Zimbabwe did not get tickets for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Preparing for the World Cup with a T20 series against them will not help much in that sense. Still, this five-match T20 series has become a blessing for Bangladesh, which failed to find a combination before the World Cup. Bangladesh started with a win in the rain interrupted match on Friday.
At the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed and Mohammad Saifuddin bowled Zimbabwe all out for 124 runs. After tying down Zimbabwe by a narrow margin, Bangladesh secured victory with just 2 wickets to spare with 28 balls in hand. Tanjid Hasan Tamim has shown the achievement of scoring a half century as the second batsman of Bangladesh in the debut match. However, Taskin became the man of the match after crushing Zimbabwe with the ball and picking up three wickets.
BCB is delaying the team announcement mainly to keep Soumya Sarkar in the World Cup team. However, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has sent the list of team members to the ICC on May 1. However, the selectors can change this team without any reason till May 25. The board basically took this opportunity.
The Zimbabwe series is basically a platform for three cricketers to enter the World Cup squad – Parvez Hussain Imon, Tanjid and Saifuddin. Junior Tamim and Saifuddin passed the first test on Friday. On this day, Bangladesh lost Liton Das at the start of playing for the target of 125 runs given by Zimbabwe. He has been out of rhythm in white ball cricket for a long time. Today, this opener left with 1 run in 3 balls.
Tanjid and captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto put up a 52-run partnership for the second wicket. The game was interrupted twice by rain but ultimately did not affect the match. After the rain stopped, Shanto left the crease. He scored 21 runs off 24 balls. But Junior Tamim batted devastatingly from start to finish. Tawheed Hriday’s 36-ball unbroken 69-run partnership ensured victory for Bangladesh. Tanjid was unbeaten on 67 and Hriday 33 runs.
Tanjid became the second cricketer of Bangladesh to score a half century in the debut match. Junaid Siddiqui played an innings of 71 runs against Pakistan in 2007. Tanjid is playing an innings of 67 runs on Friday. The opener finished his innings with 8 fours and 2 sixes off 47 balls. After Tanjid’s innings, Soumya faced some challenge. Naturally, after his innings, the Bangladesh team will think twice about taking Soumya, who has just returned from injury.
Earlier, Zimbabwe lost the toss and went into bat. The opening pair broke in the second over. Second ball Craig Irvine was bowled by the spin of Sheikh Mehdi Hasan. The experienced opener from Zimbabwe could not open the book of runs despite playing two balls. After a year and a half, Saifuddin got success by returning to international cricket.
Zimbabwe’s score of 36 for 1 is 36 for 4. The visitors lost three consecutive wickets from the last ball of the fifth over. Gambi caught Taskin off Saifuddin’s ball. Two more batters returned to the crease in the first two balls of the sixth over. Zaker Ali broke Brian Bennett’s wicket on Mahmudullah’s throw. While sweeping the paddle, Sikandar fell prey to King Taskin. In this way, the Zimbabwean batters were attacked one after another by the Bangladeshi bowlers.
After losing seven wickets for 41 runs, Zimbabwe’s response was somewhat surprising. The visitors were all out for 124 when Wellington Masakadza was run out on the last ball of the innings. Clive Madande played the highest innings of 43 runs.
Among the Bangladeshi bowlers, Taskin and Mohammad Saifuddin took three wickets each. Mehdi took two wickets. Pace bowling all-rounder Saifuddin did not take time to know his race after returning to international cricket after a year and a half.
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