zimbabwe was at 177 for 2 wickets.
Captain Ervine was out at 177 runs. Eventually, Williams followed that and got out for 67 runs. No other Zimbabwean batsman holding it up. They lost the next 7 wickets and collected only 50 runs. As a result, Zimbabwe was all out for just 227 runs on the first day of the match. Bangladesh's spinner Taijul alone took 6 wickets.
Bangladesh started their innings quite well. Anamul Haque Bijoy, who returned to the team after a long time, replacing Mahmudul Hasan Joy, scored 39 runs. The other opener, Shadman Islam, was dismissed after an amazing knock and picked up his second Test Century, of 120 runs. Bangladesh is in a pretty good position at the end of the second day. They have collected 291 runs for the loss of 7 wickets with a lead of 64 runs. It remains to be seen whether Bangladesh can win this match and draw the series. Time will tell everything.