Bidyut and Hannan scored because at that time, there were way too many bad balls bowled by the Zimbabweans Ervine and Mahwire.
And when the same Ervine fellow started to bowl closer to the off stump, then the balls started to bounce, which eventually resulted in all those wickets.
By the way, my observation on Bidyut is that he hasn't improved anything over the years, he still chases balls, still goes out fishing outside the off stump. His batting kinda reminds me of how our Aminul/Akram pair used to bat before Bangladesh got Test status (not mentioning others' examples because others used to get out quickly; so I don't remember much of how the others used to bat at those times).
It also goes to show how shot-selective our current players have become (current players being Hannan, Ashraful, Rajin), compared to what they had been 3/4 years ago.
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