2024-05-10 04:50:04
8 wickets before the hundred. When Bangladesh is dreaming of a big win, Wellington Masakdza-Faraz Akram started the counter attack. Take the game to the last over. When 21 runs were needed off 6 balls, Saifuddin came in and bowled Masakadza on the first ball. In the end, Zimbabwe could not take more than 11 runs. Bangladesh survived with a 9-run victory.
On Tuesday (May 07, 2024), Bangladesh scored 165 runs for 5 wickets after losing the toss and batting at Chittagong’s Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Zimbabwe’s innings stopped at 156 runs for 9 wickets. Bangladesh secured a 3-0 margin in the five T20 series with two matches in hand.
Masakadza-Faraj struck fear into the host camp with a partnership of 54 runs off 30 balls for the ninth wicket. The pair broke with Masakadja out for 13 runs. Farage ended up unbeaten on 34 off 19 balls. Along with him, Blessing Mujrabani remained unbeaten with 9 runs off 4 balls.
From the start, Zimbabwe started losing wickets at regular intervals. 91 runs fell by 8 wickets. After that, the two started attacking. However, he could not take the team to victory. Jonathan Campbell played a cameo innings of 21 runs off 10 balls. Marumani scored 31 runs off 26 balls in the opening. Apart from this no one over twenty could do it.
Mohammad Saifuddin took maximum 3 wickets for Bangladesh. He gave 42 runs in 4 overs. Rishad Hossain took 2 wickets with 38 runs in 3 overs.
Earlier, on the day of failure of the top order, Bangladesh threw a challenge of 166 runs in the third T20. Tawheed scored maximum 57 runs. He scored this run by hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes off 38 balls. He won the man of the match award.
44 runs came from Zaker’s bat. Zaker finished the innings with 3 fours and 2 sixes off 34 balls. After the fall of 3 wickets for 60 runs, the two counter-attacked. 87 runs from 58 balls from the pair.
Mahmudullah-Rishad came to end the innings after returning two in the same over. Mahmudullah left the field unbeaten with 9 off 4 balls and Rishad with 6 runs off the same ball.
Bangladesh had a shaky start. Three top-order batsmen failed. Liton Das-Tanjeed Hasan could not extend the innings even after settling down. Lytton failed to scoop three balls in a row. He was bold in the third attempt. He scored 12 runs off 15 balls. After that, Nazmul Hossain came to the crease and returned calmly for 6 runs.
Tanjeed played at the other end but his innings was slow. This left-handed opener scored 21 runs off 22 balls. After his out, Bangladesh returned to the match with the attack of Tawheed-Zaker.
Mujrabani took maximum 3 wickets for Zimbabwe. He gave only 14 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Faraz Akram and Sikandar Raja took 1 wicket each.