In reply, England were cruising with captain Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett both scoring fifties and putting up a 100-run partnership. From there, Bangladesh dug in again as Tamim Iqbal (40), Imrul Kayes (78), Mahmudullah (47) and Shakib Al hasan (41) all chipped in with the bat to score 296 and set England a decent target of 273 runs. England then managed to score 244 in reply and took a small but handy 24-run lead.
Batting first, Bangladesh scored 220 on a turning track where only Tamim Iqbal (104) and Mominul Haque (66) contributed with the bat before a massive collapse from 171-1 to 220 all out. While Bangladesh lost their first Test in Chattogram after coming agonisingly close to victory, they ensured they defeated the mighty English team in Mirpur. The off-spinner was lethal with the new ball for the home side and caused the English batsmen all sorts of trouble.
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It was the year when the cricketing world finally stopped rating Bangladesh as minnows or underdogs and took them as an elite ODI team, capable of beating anyone at home.Ģ016: Mehidy Hasan Miraz is all smiles after becoming man of the match and the series in the Test series against England.Ģ016: While the ODI series against England at home was a disappointing one, which Bangladesh lost, after the high of the series wins against India, Pakistan and South Africa, 2016 brought Bangladesh cricket another star in the making – Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Then there was the rise of fast bowlers Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed along with the swashbuckling batting of Soumya Sarkar and Bangladesh had themselves a team with an excellent mix of youth and experience. Led by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza along with the likes of Shakib Al hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah, it was a side ready to take on any team at home and beat them. Then they would follow up with ODI series wins of India, Pakistan and even South Africa at home and really established themselves as a dominant force at home. It all started off with the World Cup where Bangladesh shone by knocking out England and reaching the quarter finals of the tournament for the first time in their history.
Mustafizur Rahman is hoisted by his teammates after Bangladesh won the ODI series against india in 2015.Ģ015: This was the year were the rise of the Tigers well and truly happened. Their big win came against England in Chattogram where Mahmudullah and Shafiul Islam formed a brilliant partnership to win from the jaws of defeat, but the win was not enough to help Bangladesh qualify through to the quarter finals. The performance against West Indies – one of the teams Bangladesh were expected to do well against – was so poor that fans hurled bricks at the West Indies team bus, although those were aimed at the Bangladesh team bus. The performance for the Tigers on the field was however a mixed bag as they lost the opening game against India by a big margin and also were dismissed for cheap totals against West Indies and South Africa.
It was a spectacular ceremony that beautifully depicted the beauty and the culture of the country and to this day remains one of the best opening ceremonies as far as sports events go. South Africa captain Graeme Smith on a rickshaw during the 2011 World Cup opening ceremony in Dhaka.Ģ011: This was a World Cup that was special for Bangladesh cricket, especially because they would be jointly hosting it and they had the honour of hosting the opening ceremony.
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