Mominul Haque Century: Rishabh Pant was making fun of his short height, Mominul Haque replied with a century

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|30-09-2024

There was rain for the first three days in the Kanpur Test but on the fourth day, Bangladesh's left-handed batsman Mominul Haq won the hearts of Bangladeshi fans with his batting. This left-handed batsman scored a brilliant century in the first innings of the Kanpur Test. Mominul faced the strong bowling of India and scored a century. Mominul achieved the feat of scoring a century for the 13th time in his Test career. Let us tell you that in the Kanpur Test, Rishabh Pant was making fun of this player's height but this player won everyone's hearts with his powerful batting.

Pant had made fun of his height

Mominul Haq's height is only 5 feet 2 inches. On the first day of the Kanpur Test, the ball hit Mominul on his helmet while sweeping Ashwin's ball. After this, Pant said from behind the wicket that LBW can be taken even by hitting the ball on the helmet. Although Pant had said this to distract Mominul, but this left-handed batsman remained on the wicket and this player scored a Test century for the first time against India.

How Mominul Haq scored a century

Mominul Haq came to the crease when Bangladesh lost their opener Zakir Hasan on the score of 26. After this, Mominul showed amazing patience while batting at number 3. He especially faced Ashwin in excellent style. Mominul was facing a lot of trouble with Ashwin in the Chennai Test, but the situation seemed different in Kanpur. Mominul took 110 balls for his half-century and reached his century in the next 62 balls. Mominul hit one six and 16 fours in his innings. Till lunch, Mominul remained unbeaten on 102 runs.

Mominul Haq got lucky

Mominul Haq scored a century but luck also favored him during this period. Rishabh Pant dropped a catch of Mominul Haq on Ashwin's ball. At that time Mominul was playing on 93 runs. After this, when Mominul was on 96 runs, Virat Kohli dropped his catch on Siraj's ball. However, this catch at slip was very difficult.

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