He was in the squad for the last ODI series against England. But Tauhid Hriday did not enter the field in the country’s jersey. Although he did not get a place in the ODI team, he made his debut in the series to whitewash England in T20 by making history.
Hriday made his debut in the ODI series against Ireland. And he made his debut by handling the Irish bowlers very well on the field. This Under-19 World Cup winning cricketer scored fifty in his first match to bat.
Hriday made his ODI debut as the 140th cricketer for the country in the first match of the three-match ODI series against the Irish at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday (March 18). This youngster got a chance to match himself in the squad due to the lack of form of the experienced Mahmudullah Riyad.
On this day, Touhid Hriday became the third Bangladeshi to score a fifty on his ODI debut. Nasir Hossain and Farhad Reza achieved this feat before him. Hearts reached the milestone with a first ball single from Graham Hume in the 36th over. It took him 55 balls to score a fifty in 5 boundaries.
At the end of 36 overs till writing this report, Bangladesh’s collection is 212 runs for 3 wickets. Shakib 90 and Touhid Hridoy remained unbeaten on 54 runs.