Shuvashis stands tall among Tigers

Bangladesh bowlers went through another nightmarish experience as South Africa piled up a host of miseries on them by declaring

the first innings on 573 for four. In the innings all of the four frontline bowlers of Bangladesh conceded more than 100 runs, conceded two 200 plus partnerships, only for the second time in the history and saw four batsmen making centuries against them only for the fourth time against the country. Overall it was the experience which they would never remember in their life.

The bowling plan of South however would definitely rub salt to their wound. While a wicket for Bangladesh remain expensive, let alone giving the batsmen a torrid time, South African bowlers easily unsettled Bangladeshi batsmen with a barrage of bouncers. The difference lied only in the pace. While the South African bowlers were able to clock up 140 km consistently, apart from Rubel Hossain, no Bangladeshi pacers hit more than 138 km in the innings. On an average they clocked 127/128 km, with which it is tough to bother the batsman.

Still Shuvashis Roy could feel some sort of satisfaction as he claimed his career best three for 118 in the innings and fared little better than other bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman and Rubel Hossain. He bowled with little run-up and had possessed less pace than his two other colleagues but still he used his limited resources to his best to come up as the best bowler.  

While the celebrated pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman was bowling as worst as he can, Shuvashis Roy stood tall as he gave some tough time to the South African batsmen who milked runs with as ease as they can.

Bangladesh’s bowling in the second morning was worse than the first day, as they simply went through the motion and continued to give away runs at more than four runs an over.

In the first over of the day, Mustafizur Rahman conceded seven runs at the hands of Du Plessis but Roy curbed the aggression of Plessis by sending down a maiden over. He checked the flamboyance of the South African batsmen while the other bowler failed to do so when South African batsmen were in urgency to score quickly.

Roy basically relied on full and straight balls as he wanted to stem the run flow and it worked well as he was rewarded with the wicket of Hashim Amla. On day one, his ploy of giving bouncers nicely and gave him two wickets and it seemed he is the only one in the group who bowled with a plan and knew his strength and weakness well.

Shuvashis stands tall among Tigers

Bangladesh bowlers went through another nightmarish experience as South Africa piled up a host of miseries on them by declaring the first innings on 573 for four. In the innings all of the four frontline bowlers of Bangladesh conceded more than 100 runs, conceded two 200 plus partnerships, only for the second time in the history and saw four batsmen making centuries against them only for the fourth time against the country. Overall it was the experience which they would never remember in their life. The bowling plan of South however would definitely rub salt to their wound. While a wicket for Bangladesh remain expensive, let alone giving the batsmen a torrid time, South African bowlers easily unsettled Bangladeshi batsmen with a barrage of bouncers. The difference lied only in the pace. While the South African bowlers were able to clock up 140 km consistently, apart from Rubel Hossain, no Bangladeshi pacers hit more than 138 km in the innings. On an average they clocked 127/128 km, with which it is tough to bother the batsman. Still Shuvashis Roy could feel some sort of satisfaction as he claimed his career best three for 118 in the innings and fared little better than other bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman and Rubel Hossain. He bowled with little run-up and had possessed less pace than his two other colleagues but still he used his limited resources to his best to come up as the best bowler. While the celebrated pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman was bowling as worst as he can, Shuvashis Roy stood tall as he gave some tough time to the South African batsmen who milked runs with as ease as they can. Bangladeshs bowling in the second morning was worse than the first day, as they simply went through the motion and continued to give away runs at more than four runs an over. In the first over of the day, Mustafizur Rahman conceded seven runs at the hands of Du Plessis but Roy curbed the aggression of Plessis by sending down a maiden over. He checked the flamboyance of the South African batsmen while the other bowler failed to do so when South African batsmen were in urgency to score quickly. Roy basically relied on full and straight balls as he wanted to stem the run flow and it worked well as he was rewarded with the wicket of Hashim Amla. On day one, his ploy of giving bouncers nicely and gave him two wickets and it seemed he is the only one in the group who bowled with a plan and knew his strength and weakness well.