Bangladesh win toss, choose to bat against Zimbabwe

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first against Zimbabwe in the one-off Test series at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday. 

Overall Bangladesh played 17 Tests against Zimbabwe, won seven - six of which came on home soil. Five victories came after 2013 and the first one was in 2005 when actually Bangladesh won their maiden Test. 

Bangladesh’s only victory against Zimbabwe at Zimbabwe’s soil came in 2013, when they visited the country last. But the two-match Test series ended in a 1-1 draw as Bangladesh were dubbed favourites.

Zimbabwe also won seven Tests against Bangladesh and five of them came at their own den. They only won two Tests at Bangladesh’s soil in 2001 and 2018. The rest of the three Test matches between the two sides ended in a draw.

Squads: 

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Saif Hassan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque (capt), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim, 7 Liton Das (wk), 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Abu Jayed, 11 Shoriful Islam

Zimbabwe: 1 Kevin Kasuza, 2 Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 3 Regis Chakabva (wk), 4 Brendan Taylor (capt), 5 Milton Shumba, 6 Joylord Gumbie/Dion Myers, 7 Donald Tiripano, 8 Roy Kaia, 9 Richard Ngarava, 10 Tendai Chatara, 11 Blessing Muzarabani