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Towhid Hridoy: The date of September 2 will always be remembered in the cricket history of Bangladesh because a batsman of this team has played a historic innings in South Africa. We are talking about Tauhid Hardoy who scored a brilliant triple century against South Africa-A in Potchefstroom. Tauhid is the first cricketer from Bangladesh to score a triple century in first class cricket on foreign soil. Let us tell you that for Bangladesh, Rakibul Hasan and Tamim Iqbal are the batsmen who have scored triple centuries in first class cricket but they did this feat on home soil.

Tauhid Hardoy created history

Tauhid Hardoy played this historic innings in 450 balls. This player hit 25 fours and 6 sixes in his innings. This innings of Tauhid Hardoy came when Bangladesh A team was in trouble. Bangladesh A had lost the wickets of Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Parvez Hussain Emon and Mohammad Naim early but after this Tauhid Hardoy, who was captaining the team, took charge. He along with wicketkeeper Zakir Ali added 151 runs in 292 balls for the fifth wicket. Zakir Ali missed his century and his innings ended at 94 runs. However, Tauhid Hardoy remained at the crease and after this he along with Mohammad Saifuddin added 185 runs for the sixth wicket.

Tauhid Hardoy’s career

Tauhid Hardoy is considered a good batsman in ODI and T20 but now he has shown his threat in red ball cricket also. This player was dropped from the team after just one test match, but now this player has again staked his claim to return to the Bangladeshi test team by scoring a triple century. Let us tell you that Tauhid Hardoy has scored four centuries in first class cricket and for the first time he touched the figure of 300 runs.