Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 58 runs in the second one-day global to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series in Dhaka on Monday.
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Kayes got his first stable support from Mushfiqur Rahim, the hero from the last match, who scored 21 runs. Richmond Mutumbami was unable to bat after he hurt his ankle while wicketkeeping earlier in the game. It was a good decision to bowl first but we did not take the opportunity.
In response, the tourists had appeared on track to level the three-match series at one apiece as Elton Chigumbura (47) and Sikandar Raza (33) staged a recovery from 78 for four.
The tour, that was supposed to be held in January 2016, was advanced after Australia cancelled their tour in late September.
Zimbabwe come fresh from a humiliating loss at home to Afghanistan, who won the one-dayers 3-2 and clinched both Twenty20 internationals. Highlights of the first Zimbabwe vs. Bangladesh ODI can be viewed in the video above, on this page.
For Zimbabwe, Tinashe Panyangara was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 3 wickets for 41 runs in his ten overs. Zimbabwe could also think of adding an extra bowler from the three spinners and the pacer they have in the reserves.
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das (wk), Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), MahmudullahRiyad, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Jubair Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Kamrul Islam.
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But Al-Amin Hossain made two quick breakthroughs, first Raza sliced to Kayes at long on before Bangladesh’s star made another sharp catch when Chigumbura failed with a slog over third man.
