Bangladesh emulate 128-year record getting top-5 batsmen clean bowled
Bangladesh managed to emulate a 128-year-old record on Saturday Dec 01,2018 during the ongoing second Test against the West Indies in Dhaka.
The hosts grabbed five early wickets on Day 2 of the Test match with all five West Indies batsmen getting out bowled at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.
World cricket has seen this only twice before - 11 August, 1890 and 2 January 1879.
Bangladesh equalled the record for most bowled dismissals in an innings, equalling Australia's (against England at The Oval in 1890) and England's (against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1878/79) feats.
The only difference between West Indies and the remaining two teams is that they lost their top-five for just 21 runs while Australia had scored 47 before losing the top-half while England had made 45.
Australia and England were the only two teams playing international cricket back in the late 1800s.
On Saturday, Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan (3-36) and left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan (2-15) led the way, spinning the ball viciously as West Indies slumped to 29 for 5 in 12 overs, in reply to Bangladesh's first innings score of 508.
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