Off-spinner Mehdi Hasan Miraj picked up greatest match figures for a Bangladesh bowler to assist bowl out Zimbabwe for 256 simply earlier than tea on the fifth day of the one-off Test at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.
Zimbabwe have been set an enormous goal of 477 to win, they usually made a superb begin at 110 for one earlier than the wicket of veteran Brendan Taylor (92 off 73 balls) fell.
He resumed on the fifth morning at 140 for 3 however shortly misplaced 4 wickets down the center order to Mehdi (4-66) and Taskin Ahmed (4-82).
Mehdi’s match figures of 9-148 are the perfect for a Bangladeshi bowler in an away Test.
Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque stated, ‘Win residence or away, it’s at all times a matter of pleasure for me.
“It was a flat wicket, so it was tough to take wickets. It was a particular efficiency for him (Mehdi) for 9 wickets, however it was a crew effort.
Donald Tiripano (52) took over the Bangladeshi cost, however when it was the ninth wicket to fall, the Tourists have been in a position to register their fifth Test win in 59 matches, and their first since defeating Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2017.
This is their second win in Zimbabwe, with the opposite two victories each coming to the West Indies in 2009.
“You have to take advantage of those crucial moments and we didn’t,” Taylor stated. He stated, ‘I acquired out on the improper time and left some runs there.
“It was down to being in good shape and throwing him away.”
The groups will now combat a three-match One Day International sequence beginning Friday, adopted by three Twenty20 matches.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
