Shakib-Mushfiqur fifty, Tigers at lunch break in relief
At the beginning of the day, the host Bangladesh was under a bit of pressure due to Muminul Haque's departure. However, the Tigers went into the lunch break with the relief of Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim's pair of fifties in the fourth wicket pair.
The Tigers went into bat on the second day's play with 34 for 2 in the only Test against the Irish at Mirpur Sher-e Bangla Cricket Stadium today (April 5). On this day, experienced Mushfiqur Rahim came to the crease as a new batter with Muminul.
Bangladesh is only 44 runs away from the collection of 214 runs by Ireland based on the pair of these two experienced batsmen. At the end of the first session of the second day, the hosts scored 170 runs for 3 wickets.
Muminul, who is known as Little Master, started by hitting the boundary after batting. But he could not prolong the innings. Muminul, who was unbeaten by 12 runs the previous day, returned to Sajghar to add only 5 more runs.
Mark Adair's fourth ball in the 13th over touched the pads and hit straight leg-stump. Muminul's innings stopped at 17 runs off 34 balls with 4 boundaries after being bowled. The hosts were under pressure after losing Muminul Haque early in the day's play.
However, captain Shakib Al Hasan is pulling the team forward by joining Mushfiqur Rahim. Of which the more aggressive attitude of Shakib. As a result, Shakib scored his 31st half-century in just 45 balls. The Tiger captain played boundaries on two balls in a row even while picking up the fifty.
Mushfiqur also crossed the milestone of half century in his appearance. But Mushfiqur is batting carefully. He completed his 26th career half-century off 69 balls. In the meantime, the two have put together a partnership of 130 runs. As a result, the Tigers took the lead in the second session. Shakib 74 and Mushfiqur 53 runs to bat again.
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