Zimbabwe continue to struggle in their preparations for the World T20 and are facing a second straight series loss having been beaten 2-0 by Afghanistan earlier this month in the United Arab Emirates. Of them, 188 have come in fours and sixes, while 145 have come in ones and twos.
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Bangladesh (From): Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Nurul Hasan(w), Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Al-Amin Hossain, Imrul Kayes, Abu Hider, Arafat Sunny, Taskin Ahmed.
At No. 3, Sabbir Rahman was at the crease for 14.1 overs but faced only 30 balls for his 43.
“The start matters a lot in T20s”. How I face the first six balls depends on the match situation. So when Tamim and Soumya were playing attractive shots in the second match, the score didn’t rise accordingly. It remains to be seen if they are brought back in at a crunch time.
When the opposite happens, however, the bowling side always has a chance. The pitch has been batsman-friendly so far and is expected to play the same way.
Hamilton Masakadza and Vusi Sibanda took a liking to the new ball bowlers of Bangladesh and hammered them all over the park to give Zimbabwe a flying start.
OverviewThe first and second T20 were played at the same stadium and Bangladesh were victor in both of the matches.
Bangladesh are keen to rotate the strike more in the remaining two games.
Mustafizur is one of the best talents that Bangladesh have produced in previous year and Mushfiqur is backbone of their batting line-up so they will have to find suitable replacements of them for the third T20 game against the African team.
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