Former Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal took a dig at Mohammad Rizwan while explaining the dismissal of Zakir Hasan in the ongoing Test match between India and Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
The Bangladesh opener failed to impress with the bat on Friday (September 20). After India were bundled out for 376 runs, the onus was on openers Shadman Islam and Zakir to give their team a good start. However, they failed to do so.
Islam departed in the first over after being dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah for two. Zakir Hasan was the next to go. On the first ball of the ninth over, the left-hander was clean bowled by Akash Deep. It was an angled delivery from the right-arm pacer and the Bangladesh batsman went for a drive.
However, he was unable to make contact with the ball. The attempted strike also left a gap between the bat and the pad, and the ball passed through that gap before breaking off the middle stump.
Zakir Hasan had some issues with the display screen before his dismissal. And as soon as he came out, veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle asked his colleagues if the problem had played a role in the dismissal.
However, Tamim Iqbal was not to be intimidated and took a jibe at Zakir Hasan and did not spare Pakistani wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan either. Rizwan is known for his antics on the ground and Tamil Iqbal said that Zakir could have learnt it from the Pakistani star.
“Zakir has just returned from Pakistan; maybe he got this disease from Mohammad Rizwan, who has problems everywhere,” Tamim Iqbal said.
As for the game, Team India has the upper hand in the Test. Asked to bat first, India were reduced to 34 for 3 and then 144 for 6. However, brilliant knocks from Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja got India out of trouble and propelled them to a competitive total of 376 runs.
Ashwin scored 113 runs while Jadeja scored 86 runs. For Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud took 5 wickets while Taskin Ahmed claimed 3. With the bat, Bangladesh were bowled out for just 149 runs. Jasprit Bumrah claimed 4 wickets while Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja picked up 2 wickets each. In the second innings, India ended the day at 81 for 3 to take their overall lead to 308 runs.
