‘Welcome back to form’ – Twitter rejoices as Mominul Haque scores half-century after 13 innings
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first.
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Dec 22, 2022 2:24 pm
Mominul Haque (Source: Twitter)
After winning the first Test comfortably, India and Bangladesh locked horns in the second Test at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Najmul Hossain Shanto and Zakir Hasan gave a steady start to their team on the pitch that offered good bounce to seamers. They added 37 runs for the first wicket before Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Zakir Hasan and gave India its first wicket.
The fall of Hasan brought Mominul Haque to the crease who looked determined to take his team to a good score. The southpaw started his innings cautiously and assessed the pitch. He scored his first boundary against Ravichandran Ashwin as he drove a full delivery to covers. Riding on the confidence, he scored another boundary against Unadkat in the very next over to get his innings going.
While Mominul played the waiting game, Shakib Al Hasan began attacking the Indian spinners to keep the scoreboard moving. Mominul looked pretty confident at the crease as he kept on finding occasional boundaries. Bangladesh finished on 82/2 at lunch with Mominul on 23.
Bangladesh had a big blow on the first ball of the second session as they lost Shakib Al Hasan ending the 43-run stand for the third wicket. At the other end, Mominul continued his innings and gave good support to the new batters walking in. He was involved in a 48-run stand with Mushfiqur Rahim for the fourth wicket and a 42-run stand with Litton Das for the fifth wicket.
Mominul Haque ended his half century drought of 12 innings
The 31-year-old finally brought up his half-century in the second session. It was his first fifty in 13 innings. The southpaw crossed the 50-run mark last time against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui early this year when he scored a brilliant 88.
Other than that, the left-hander had a forgettable year with the bat in Tests as he could only manage to score 221 runs in 14 innings at an average of 18.41 with two half-centuries to his name. It was also his first Test century against India against whom he averages 25.
The 55-Test veteran has 3594 runs in his career at an average of 38.23 with 11 hundreds and 16 fifties to his name.
Bangladesh finished second session on 184/5 with Mominul unbeaten on 65. Twitter was abuzz with reactions as Mominul Haque ended his fifty drought. Here are some of the Tweets:
