Pacers bundle Tamim XI for 103
After being put on to bat first by Mahmudullah XI, Tamim XI were skittled out for a paltry 103 runs in just 23.1 overs.
It was once again a familiar scene in Miprur's home of cricket - the Shere-e-Bangla National cricket stadium - as the pacers dominated proceedings in the first innings of the second one-dayer of the President's Cup.
After being put on to bat first by Mahmudullah XI, Tamim XI were skittled out for a paltry 103 runs in just 23.1 overs.
The chief destroyers were the pace duo of Rubel Hossain and Sumon Khan, who took three wickets each and dismantled the top order.
The other pacer, Ebadat Hossain will be ruing his missed opportunity to make hay under gloomy conditions, perfect for seam bowling.
The conditions did play a key part as the ball swung in the air and seamed off the surface too, to have the Tamim XI batsmen in all sorts of trouble.
Speaking of conditions, there was sporadic rain form time to time and one passing shower did cause a break in play, which only played into the hands of the team bowling - Mahmudullah XI.
The much talked about and hyped opening duo of Tamim and Tamim, however, ended in anti-climatic fashion as the captain and senior partner, Tamim Iqbal was dismissed for just two runs.
The left-hander was trapped in front by a well-directed delivery from Rubel Hossain, who had his first wicket of the day in just his third delivery and Tamim's innings lasted just eight deliveries.
Anamul Haque, another player with a decent amount of international cricketing experience joined the younger Tamim, Tanzid Hasan Tamim.
They both formed a decent partnership to take the score to 42 and steadied things as Ebadat was the bowler who was being attacked at the other end.
That forced captain Mahmudullah to bring a change in bowler on came Sumon Khan and that paid dividends immediately as the fast bowler struck with two wickets in his very first over.
