Bangladesh
cricket team has started the New Year with an emphatic win over Zimbabwe in the
first match of the Rocket Tri-Nations ODI Series. The hosts beat the tourists
by 8 wickets with 129 balls remaining at hand.
Bangladesh
cricket skipper, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, won the toss and invited Zimbabwe to bat
first at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. His decision proved
right when Shakib Al Hasan took two wickets in the first over of the match.
However, he ended up taking three wickets giving 43 runs in 10 overs. Mustafizur
Rahman and Rubel Hossain took two wickets apiece while Mashrafe got one wicket.
Sunzamul Islam, who made his international debut against Ireland in Dublin,
took the only wicket of Waller.
Zimbabwe
were bowled out for 170 runs in 49 overs. Sikandar Raza tried his best to defend
the bowlers with the bat and prolonged the team total as much as possible. He
played a passionate innings of 99-ball 52. Before returning gallery becoming
the victim of run out, he shared a 50-run partnership with Peter Moor who scored
the second highest knock of 33.
However,
it took Bangladeshi batsmen only 28.3 overs to complete the chase. Losing two
wickets, they reached the target of 171 runs. Opener Tamim Iqbal remained not
out on 84. He along with Shakib Al Hasan made a 78-run partnership in the
second wicket stand. After the departure of Shakib, he then added an unbroken
63-run stand with Mushfiqur Rahim.
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