Taijul Islam became the fastest Bangladeshi bowler to take 200 Test wickets, leaving behind Shakib Al Hasan.
South African bowlers bowled out Bangladesh for just 106 runs in the first innings. Taijul Islam (Photo Source: The first test match between Bangladesh and South Africa is being played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Bangladesh team is playing without Shakib Al Hasan in this match. The hosts won the toss and decided to bat first, but their decision proved wrong. South African bowlers bundled out the entire team for just 106 runs. In response, South Africa has scored 140 runs at the loss of 6 wickets by the end of the day’s play. During this period, Bangladeshi bowler Taijul Islam has achieved the great feat of taking 200 Test wickets. He has become the second Bangladeshi to do so. Taijul Islam achieved this feat in 48 tests In doing so, Taijul has broken the record of Shakib Al Hasan, who had taken 200 wickets in 54 Tests. However, Taijul Islam has achieved this feat in only 48 Tests. Thus he has become the fastest Bangladeshi bowler to do so. Talking about the match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first. But the team succumbed to the lethal bowling of South Africa. Kagiso Rabada, Wiaan Mulder and Keshav Maharaj took three wickets each and bowled out the hosts for 106 runs. After this, when South Africa came to bat, its start was also not good. The team lost the first wicket on the score of 9. However, after this Tristan Stubbs and Tony De Georgi took over the innings. But on the score of 50, South Africa got the second blow in the form of Tristan. After this the team lost wickets at regular intervals. And by the end of the day’s play, 140 runs were scored at the loss of 6 wickets.