Published: Jan 17, 2016, 01:40 AM (IST)
Edited: Jan 17, 2016, 12:36 PM (IST)
Bangladesh and Zimbabwe face each other in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) at Khulna of their ongoing four-match T20I series on Sunday. Zimbabwe will eye to bounce back after facing a defeat in the opening match in the same ground by four wickets. Zimbabwe have been having a low in international cricket following losses against Afghanistan and Bangladesh last year. The visitors now when are touring Bangladesh will want to return the favour. Batting first, Zimbabwe posted a total of 163 in 20 overs and in reply, Bangladesh chased down that total with eight balls remaining, losing just six wickets. FULL SCORECARD: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 2nd T20I at Khulna
For Bangladesh, the wickets were taken by Mustafizur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan and Al-Amin Hossain with Rahim and Shakib bagging two wickets each. On the other end, Hamilton Masakadza once again came in as Zimbabwe’s saviour, top-scored with 79 runs in 53 balls and hence helped Zimbabwe go past 150. However, a poor bowling and fielding eventually saw the total of 163 following short for the visitors.
According to ESPNCricinfo, Masakadza said, “I think it was more of positives from the way we started our batting and at some stages our spinners bowled well as well. So there were few positives to take out of the game.”
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s Sabbir Rahman said, “I think winning the first game of the year was quite useful. This series is very important ahead of the Asia Cup. We want to win all four games.”
Bangladesh (likely XI): Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Shuvagata Hom, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain
Zimbabwe (likely XI): Hamilton Masakadza, Vusi Sibanda, Sean Williams, Peter Moor (wk), Sikandar Raza, Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura (c), Brian Vitori, Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe, Graeme Cremer
