Bangladesh opener Tanjid Hasan has created history by scoring a century in the first test against Australia. He has become the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a Test century in Australia. After lunch on the second day (14 August) of this match being played in Darwin, Tanjid completed his first Test century in 188 balls by pushing the ball of Nathan Lyon towards long off.
While taking his 100th run, he jumped up and waved his fist in the air and then took off his helmet and looked towards the sky. After this he kissed the helmet and after taking a sigh of relief he accepted the greetings of the audience. This 25-year-old left-handed opening batsman made his Test debut against Pakistan in May this year, in which he was able to add only 30 runs in both the innings.
Leaving behind the disappointment of an ordinary start to his Test career, Tanjid has shown with his century in Darwin why he is being called the superstar of Bangladeshi cricket in the times to come.
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Who is Tanjid Hasan?
Born in Bogra on 1 December 2000, Tanjid is compared to former Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal. His full name is Tanjid Hasan Tamim. At home he is called by the name Tamim. Even though Tanjid has made it clear that he has not been named after Tamim Iqbal, his batting style is similar to that of this former opener.
Tanjid, who started his ODI career during the Asia Cup 2023, played an inning of 51 runs in 43 balls against India in the ODI World Cup in the same year, which included 5 fours and 3 sixes. This was the first half-century of his ODI international career. Along with Liton Das, he gave a strong start to Bangladesh. So far he has scored 1044 runs in 40 ODI matches at a strike rate of 101.35. During this period, he has scored 1 century and 9 half-centuries. Tanjid has scored 1331 runs in 53 T20I matches with the help of 13 half-centuries.
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Bangladesh strengthened by Tanjid's century
In Darwin, Bangladesh had bowled out Australia for just 198 runs in the first innings. After this, Bangladesh scored 96 runs at the loss of 1 wicket by the end of the day's play. Tanjid 32, while Mominul Haq returned unbeaten after scoring 35 runs. On the second day, both of them took Bangladesh's innings forward and completed a century partnership. Mominul became the victim of Mitchell Starc after scoring 49 runs. Tanjid remained at the crease and along with captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto gave Bangladesh the lead.
Immediately after scoring the century, Tanjid was caught at long off by Lion but he completed his job very well. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 101 runs. Bangladesh's score till tea-break is 286/3. He has taken a lead of 88 runs. Captain Shanto is playing after scoring 79 runs. Along with him at the crease is experienced Mushfiqur Rahim, who has scored 26 runs.