Who is Towhid Hridoy? All you need to know about Bangladesh's young batting sensation
Towhid Hridoy stood out with a brilliant 82-run knock for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka in the Super Four clash.
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Towhid Hridoy is a young batting sensation from Bangladesh, who recently made his debut for the national side in international cricket, earlier this year, in both the white-ball formats- ODIs and T20Is, respectively.
He was the vice-captain of the Bangladesh side which won the U19 World Cup in 2020, in South Africa, defeating India U19 in the tournament. He has also turned out for Fortune Barishal and Sylhet Strikers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 tournament. In the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2023, Hridoy turned out for Jaffna Kings.
Hridoy made his ODI debut for Bangladesh against Ireland in Sylhet, on March 18, and hammered 92 in 85 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes, thereby helping his side to score 338/8 in 50 overs. With Ebadot Hossain taking 4/42, Bangladesh wrapped Ireland's innings for 155 and won the match by 183 runs.
Thus far in 13 ODIs, Towhid Hridoy has made 442 runs with 4 fifties to his name at an average of 40.18. In 8 T20Is, Hridoy has made 156 runs with a best of 47*. Speaking of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023, Hridoy has scores of 0, 2, and 82 runs in three encounters.
Bangladesh almost eliminated from Asia Cup 2023 after losing to Sri Lanka in Super 4s
Bangladesh have lost both their first two games in the Super 4s stage of Asia Cup 2023 thus far. They first lost to Pakistan in Lahore. Bangladesh were blown away for 193 runs with Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim scoring half-centuries.
Then fifties from Imam Ul Haq and Mohammad Rizwan made short work of the target in under 40 overs to win by 7 wickets.
In reply, only Towhid Hridoy stood out with a brilliant 82-run knock for the Bangla Tigers, while none of the other batters could reach 30. Bangladesh could only manage 236 runs and lost by 21 runs.
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