The third day of Chittagong Test saw some extraordinary cricket with Bangladesh batsmen producing a grand show of counter attack. 397 runs were scored in only 86.3 overs at a run-rate of 4.58! However in doing so Bangladesh lost 16 wickets in the day and were staring at innings defeat when play met a premature end due to the bad light. Five Bangladesh batsmen - Aftab Ahmed,Mohammad Rafique, Habibul Bashar,Manjural Islam Rana and Khaled Mashud – suffered the ignominy of getting out TWICE on one day. Manjural Islam Rana, infact, joined the select band of cricketers who got a pair on the same day.
Getting five batsmen out twice on the same day is no mean achievement. There has been only one better performance for India in its history of 382 Tests. Six Pakistani batsmen were dismissed twice on the third day of Delhi Test in 1952-53, which was also Pakistan’s first ever Test match.
Getting five batsmen out twice on the same day is no mean achievement. There has been only one better performance for India in its history of 382 Tests. Six Pakistani batsmen were dismissed twice on the third day of Delhi Test in 1952-53, which was also Pakistan’s first ever Test match.
There is one more instance of five batsmen out twice on the same day against India. At Bangalore in 1993-94, Sri Lanka's Roshan Mahanama, Hashan Tillakaratne, Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanath Jayasuriya and Pubudu Dassanayake had to suffer this misfortune.
Interestingly the world record in this category is hold by India. Nine Indian batsmen were dismissed twice on the third day of Old Trafford Test against England in 1952,when India created history by becoming first side to be bundled out twice in a single day.
