POBNEWS24, Dhaka Nov 28, 2021 : Left-arm spinner Taizul Islam is having a great year. He will play his fifth Test in 2021. And Nemei picked up his second five-wicket haul.
The third day of the Chittagong Test is completely Taizul vs Pakistan. Two Pakistani openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafiq were frozen in the wicket. Kal finished the second day’s play with 145 runs. Today, on the third day, another struggling day seemed to be waiting in front of the Bangladesh team. But left-arm spinner Taizul Islam turned the tide of Pakistan’s innings. Experienced Azhar Ali also picked up the wicket in the same over after returning Shafiq at the beginning of the day.
But Taizul did not stop there. Centurion Abid Ali, Fawad Alam, Hasan Ali and Sajid Khan were picked up one by one. This is Taizul’s second 5 wicket haul in a Test against Pakistan with 6 wickets. This is his ninth 5 wickets in Test career. Today, Taizul seems to have a great display of flight and turn at the wicket of Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
So far in 2021, Taizul has bowled 6 innings and taken 26 wickets. He will play his fifth Test this year if he catches the Chittagong Test. He took 5 wickets against Sri Lanka in Pallekele last April. He took 4 wickets twice in two innings in the Dhaka Test against the West Indies earlier this year. In Test cricket, Taizule seems to be an exception in the crowd with struggles and poor performances.
Taizul has not played 40 Tests (34 Tests) since his debut in 2014. He took 138 wickets at an average of 32.53. He started his career with 5 wickets in Kingstown on the tour of West Indies in 2014. In his debut year, he took 6 wickets for 39 runs against Zimbabwe in Dhaka, which is the best bowling figures of his career.
