Twitter Reactions: Bangladesh register their biggest ever Test victory

Mehidy Hasan picked up 12 wickets in the match.

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At the close of the second day’s play of the second Test at Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, the Windies found themselves in a precarious position. Bangladesh well and truly had the upper hand. As many as 15 wickets went down on the third day as Bangladesh won by an innings and 184 runs and won the series 2-0. It also turned out to be their biggest Test win in their history.

Wickets tumble like nine pins

Shimron Hetmyer and Shane Dowrich commenced proceedings with the score at 75/5, but the remaining five wickets fell for 36 runs. Hetmyer succumbed to a caught and bowled off Mehidy Hasan for 39 runs. In his very next over, he nipped out Devendra Bishoo to pick his fifth wicket. Kemar Roach was the next to perish. Dowrich, after scoring 37, became the tweaker’s seventh wicket.

Shakib Al Hasan accounted for the wicket of number 11 Sherman Lewis and shot the Caribbean team out for 111 runs in 36.4 overs. Moreover, the Tigers amassed a lead of 397 runs. Previously, they didn’t make a team follow-on, but this time around, Windies were put in to bat and Bangladesh continued to maintain their dominance over a hapless bunch of the visitors’ players.

Mehidy steps up again  

The Windies got off to a horrendous start even in the second innings. Both openers- skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell- was dismissed by Shakib and Mehidy respectively inside the first four overs. Taijul Islam also joined the party and picked up his first wicket in the form of Sunil Ambris. The left-arm spinner accounted for Roston Chase’s wicket as well in the 13th over.

Thereafter, Shimron Hetmyer fought a lone battle and scored 93 runs from 92 balls with one boundary and nine sixes. The Guayana-born batsman looked at sheer ease and eventually fell prey to Mehidy. The likes of Roach and Lewis tried to put some resistance, but the task was way too humungous for them to achieve. In the meantime, Mehidy finished with 12 wickets in the match.

Here is how Twitter reacted

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