Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 218 runs in the second and last Test match in Dhaka and leveled the two Tests series 1-1. Mushfiqur Rahim (219*) and Mominul Haque (161) led from the front and helped Bangladesh to post a mammoth total of 522/7 on the board. In reply, Zimbabwe managed 304 runs and conceded a lead of 218 runs.
In the second innings Bangladesh declared at 224/6 and set a target of 443 runs for the vistiors. Zimbabwe put up a good fight in the fourth innings but their efforts were not enough to save the game and eventually they were bowled out for 224 runs and suffered 218 runs loss. Brendan Taylor scored hundreds in each innings of this Test. Mushfiqur Rahim was named Man of the Match for his unbeaten 219 and Taijul Islam was named Man of the Series.
All the major stats and facts from the second Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Dhaka :
1 - Mushfiqur Rahim became the first ever wicket keeper batsman to score two double hundreds in Test cricket. Rahim scored 200 runs against Sri Lanka in Galle back in 2013 and now 219* against Zimbabwe in Dhaka.
6 - Number of Test hundreds Brendan Taylor has scored - the joint second most for Zimbabwe.
Most Test hundreds for Zimbabwe -
12 - Andy Flower
6 - Brendan Taylor
6 - Grant Flower
5 - Hamilton Masakadza
4 - Guy Whittall / Dave Houghton
14 - Brendan Taylor became the 14th player to score hundreds in each innings of a Test match more than once.
Players to score hundreds in each innings of a Test match most times -
3- Ricky Ponting / Sunil Gavaskar / David Warner
2 - Brendan Taylor / Rahul Dravid / Jacques Kallis / Kumar Sangakkara
2 - Matthew Hayden / Aravinda de Silva / Allan Border / Greg Chappell
2 - Clyde Walcott / George Headley / Herbert Sutcliffe
18 - Taijul Islam took 18 wickets at an average of 20.55 in this two Test series - the joint second most wickets for Bangladesh in a Test series.
Most wickets for Bangladesh in a Test series -
19 - Mehidy Hasan Miraz vs ENG in BAN, 2016
18 - Enamul Haque jnr vs ZIM in BAN, 2005
18 - Shakib Al Hasan vs ZIM in BAN, 2014
18 - Taijul Islam vs ZIM in BAN, 2018
17 - Mohammad Rafique vs PAK in PAK, 2003
218 - Runs win is Bangladesh's second biggest win in terms of runs in Test cricket. The biggest win is by 226 runs which also came against Zimbabwe in Chittagong back in 2005.
219* - Mushfiqur Rahim's 219* runs is the highest individual score for Bangladesh in Test cricket.
Highest individual Test score for Bangladesh -
219* - Mushfiqur Rahim vs ZIM at Dhaka, 2018
217 - Shakib al Hasan vs NZ at Wellington, 2017
206 - Tamim Iqbal vs PAK at Khulna, 2015
200 - Mushfiqur Rahim vs SL at Galle, 2013
190 - Mohammad Ashraful vs SL at Galle, 2013
1039 - Brendan Taylor completed 1000 Test runs against Bangladesh. He has scored 1039 runs at an average of 64.93 in just 10 Tests with 5 hundreds so far - first Zimbabwe player to score 1000 Test runs against Bangladesh.
