The Dhaka Times Desk The game started with the worry of rain. No, it didn't rain today, the game was played on a beautiful sunny day. New Zealand's goal this year is to forget the memory of Banglawash of 2010, but it was Bangladesh who laughed at the end of the first day's play in the first Test. After Ken Williams' century throughout the day, the Bangladeshi bowlers brought smiles to the audience's faces by emerging in their own form at the end of the day. At the end of the day, Kiwis scored 280 runs after losing 5 wickets.
After winning the toss and batting, New Zealand did not get off to a great start. Rutherford returned to Sajghar after contributing 34 runs to the opening pair of 57 runs. A little before lunch, in 22.4 overs, Rutherford gave a catch to Abdur Razzak, who was standing at mid-wicket, off Sohag Gazi. After that, in the middle, Kiwi ruled the Bangladeshi bowlers. This can also be attributed to Bangladesh's relentless bowling attack.
Kane Williamson came to the wicket after Rutherford's departure and made a great partnership of 126 runs with Fulton. It was this big pair that was leading New Zealand to a big collection. However, Nasir Hossain gave a big shock to the QI team when he came to surprise with the ball in the captain Mushfiq's decision. Fulton had Mominul caught at cover as he bowled an innocuous Darshan ball from Nasir for his personal collection of 73 runs.
After that, the arrival of Bangladeshi bowlers in the scenario. Nirvis bowling on the wicket seems to have regained its life. Abdur Razzak dismissed Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum before they reached the 30 mark. Taylor was caught out for a personal 28 runs and McCullum was lbw out for 21 runs by Razzak. Meanwhile, Shakib Al Hasan took Williamson's most expensive wicket today. The reason for calling it expensive is that this batsman picked up his fourth career century in exchange for facing 210 balls. However, next to his century of 114 runs on the scoreboard, the team's collection of 280 runs for 5 wickets is very good.
Summary Score:
New Zealand: 280/5 Fulton 73, Rutherford 34, Williamson 114, Taylor 28, McCullum 21, Martin 0*
Bangladesh: Razzaq 2/100, Nasir 1/5, Shakib 1/34, Sohag 1/56
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