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Batters ruin good works of bowlers

Bishwajit Roy
Test cricket hardly lures fans to the ground these days. Pakistan won their first Test in four years against Australia in Dubai yesterday in front of almost empty stands. But the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur was a study of stark contrast where almost a full house of Tigers fans were rooting for their beloved team, which is still struggling to win a game this year.
It was only the second day of the opening Test against Zimbabwe and the crowd, inspired by Shakib Al Hasan's magical bowling display on the first day, expected the home side to take a considerable lead, but had to leave the field with a burning question in mind: how can professionals be so casual in their approach?
Run-outs are very much part of the game but three run outs, including two at crucial stages in the Tigers' chase of Zimbabwe's first innings total of 240, raise eyebrows not because of the cruelty of those dismissals, but for the manner in which Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan and Shahadat Hossain got out.
Mominul was extremely callous in dragging his bat and he gave the impression that he never even tried to catch the train which was just leaving the platform. A stranded Shakib was caught in two minds and took a fraction of a second more before a futile diving attempt. Shahadat felt comfortably at home only to discover afterwards that he did not place his bat behind the white line before a direct hit dislodged the bails.
And those comical run outs played a big part in the Tigers' stop-start chase.
There is no way one can take away the achievement of Zimbabwe pacer Tinashe Panyangara, who claimed his maiden five-for, but it was the poor batting from the home side which ensured that they could manage only a 14-run first innings lead, after being dismissed for 254 despite the fact that three batsmen scored half-centuries.
Mominul (53), Mahmudullah Riyad (63) and Mushfiqur Rahim (64) made half-centuries and looked mostly untroubled by the Zimbabwe bowlers. The overcast condition also didn't favour the bowlers but still none of them could carry on with their innings to put Bangladesh on top.
The day started with the early loss of Shamsur Rahman, who gave an easy catch at mid-off.
Riyad joined Mominul to steady the ship and the goodlooking 63-run partnership was broken following the latter's unbelievably laidback approach.
After lunch, the home side received the Shakib blow. Although Shakib was not quick enough to regain his crease after Riyad refused a sharp single, his dismissal was an eyepleasing display of how athletic the Zimbabweans were on the field with an off-balanced Chatara picking the ball with one hand and dislodging the bails in a flash.
Despite the hiccup, another partnership grew between Riyad and skipper Mushfiqur but the 64-run fifth wicket stand ended following the former's judgemental error of sweeping an occasional bowler, actually used by the shrewd Zimbabwe captain as bait.
And the shot the last recognised batsman Shuvagoto Hom played after Riyad's departure left a serious question of whether he was ready for the highest level of the game. Panyangara then quickly mopped up the fragile tail, leaving the home bowlers to try and wrest back the initiative.