Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto didn’t quite hesitate to send the opposition to the field first under the sweltering Sharjah conditions. Openers Soumya Sarkar and Tanzid Hasan Kicked off the innings on a flying note before Allah Ghazanfar outwitted the latter in the first powerplay. A 71-run second-wicket stand followed before the sudden grip and turn on a flatter-seeming deck became vivid. Nevertheless, Bangladesh kept piling on runs with skipper Shanto going strong from one end with Mehidy Hasan Miraz. But the latter couldn’t quite capitalise on his start, courtesy of a Rashid Khan jaffa.
Following a wide down the leg stump line, Mehidy was pushed on the back foot by a googly from over the wicket, dished outside the stumps. As the batter tried to punch against the turn, he ended up playing outside the line and got beaten on the inside edge to hear the death’s knell. The ball turned sharply to knock the stumps with Mehidy spotted startled at the crease. For more than a couple of seconds, the all-rounder stood there at the crease before trudging off the field. Seeing the sudden purchase off the pitch that soothed the batters to a greater extent, the Twitterverse could not resist from lauding the Afghan’s brilliance.
Miraz had no clue about this delivery 🔥
~ YET AGAIN THE MAGICIAN ! pic.twitter.com/QTPIk7KS9g— ACB Xtra (@acb_190) November 9, 2024
After 128 balls & for the FIRST time in ODIs, Rashid Khan has dismissed Mehidy Hasan Miraz. #BANvAFG #CricketTwitter
— KH Naeem (@Khnaeem962) November 9, 2024
Magical
Another one
Rashid Khan break another 50+ partnership 🥵#AFGvBAN
— Team ℛashid Khan (@RashidKhanRK19) November 9, 2024
Rashid Khan is Magic in Cricket.
— Faiz Fazel (@theFaizFazel) November 9, 2024
Accurate
Rashid Khan is so bloody accurate with his lengths and varies his pace so well with those sudden googly he’s just too good for comfort 🔥#AFGvsBAN
— 🆁🅾🅻🅴🆇ᶜʳⁱᶜᵏᵉᵗᵍᵉᵉᵏ (@RoshanSriram123) November 9, 2024
Unbelivable
Unbelievable fact : Mehidy Hasan Miraz has played 100+ balls against both Mohammad Nabi & Rashid Khan in ODIs, but never dismissed any of them. #BANvAFG
— KH Naeem (@Khnaeem962) November 9, 2024
Rashid Khan provides the breakthrough💪 @rashidkhan_19#AFGvBAN pic.twitter.com/ZJK6t7KGM6
— 🇦🇫 HIKMAT. KHAN 🇦🇫 (@HikmatK5102) November 9, 2024
Massive
Crucial
Rashid Khan with the Crucial wicket of Soumya Sarkar. 🔥
— Faiz Fazel (@theFaizFazel) November 9, 2024
