Throw in the bat Bengal Captain Najmul Hossain’s famous Indian top order was shaken up in the first Test. MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai on Thursday.
This is the young right arm medium pacer Hasan Mahmud The importance of this victory was how he articulated, for the seamers, the decision to chase was vindicated heads down because moisture was inside the Chibauk wicket in cloudy weather.
There was team captain Rohit Sharma were Yehasvi Jaiswal Indian batting line up took a muted approach with the ball continuing to seam and keep the batsman in indecision.
Hasan Mahmud took the first wicket like a blaze at the end of the six over when he made Rohit get out on the second slip of Bangladesh Shanto. Shanto’s effort almost paid off for him.
Youngsters like Tiwary made their maiden international score. Rohit played that ball with hard hands without much effort and edged it to second slip, where Shanto was stationed.
The next person who comes in, Shubman Gill The rest of the match was scoreless It was therefore not surprising to Hasan Mahmud as he was hostile to grab the first wicket comes in four balls later.
But Mahmud dismissed Gill with a harmless full ball from the leg side in the next over. Thinking it would be an easy flick on, Gill was caught off the inside edge and wicketkeeper Liton Das comfortably moved to his Left for an easy catch. Jill takes a fancy to a duck.
Then came the big fish. No, one of the biggest. Virat Kohli Striding towards the wicket with the ever present Air of confidence and self assurance.
The former India captain took a single to deep square leg but Mahmud seemed in a mood to deliver the final blow.
In his next over, it was a delivery bowled by Mahmood which was on the outside off and Kohli went on the front foot to block it.
The next ball was a delivery of doom. Another outside off from Mahmood and Kohli unrvravelled his body and he struck. Only to see the ball move a little and liton now had a very happy grab.
Kohli scored 6 runs in 9.2 overs. The chief commander of the Saboteurs: Hassan Mahmoud.
Who is Hasan Mahmud?
Hasan Mahmud made his first international appearance for Bangladesh in 2020 and since then has developed into one of the notable cricketers, most notably in the limited overs format.
Hasan Mahmud made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in March this year and this Test match against India was only his fourth Test match in his career.
Hasan Mahmud bowls fast, controls well and swings the ball too but more so in the limited overs cricket.
In the domestic arena also, he performed better in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), demonstrated his potential being a next star in the fast bowling attack for Bangladesh.
Mahmud is not one of those who prefers to bowl only in the powerplay overs or only in the death overs as he is one of those rare bowlers who can excel in any format.
