ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has started with all excitement and glory. Three matches are done. Fans are cheering for their team. All teams are trying to do the best for the team. In the first match, England faced New Zealand. New Zealand snatched a big win of 9 wickets from the opponent. On the second day, Pakistan registered their first win by defeating the Netherlands. On October 7, Bangladesh was facing Afghanistan in the third match. In that match, Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets. Mehidy Hasan was declared player of the match because of his outstanding performance.
Mehidy’s award and his words on that:
This was the third match of the World Cup and was the first match for Bangladesh. In their first match, the Tigers registered a smooth win. The key to their win is Mehidy Hasan. He scored 57 in 73 balls. He smashed 5 boundaries with a strike rate of 78.08. Just not with the bat, he showed magic even with the balls. He took 3 wickets in 25 runs in 9 overs. In the last, he was declared the Player of The Match.
He said,” It’s a great moment for me, I’ve done a lot of hard work in the past. Credit to the team management because they believed in me. I was a bit cautious, the captain told me to bowl in the right areas. He told me to be consistent and to focus on my performance so credit to the captain. I took it ball by ball and didn’t look at the runs. Wicket was turning a bit, I just tried to play straight. I have always batted at number 8 so a great moment for me to bat at the top order. They tried me at the top of the order in the last few matches and it’s a great moment for me.”
Match Summary:
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first. Afghanistan had a good start. He scored 47 in 62 balls. He smashed 4 boundaries and 1 over-boundaries. Zardan scored 22 in 25 balls. He smashed 3 boundaries and 1 over boundary. After them, none of the Afghan players stand strong. Rahmat Shah scored 18 in 25 balls. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 18 in 38 balls, he smashed 2 boundaries. Afghanistan got all out in 156 runs.
While batting in the second innings, Tanzid Hasan got out early. He scored 5 in 13 balls. Litton Das scored 13 in 18 balls. Mehidy Hasan played a superb knock. He scored 57 in 73 balls. He smashed 5 boundaries, and Shanto remained not out by scoring 59 in 83 balls. Bangladesh reached the target in 34.4 overs.
Bangladeshi bowlers were in good form. Captain Shakib Al Hasan took 3 wickets in 30 runs. Mehidy Hasan took 3 wickets in 25 runs. Shoriful Islam took 2 wickets in 34 runs. They bagged the match by 6 wickets.
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