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Bangladesh vs New Zealand 2nd Test: Bangladesh's star all-rounder defended Mushfiqur Rahim after his unfortunate dismissal in the second Test against New Zealand at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday, December 6.

Rahim was very unfortunate to achieve an unwanted record on the first day of the Test as he became the second batter ever to be dismissed 'obstructing the field' in Test cricket.

The instance took place during Bangladesh's first innings when the senior batter pushed the ball away from the stumps with his hand after defending a delivery from Kyle Jamieson.

 

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After the end of the day's play, Mehidy mentioned the incident and said that it was not intentional by the veteran cricketer, referring it to the 'timed out' dismissal of Sri Lanka batter Angelo Mathews in the Cricket World Cup 2023.

"Look this one was not intentional, it just happened with the flow. Nobody wants to get out knowingly. There are a lot of things going around at the back of the mind during different situations in a game. In the World Cup, we got a timed-out dismissal against a Sri Lankan batter in our favor but today what happened with Mushfiq bhai, it all happened in a flow" he said at the press conference.

"When I am batting after playing a shot and when the ball is coming near the stumps, have to make quick decisions about what you can do and what you can't. Certainly, he didn't do that intentionally."

Talking about the match, Mehidy once again put up an effective performance for his team. He first scored 20 runs, a crucial contribution considering the low score his team managed to score, and then took three wickets to make it a struggle for the New Zealand batters.

Mehidy and Taijul Islam shared five wickets between them to help Bangladesh bounce back in the contest with New Zealand struggling at 55-5.

The match witnessed the fall of 15 wickets on the first day as the hosts were bowled out for just 172 runs in their first innings with Mushfiqur Rahim becoming the first Bangladeshi batter ever to be dismissed for obstructing the field in international cricket.

Mehidy was remarkable with the ball late in the day as he scalped Devon Conway (11), Kane Williamson (13), and Tom Blundell (0) in between Taijul's dismissal of Tom Latham (4) and Henry Nicholls (1) to trouble the visitors who had an advantage early in the day.

 

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"We believed that we could make life difficult for them if we bowled in the right areas," Mehidy said after the day's play.

"We struggled against their spinners. We know these conditions pretty well, so that gave our bowlers the confidence that we could take more advantage from this pitch."

Bangladesh are already 1-0 up in the two-match series, having won the first match in Sylhet by 150 runs, and will be aiming to create history by clinching the series.