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Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque termed his team’s eight-wicket win over reigning World Test champions New Zealand, at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand “unbelievable”. Such was the nervousness over the happenings on day five of the first Test that Mominul Haque wasn’t able to sleep on Tuesday night.
Bangladesh kick-started Test cricket in 2022 by ending New Zealand’s winning run of 17 matches in their backyard.
“I can’t describe it. It is unbelievable. I couldn’t sleep yesterday because of pressure and not knowing what would happen today. It was very important to win this test match. If you see two years back, we didn’t play much Test cricket. We are keen to improve in Test cricket and everyone knows we have to improve,” said a beaming Haque in the virtual press conference.
Asked about the ingredients of Bangladesh’s maiden win over New Zealand in Tests, Haque stated the team clicking in unison apart from the bowling department stepping up.
“It was a team performance — batting, bowling, and fielding. All three departments did really well, especially our bowlers. They used the moisture of the first innings to bowl really well and they did the same in the second innings. Batting was really good as well.”
Haque was in praise of pacer Ebadot Hossain’s superlative show. Hossain bagged career-best figures of 6/46 in the second innings to dismiss New Zealand for 169 in the second innings.
