5 best bowling performances by Bangladesh bowlers in Test matches

Taijul Islam, the left-handed spinner from Bangladesh, registered his career-best bowling performance against Zimbabwe in the first Test at Sylhet International Stadium. He took six wickets in the first innings of the match followed by five more wickets in the second innings.

Taijul Islam is the fourth Bangladeshi bowler to have registered a 10-wicket-haul in Test matches. Enamul Haque Jr, Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz are the others to have achieved the same feat in Tests. No pace bowler from Bangladesh has been able to do the same.

11 wickets for 177 runs by Taijul against Zimbabwe, is the third-best bowling performance for Bangladesh in the Test cricket till date. Let us have a look at the five best bowling performances by the Tigers in Test matches

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#5 Shakib Al Hasan (10 for 153 against Australia)

Shakib Al Hasan, the number one all-rounder from Bangladesh, took ten wickets against Australia in 2017 at Dhaka.

Opting to bat first after having won the toss, Bangladesh scored 260 runs in their first innings. Australia posted 217 in their first innings. For Bangladesh, Shakib scalped five wickets for 68 runs that included batsmen like Matt Renshaw, Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell. They were clueless against Shakib's left-handed spin.

Bangladesh scored 221 in their second innings and set a target of 264 in the second innings for Australia. Shakib took another five wickets as he dismissed David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Wade in the second innings of the tourists.

This incredible bowling performance brought a rare feat for Shakib. By taking five-for twice in that match, he had registered five-wicket-haul against all the Test playing nations barring Afghanistan and Ireland. This bowling display from Shakib secured Bangladesh's first-ever Test victory against Australia. The Tigers won the match 20 runs and Shakib was awarded the Man of the Match.

#4 Shakib Al Hasan (10 for 124 against Zimbabwe)

Bangladesh v Australia - 1st Test: Day 4

Shakib Al Hasan took ten wickets in a Test for the first time back in 2014 against Zimbabwe in Khulna. In the first innings of that match, Bangladesh posted 433 on the board with the help of centuries from Tamim Iqbal (109) and Shakib Al Hasan (137).

While bowling, Shakib took five wickets conceding 80 runs as Bangladesh edged ahead in the match with a lead of 65 runs. He dismissed the batsmen like Hamilton Masakadza, Brendon Taylor, Elton Chugumbura, Craig Ervine and Malcolm Waller. Masakadza was the top scorer for Zimbabwe with 158 runs.

Bangladesh added 248 runs more to their first-innings lead. Zimbabwe needed to chase down 314 runs in the final innings of the match. Shakib came to the scene once again in the second innings of Zimbabwe and registered yet another five-for to help Bangladesh win the match.

At that point in time, Shakib was the only Bangladeshi cricketer to have achieved a feat of a century and ten-wicket haul in the same Test match.

#3 Taijul Islam (11 for 170 against Zimbabwe)

Bangladesh v Australia - 1st Test: Day 4

Taijul Islam, the southpaw, is the bowler who holds the record of best bowling in a Test innings for Bangladesh. He took eight wickets conceding 39 runs back in 2014 against Zimbabwe. Against the same opponent, he registered his best bowling figures in a Test match. He took 11 wickets for 170 runs in Sylhet International Stadium.

Sylhet International Stadium got an opportunity to host a Test match when the first Test of Bangladesh-Zimbabwe series 2018 was scheduled to take place in it. The new venue is the eighth Test venue in Bangladesh. Sylhet's debut in the Test cricket became memorable by remarkable bowling performance of Taijul.

The left-handed spinner played the role of Bangladesh's best bowler in the match taking a six-for in the first innings conceding 108 runs. Zimbabwean batsmen were helpless rudderless to play Taijul in the first innings of the match. They replicated the same performance in the second innings as they lost five wickets to the same bowler.

#2 Enamul Haque Jnr (12 for 200 against Zimbabwe)

1st Test - Bangladesh v Australia: Day 2

Enamul Haque was a left-handed spinner who played his last international match back in 2013. He is known for his tremendous contribution in Bangladesh's first-ever Test win in Chittagong back in 2005.

In the second match of the same series, he took 12 wickets for 200 runs, and that was Bangladesh's best Test bowling performance in a match until 2016 when Mehidy Hasan overhauled it.

In the first innings of the second Test of the series in Dhaka, Enamul scalped seven wickets for 95 runs as Zimbabwe were dismissed for 298 runs. Bangladesh posted 211 in their first innings. Zimbabwe scored 286 in their second innings. Enamul took another five-wicket in the second innings of Zimbabwe by conceding 105 runs.

Bangladesh drew the match with the help of Nafees Iqbal's famous 470-ball-121. That drawn match earned first-ever Test series win for Bangladesh. The achievement seemed impossible without the tremendous bowling effort of Enamul.

#1 Mehidy Hasan (12 for 159 against England)

Bangladesh v Australia - 1st Test: Day 4

Bangladesh registered their first-ever Test victory over England back in 2016. Mehidy Hasan was the architect of Bangladesh's historic win as he took 12 wickets in Dhaka Test. England had no answers to Mehidy's off-spin throughout the series. The match was only the second Test appearance of Mehidy, and he did not miss the chance to make the occasion memorable.

Bangladesh scored 220 in the first innings of the match with the help of an innings of 104 runs from Tamim Iqbal. England were skittled out for 244 runs in their first innings. Mehidy, with figures of 6-82, was the wrecker in chief.

The hosts posted 296 in their second innings and set a target of 273 for England. The tourists failed to chase it down as they lost all wickets in a single session.

Mehidy took another six-for by giving away 77 runs while Shakib took the others four wickets. By taking 12 wickets in the match, Mehidy helped Bangladesh register their first-ever Test match victory over England.