The prayer had brought Bangladesh close to a historic victory on the fourth day itself.
Mount Monganui (New Zealand), Fast bowler Ibadat Hussain took a career-best six for 46 as Bangladesh registered their first win over world Test champions New Zealand by eight wickets in the first Test. Of. The prayer had brought Bangladesh close to a historic victory on the fourth day itself. He also took New Zealand’s last two wickets on the fifth and last day on Wednesday.
The hosts were bowled out for 169 in the second innings, their lowest score against Bangladesh. New Zealand were trailing by 130 runs in the first innings, leaving Bangladesh to score just 40 runs to win. He lost two wickets but captain Mominul Haque and former captain Mushfiqur Rahim led the team to victory. This is Bangladesh’s sixth win in Test cricket outside their home country and the first against any of the top five-ranked teams. New Zealand is second and Bangladesh ninth in the Test rankings.
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With this win, he also broke New Zealand’s streak of being unbeaten in 17 consecutive Tests on his soil. Former volleyball player Ibadat had taken 11 Test wickets at an average of 81 before this match. In the first innings, he took one wicket for 75 runs. New Zealand had scored 328 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, Ibadat broke the back of the Kiwi innings by dismissing Devon Conway (13), Henry Nicholls (0), Tom Blundell (0) and Will Young (69).
He dismissed Ross Taylor for 40 and then took the wicket of Kyle Jamieson to take New Zealand to 160 for seven. Taskin Ahmed sent Rachin Ravindra for 16 and Tim Southee to the pavilion without opening an account. Mehidi Hasan Miraj ended the Kiwi innings with Trent Boult caught by Taijul Islam at midwicket.(Agency)