Twitter Reactions: Bangladesh recreate history with a win against Australia

Two days, two occasions and we’ve witnessed two historic Test matches. If yesterday, it was the Windies scripting a victory chasing a target of 322 against the English team in their own backyard. Today we saw Bangladesh winning their first ever Test match against Australia.

When the Australians signed off at 109/2 yesterday, the visitors could surely witness a glimmer of hopes with David Warner and Steve Smith at the crease. The first session did start off well for the Aussies as David Warner struck his 19th Test century on an important day for the visitors.

However, his wicket triggered a collapse in the batting ranks of the visitors like always. The Australian team has been inferior players of spin and we saw that during their India and Sri Lanka tours. This was yet another classic example of the same. Shakib Al Hasan, probably one of the greatest all rounders to have played the game sent both Warner and Smith back to the pavilion.

These wickets were important in reviving Bangladesh’s hopes for a Test victory over the Kangaroos after Warner had dashed it up to some level earlier. Whether it was Peter Handscomb or Matthew Wade, the lower order faltered like a pack of cards as the hosts could sense the victory bells ringing. Ashton Agar too failed to recreate his magic with the bat from the first innings and the wicket of Glenn Maxwell further reduced the Australians to 199/8.

However, Australia has been a team which refuses to give up no matter what the situation is. Pat Cummins opted to counterattack and batted superbly and took it really close for Australia. He stayed not out till the end but Josh Hazlewood’s wicket was the final nail in the coffin as the Bangladesh fans erupted in joy.

This was the first ever victory for Bangladesh against Australia. Shakib Al Hasan took a stupendous five-wicket haul again in the second innings and quite deservingly was also rewarded the Man of the Match. Having scored a half century and attained match figures of 10/153, Shakib proved why he’s been such a valuable asset for the side.

With this win, the hosts lead the series 1-0 with one match to go. Both teams will now travel to Chittagong for the final test. Twitter didn’t leave any stone unturned when it came to lauding Shakib and other Bangladesh players or trolling Wade or other Aussies.

Here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions that appeared during the course of the game:

Couple of enthralling test matches this week. How good? #testisbest

— BJ Watling (@B_Jwatling) August 30, 2017

Brilliant. Jon Snow level revival for Test cricket in the past few hours.

— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) August 30, 2017

What an unreal 15 hours in Test history. Not fully unexpected, but the significance truly hits home now. #BANvAUS

— Srinath (@_peews) August 30, 2017

Two amazing Tests in two days! Shows why it is still the pinnacle of the game. Congratulations Bangladesh.

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) August 30, 2017

Minnows? pic.twitter.com/Rofnk86jCC

— Bangladennish (@DennisCricket_) August 30, 2017

Wonderful game, wonderful win by Bangladesh. They are a rising cricketing power. #BANvAUS

— Paul Dennett (@the_summer_game) August 30, 2017

#BANvAUS pic.twitter.com/y2bxwKMv4Y

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) August 30, 2017

People forget that Bangladesh were only 23 runs away from a 2-0 whitewash of England. Good side this#BanvAus

— Bangladennish (@DennisCricket_) August 30, 2017

Matthew Wade finishes the Test at -21. 30 byes, nine runs. And still nobody has told me what exactly Peter Nevill was doing wrong #BANvAUS

— Dean Bilton (@Dean_Bilton) August 30, 2017

Warner won't make anywhere near as many headlines for this innings as Sydney in January but I know which one I'd prefer. Dhaka. #BANvAUS

— Daniel Brettig (@danbrettig) August 30, 2017

Can the Aussies get thru this and cause an upset in Dhaka today ? #BANvAUS Bangla Tigers need 3 more, 66 more for Aus.

— Prabhu ? ‏ (@Cricprabhu) August 30, 2017

I'd replace Wade with a batsman and have this bloke keep the wickets. Won't be much of a difference. pic.twitter.com/8uPLCKEEtr

— Fake Mitch Johnson (@NotMitchJohnson) August 30, 2017

30 byes, and awful suggestions to take reviews and not to take take reviews when he should have, Well Wade #GOHOME

— Sahil Mehan (@mehansahil) August 30, 2017

All eyes on #AUSvsBAN now… On the verge of another historic Test Match Finish. Still hard to say which way the game's going to swing ?

— Murali Vijay (@mvj888) August 30, 2017

Anyone want to bat for an hour and win the game for your country? #BANvsAUS

— Gus Worland (@GusWorland) August 30, 2017

Two great test matches over the past week,both involving "Tier Two"teams..#ausvbd

— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) August 30, 2017

Suspect Australia's gonna stop touring the sub-continent from tomorrow.#BANvsAUS

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) August 30, 2017

Australia on the verge of losing against Bangladesh #BanvAus pic.twitter.com/EXWdeL4gfy

— Burning Dezire (@iam_zaid) August 30, 2017

First ball after lunch Maxwell cleaned up by Shakib. Two five-fors to go either 84 in the first innings. Man of the Match. #BanvAus

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 30, 2017

The moment Maxwell walked in, the game was lost. #BANvAUS

— Sahil Mehan (@mehansahil) August 30, 2017

PROPOSAL: Bangladesh play the West Indies for the Ashes. #proposal#ENGvWI #BANvAUS

— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) August 30, 2017

Wish all matches these days were as good as the one we saw last night and the one we are watching today #EngvWI #BanvAus

— Samreen (@SamreenRazzaqui) August 30, 2017

What is the point of Wade? What precisely?

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 30, 2017

5/37. The collapse continues… ? #BANvAUS

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) August 30, 2017

Bangladesh have never won a Test series at home against a team not called Zimbabwe.

— cricketingview (@cricketingview) August 30, 2017

Shakib Al Hasan become first Bangladesh bowler to take ten wickets haul twice in Test Cricket and remember he scored crucial fifty also..

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 30, 2017