Watch: Taijul Islam dismissed Kane Williamson twice in the first Bangladesh vs New Zealand Test in Sylhet yesterday (December 1) en route to a ten-for that took the home team to a historic victory.
Bangladesh celebrated their first Test home win against New Zealand today (December 2) by defeating New Zealand by 150 runs in the first of two Test matches.
New Zealand started chasing 332 in the afternoon of the fourth day, but were eventually caught up. He started the final day 7-for-113 and they were hoping for a miracle to survive the day or get to the finish line.
However, that was not to be, as Taijul picked two of the three wickets that fell on the fifth day and finished the innings with six wickets. In the first innings he took four more wickets and turned the match around at 184 for 10, making it his second 10 win in Test cricket.
Of the 10 wickets taken by Taijul, two were from Kane Williamson. In the first innings when Williamson scored a hundred, Taijul let the second new ball slip through his arm and shatter the stumps, but in the second he again hit a full toss with his arm, right in front of the wicket. He beat Williamson. p>
It didn’t take long for the referee on the field to raise his finger. Williamson was hesitant to watch the review, but he saw the replay and immediately went to watch it. The score was reduced to 19-2 after 10 overs, but this was New Zealand’s second wicket to fall in their second innings.
This is not the first time Taijul has removed one of Test cricket’s famous ‘Fab Four’. In fact, Taijul has dismissed Joe Root in the 2016 Mirpur Test, Steve Smith twice in the 2017 Chittagong Test, and Virat Kohli twice (2017 and 2022). He completed a quartet with Williamson’s wicket in Tests.
Watch Taijul Islam gets Kane Williamson twice to complete Fab Four quartet:
Wicket 1:
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Wicket 2 part 1:
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Part 2:
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