POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Apr 2, 2022 : Bangladesh opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy is batting well in the first innings of the first Test against hosts South Africa in Durban. In the meantime, he has become the first Bangladeshi to score a century in Test cricket against South Africa. It is also the first century of victory in Test cricket.
In Tests against the Proteas, Bangladesh’s highest individual innings at home and abroad for so many days was 8 runs, which came from Mominul Haque’s bat.
This time Joy surpassed Mominul.
At the time of writing, Bangladesh scored 235 runs for 6 wickets. Mahmudul Hasan Joy is unbeaten on 100 off 269 balls with 10 fours and a six. Mehdi Hasan Miraj is playing for 10 runs. Bangladesh is still 132 runs behind South Africa, with only 3 wickets in hand.
Earlier, Bangladesh started the third day’s play with 96 runs for 4 wickets. Night Watchman Taskin Ahmed (1) returned early in the day. After that Joy and Liton took the helm of the team. The pair averaged 72 runs. Liton returned to the dressing room for 41 runs. Yasir Ali Rabbi, who scored 22 runs, was run out for 217 runs. Then Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Mehedi Hasan Miraj took the helm of the team.
