Twitter Reactions: Bangladesh go 3-0 up despite valiant fightback by Zimbabwe
Bangladesh clinched victory over Zimbabwe by a slender margin of nine runs in the third T20I of the ongoing five-match T20I series.
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The third T20I between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, although being played at the same venue for the third successive occurrence in this five-match T20I series, kicked off a bit differently, with Zimbabwe winning the toss and opting to field first.
It seemed to be the correct decision for the first half of the Bangladeshi innings, with both the home team's openers, Litton Das and Tanzid Hasan, departing without capitalizing for 12 off 15 and 21 off 22, respectively. Skipper, Najmul Hossain Shanto, fell for six, getting cleaned up by the Zimbabwean captain, Sikandar Raza. An 87-run stand for the fourth wicket between Towhid Hridoy and Jaker Ali, resurrected the ship for Bangladesh, as they ended up with 165/5 on the board.
Blessing Muzarabani was the pick of the bowlers for Zimbabwe, conceding only 14 runs in the four overs, taking three vital wickets of Litton, Towhid, and Jaker, with all three of them getting dismissed by getting their furniture disturbed. Raza, although getting the wicket of Shanto, was a tad bit expensive for his liking, going for 38 in his four.
Speaking of the chase, Zimbabwe lost three wickets in the powerplay, their score being 33/3 after six. No. 3,4, and 5 of the Zimbabweans didn't really have any bearing on the match, with Brian Benett, Craig Ervine, and the skipper himself, managing to muster only 13 runs amongst themselves. Johnathan Campbell was looking good but he too departed for a dangerous 21 (10). With Luke Jongwe departing on the first delivery of the 14th over, the bowling all-rounder Faraz Akram arrived at the crease.
A record ninth-wicket partnership of 54 (30) between Wellington Masakadza and Faraz, with Faraz being the aggressor of the two, brought Zimbabwe dangerously close to staging a colossal comeback from a stage in which they were gone and out, but Mohammad Saifuddin held his nerve in the last over to win it for the home team. Notably a stout and indomitable knock by Faraz went in vain which grabbed attention and superfluous praise from all parts.
Saifuddin and Rishad Hossain, the two-most expensive bowlers for the hosts, going at 10.50 and 12.66, respectively, shared five wickets amongst themselves. Mahmudullah bowled the lone over, giving a unitary run and taking a wicket of the dangerous Marumani as well.
Here's how X reacted to the third T20I between the two sides:
Bangladesh ✌🏽 by 9️⃣ runs‼️🎉
— Rangpur Riders (@Joyerlorai) May 7, 2024
3rd T20i | 🇿🇼 Tour of 🇧🇩, 2024#Joyerlorai #rangpurriders #BANvsZIM #bangladesh #bangladeshcricke pic.twitter.com/v7io19Ahjv
Most wins vs ZIM in T20Is:
— sudharshan sridharan (@sudharshansrid1) May 7, 2024
16 - PAK (18 games)
16 - BAN (23 games)*#BANvZIM #BANvsZIM
Match summery
— M.Anas tweets (@MAnas235867) May 7, 2024
Bangladesh 165/5(20)
Zimbabwe 156/9(20)
Result
Bangladesh won by 9 runs #banvszim
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 9 runs in the third T20I 🏏
— Farhad In Spot (@farhad_in_spot) May 7, 2024
Bangladesh lead 3-0 👏 | #BANvsZIM | #T20I | #Sports pic.twitter.com/uPIMquNpOm
Faraz Akram has recorded the highest score (34*) by a no.10 batsman in T20Is for ZIM.
— sudharshan sridharan (@sudharshansrid1) May 7, 2024
Prev: Carl Mumba - 25(16) vs BAN @ Mirpur, 2020
Faraz Akram-Wellington Masakadza pair have also recorded the highest 9th wicket partnership (54) for ZIM in T20Is.#BANvZIM #BANvsZIM
Bangladesh overcome Faraz Akram's late charge to seal a 3-0 series win over Zimbabwe 👊#T20WorldCup2024 #matura2024 #plastine pic.twitter.com/ezX0eaRnqE
— DANISH (@DANISH806811640) May 7, 2024
Bangladesh confirmed the series by defeating Zimbabwe by 9 runs in the third T20I. In bowling, Saifuddin took 3 wickets and Rishad took two wickets. Riyad, Taskin and Tanvir took one wicket each. The remaining two matches will be played in Mirpur.#BANvZIM#Cricket#Bcb pic.twitter.com/62szHgckxv
— Md Ifran Ali Bijoy 🇧🇩 (@IfranAliBijoy20) May 7, 2024
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