Bangladesh captain Shakib al Hasan expressed concerns regarding the poor run of form of the opening wicket partnership in Tests.
The Tigers’ opening stand was broken in the first over of the first innings, and in the second over of the second innings against the West Indies in the first Test match.
This year, the Bangladesh openers put on 72 and 52 in the first Test against Sri Lanka and four and three in the second Test, 10 and 14 in the first Test against the West Indies and 20 and two in the second Test, eight and 56 in the first Test against Zimbabwe and 13 and nine in the second Test, and one and 13 against the Windies in the first Test.
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“It’s unfortunate to have like 10 runs on the scoreboard for the loss of two wickets. There is no guarantee that the Nos 3, 4, 5 or 6 batsmen in the batting line-up will score big. So if we can score runs in the opening slot then definitely it will be comfortable for us. So in that sense, shaky starts in opening is a little bit alarming for us. If Tamim [Iqbal] can earn his fitness before the second Test and play then I believe we can rely on that,” said Shakib during the post-match press conference at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Saturday.
Bangladesh won the first Test by 64 runs.
The second and final Test of the series will begin on November 30 at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.
1ST TEST, DAY 3
BANGLADESH 1ST INNINGS R B
Imrul c Ambris b Warrican 44 87
Soumya c Dowrich b Roach 0 2
Mominul c Dowrich b Gabriel 120 167
Mithun c Dowrich b Bishoo 20 50
Shakib b Gabriel 34 68
Mushfiq lbw b Gabriel 4 3
Mahmudullah b Gabriel 3 7
Miraz b Warrican 22 31
Nayeem c Hope b Warrican 26 74
Taijul not out 39 68
Mustafizur lbw b Warrican 0 3
Extras (b 3, lb 5, nb 4) 12
Total (92.4 Overs) 324 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-1 (Soumya), 2-105 (Imrul), 3-153 (Mithun), 4-222 (Mominul), 5-226 (Mushfiq), 6-230 (Mahmudullah), 7-235 (Shakib), 8-259 (Miraz), 9-324 (Nayeem), 10-324 (Mustafizur)
Bowling
Roach 17-2-63-1, Gabriel 20-3-70-4, Chase 11-0-42-0, Warrican 21.4-6-62-4, Bishoo 15-0-60-1, Brathwaite 8-1-19-0
WEST INDIES 1ST INNINGS R B
Brathwaite c Soumya b Shakib 13 47
Powell lbw b Taijul 14 20
Hope b Shakib 1 4
Ambris lbw b Nayeem 19 69
Chase c Imrul b Nayeem 31 43
Hetmyer c Mushfiq b Miraz 63 47
Dowrich not out 63 101
Bishoo lbw b Nayeem 7 15
Roach lbw b Nayeem 2 3
Warrican b Nayeem 12 26
Gabriel c Mahmudullah b Shakib 6 11
Extras (b 6, lb 2, nb 2, pen 5) 15
Total (64 Overs) 246 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-29 (Powell), 2-30 (Hope), 3-31 (Brathwaite), 4-77 (Chase), 5-88 (Ambris), 6-180 (Hetmyer), 7-199 (Bishoo), 8-205 (Roach), 9-225 (Warrican), 10-246 (Gabriel)
Bowling
Mustafizur 2-1-4-0, Miraz 15-0-67-1, Taijul 20-3-51-1, Shakib 11-1-43-3, Nayeem 14-2-61-5, Mahmudullah 2-0-7-0
BANGLADESH 2ND INNINGS R B
Imrul b Warrican 2 5
Soumya c Brathwaite b Chase11 10
Mominul lbw b Chase 12 11
Mithun b Bishoo 17 35
Shakib c Gabriel b Warrican 1 2
Mushfiq b Gabriel 19 39
Miraz c Dowrich b Bishoo 18 35
Mahmudullah c Hope b Bishoo31 46
Nayeem c Hope b Bishoo 5 27
Taijul c Warrican b Chase 1 5
Mustafizur not out 2 3
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 3) 6
Total (35.5 Overs) 125 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-13 (Imrul), 2-13 (Soumya), 3-32 (Mominul), 4-35 (Shakib), 5-53 (Mithun), 6-69 (Mushfiq), 7-106 (Miraz), 8-122 (Nayeem), 9-123 (Mahmudullah), 10-125 (Taijul)
Bowling
Roach 1-0-11-0, Warrican 16-2-43-2, Chase 6.5-1-18-3, Bishoo 9-0-26-4, Gabriel 3-0-24-1
WEST INDIES 2ND INNINGS R B
Brathwaite lbw b Taijul 8 23
Powell st Mushfiq b Shakib 0 1
Hope c Mushfiq b Shakib 3 6
Ambris c Mushfiq b Taijul 43 62
Chase lbw b Taijul 0 4
Hetmyer c Nayeem b Miraz 27 19
Dowrich lbw b Taijul 5 14
Bishoo b Taijul 2 21
Roach lbw b Taijul 1 7
Warrican c Shakib b Miraz 41 55
Gabriel not out 0 0
Extras (b 9) 9
Total (35.2 Overs) 139 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-5 (Powell), 2-11 (Hope), 3-11 (Brathwaite), 4-11 (Chase), 5-44 (Hetmyer), 6-51 (Dowrich), 7-69 (Bishoo), 8-75 (Roach), 9-138 (Warrican), 10-139 (Ambris)
Bowling
Shakib 7-0-30-2, Nayeem 7-1-29-0, Taijul 11.2-2-33-6, Miraz 8-1-27-2, Mustafizur 2-0-11-0
Bangladesh won by 64 runs, take 1-0 lead in 2-Test series
MoM: Mominul Haque