Bangladesh scalp Zimbabwe by 4 wickets

Bangladesh scalped visiting Zimbabwe by 4 wickets in the first of a four-match Twenty20 international series at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.

Wining toss Zimbabwe chose to bat first and scored 163 runs for 7 wickets in 20 over’s. In reply, Bangladesh surpassed the target in 18.4 over’s for 6 wickets.

Chasing a 164-run target, Tamim Iqbal also could not go far and was caught by Sibanda off Cremer in the 7th over. He scored 29 runs off 24 balls with 3 fours and 1 six.

Debutant Shuvagata Hom only added 6 runs before being bowled by Sean Williams.

Sabbir Rahman and Mushfiqur Rahim then added 44 runs in the 4th wicket partnership.

Sabbir scored 46 off 36 balls with 4 boundaries and 1 six.

Rahim added 26 runs off 19 balls hitting 4 boundaries while Shakib Al Hasan was unbeaten on 20. Debutant Nurul Hasan was not out for 7.

This was Bangladesh’s fourth T20 win against Zimbabwe out of total six matches they played against each others.

Bangladesh Team: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mahmudullah, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Sabbir Rahman, 7 Shuvagata Hom, 8 Nurul Hasan (wk), 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Al-Amin Hossain.

Zimbabwe Team: 1. Vusi Sibanda, 2 Hamilton Masakadza, 3 Peter Moor (wk), 4 Sean Williams, 5 Malcolm Waller, 6 Sikandar Raza, 7 Elton Chigumbura (capt), 8 Luke Jongwe, 9 Graeme Cremer, 10 Wellington Masakadza, 11 Brian Vitori.