Yasir Ali Rabbi made his ODI debut with a home series against Afghanistan. After getting a chance to bat in two matches, his collection was 0 and 1 runs. However, the team management of Bangladesh did not throw him away thinking it was ineffective.
The benefits of which were found in the first ODI of the South Africa tour. The 26-year-old right-handed middle order batsman is one of the masters of bringing a big collection of 314 runs to Bangladesh. Batting at number five, he played a brilliant innings of 50 runs off 44 balls.
In the 29th over of the innings, Yasir started batting after taking the third wicket for 124 runs. In the fourth wicket, Shakib made a pair of 115 runs in 13.3 overs. Yasir returned to the dressing room after reaching the team in a state of 25 overs.
He hit four fours and two sixes before being dismissed for the first half-century of his career. In particular, Kagiso Rabada’s flicked six was one of the best shots of the match. Apart from this, the right-handed batsman has also handled Lungi Ngidi or Marco Janssen.
That’s why match-winner Shakib Al Hasan and captain Tamim Iqbal did not forget to praise Yasir at the awards ceremony after the historic victory. Both of them separately spoke about Yasir’s batting and said that the innings was special.
Shakib, who was going to accept the Matchsera award, said, “Yasir has batted very well. My partnership with him was good. Yasir has to be credited. Because he is playing only the fourth match of his career, against South Africa on their own soil. It was not easy for him. ”
Speaking on the occasion, Tamim said, “Shakib-Yasir has played an incredible innings. In my opinion, Yasir’s innings was special. Especially the way he handled the South African pacers. “
