2024-05-08 07:42:45
Tawheed Hriday-Mahmudullah Riyad’s batting will surely provide relief after the failure of the top order batsmen. But before the World Cup, such batting is a concern for the host camp. Bangladesh left the field with a big win in the second T20 in a row riding on the bat of Tawheed Hriday-Mahmudullah after losing wickets in the beginning.
Zimbabwe lost the toss and scored 138 runs for 7 wickets at Chittagong’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Sunday (May 5). The red green representatives left the field with 6 wickets to chase after 9 balls in hand. Tawheed 37 off 25 balls and Mahmudullah left the field unbeaten on 26 runs off 16 balls.
Tawheed scored this run with 2 fours and 1 six. And Mahmudullah’s innings was decorated with 2 sixes and 3 fours. 49 runs from 29 balls came from the pair of the two.
All but one of the previous four pairings were not easy T20Is. Liton Das-Tanjeed Hasan Tamim scored 41 runs from 35 balls in the opening. Tanjeed scored 18 runs off 19 balls and broke the pair. Tanji’s innings was slow.
Captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto joined Liton at the crease after the break of the opening pair. The batting of both was spectacular. 20 runs from 22 balls from the pair. Shanto scored 16 runs off 15 balls while hitting the outside ball for a six. Litton returns in his three ball gap.
Lytton got two lives, once on an umpire’s call and another on a missed catch by Luke Jongwe. But could not finish the match. This batsman scored 23 runs off 25 balls.
Tawheed-Zaqer Ali continued to play well after Liton’s departure. 31 runs from 23 balls from the pair. The pair broke with Zaker’s out for 13 runs off 12 balls. Then Mahmudullah-Tawheed left the field after winning the team. Bangladesh’s batting approach is uncomfortable in a low-pressure match against low-strength Zimbabwe. Luke Jongwe took maximum 2 wickets for Zimbabwe.
Earlier, Zimbabwe gave a challenging score riding on the bat of Jonathan Campbell-Bennett. Bennett remained unbeaten on 44 off 29 balls. His innings was decorated with 3 sixes and 2 fours. Campbell’s bat came with 45 runs off just 24 balls. The innings was punctuated by 3 sixes and 4 fours. Shariful Islam was dismissed for a six.
The Zimbabwean innings is Bennett-Campbell. The two of them took the lead of the group. The team lost 5 wickets for 42 runs. By then it had cost Zimbabwe 10.2 overs. The team took 96 runs off the remaining 58 balls.
Apart from Bennett-Campbell, only two others have managed to cross double figures. However opener Jarrold Gambi digested 30 balls to score 17 runs. Irvin scored 13 off 16 balls. No one else could cross the double digit house. Mandande returns for zero runs.
Saifuddin bowled tight in the beginning but was haphazard towards the end. Taskin-Mehdi bowls economy under six. Taskin-Rishad took 2 wickets each. Saifuddin took 1 wicket with maximum 37 runs.