Nurul Hasan Sohan is the young captain of the 'new' team after Liton Das, Enamul Haque Vijay, Nazmul Hossain Shanta. Everyone contributed a little bit in batting. But it was not enough to chase Zimbabwe's huge run.
Bangladesh's innings ended 17 runs short of the record target of 206 runs given by Zimbabwe.
On Saturday, Zimbabwe won the toss and went into bat.
Due to Bangladesh team's sloppy bowling and weak fielding, Zimbabwe managed to score 205 runs.
Munim Shahriar returned to bat with the target of 206 runs.
Then Liton Das, who had batted brilliantly, was dismissed strangely. Lytton took the catch at short fine leg while scooping the ball from Shaun Williams. Richard Ngarava took the catch but could not keep it. But Lytton didn't notice it. Enamul Haque, who was on the non-strike side, walked towards the dressing room without responding to Vijay's call. Then the umpires stopped him. But in the meantime, Williams broke the stumps on the non-strike edge. As Williams breaks the stumps on the non-strike edge, Lytton is out of the crease. As a result, Liton was run out.
After two overs, Enamul Haque Vijay also got out after scoring 26 runs. Sikandar Raja's ball was caught by Vijay.
After a while, Afif Hossain was also dismissed for 10 and Bangladesh was under great pressure.
Shanta and Afif also returned after a short break. Then Mosaddek also went back to 13 runs.
Finally, Bangladesh's collection stopped at 188 for 6 wickets.
Earlier, Wesley Madhevere and Sikander Raja's pair of half-centuries gave Bangladesh a big target of 206 runs in the 1st T20.
Only 7 boundaries came in the first 10 overs, all fours. Zimbabwe finished the innings with 23 fours and 5 sixes.
Poor bowling and fielding by Bangladesh and Wesley Madhever's half-century, Sikandar Raja's 26-ball 65 saw Zimbabwe post 205 for 3 in 20 overs. This is their highest T20 score against Bangladesh, second highest overall.
Score:
Bangladesh: 188/6 (Munim Shahriar 4, Liton Das 32, Enamul Haque Vijay 26, Nazmul Hossain Shanto 37, Afif Hossain 10, Nurul Hasan 42*, Mosaddek 13, Nasum 0*). Richard Ngarava 2-0-43-1, Wellington Masakadza 3-0-23-1, Sikandar Raja 3-0-30-1, Luke Jongwi 4-0-34-2).
Zimbabwe: 205/3 (Madhavere 67* retired Hart, Sikandar Raja 65*, Shaun Williams 33, Irvine 21, Chakava 8). Taksin 4-0-42-0, Nasum 4-0-38-0, Mostafiz 4-0-50-2, Mosaddek 2-0-21-1, Shariful 4-0-45-0, Afif 1-0- 6-0.
