New Delhi: Debut opener Tanzyd Hassan He used his good fortune to score an unbeaten 67 to lead Bangladesh to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first T20I in Chittagong on Friday.
After restricting Zimbabwe to 124 points, the home team quickly chased the target and reached 126 points twice in 16 overs.
Tohid Hridoy Not out in 33 games, providing solid support to Tanzhid.
Tanzid, who hit eight fours and a couple of sixes on his 47-ball T20I debut, finished off Luke Jongwe over mid-off.
“Everyone played well today… but we can still learn from this game and do well in the next game,” Bangladesh captain Najmul Hussain Shanto said.
“We have trained very hard over the past few days and I hope Tanzide can continue to maintain his form.”
Earlier records from Clive Madande and Wellington Masakadza helped Zimbabwe recover from an early collapse that saw the visitors slumped 41-7 .
The two scored 75 runs together, becoming Zimbabwe’s highest eighth-wicket partnership.
Taskin Ahmed smashed the stands with 43 off 39 balls but Masakadza (34) stayed at the crease until his last over of the innings The ball is exhausted.
Batting first, Zimbabwe lost Craig Ervine’s duck in the second over.
Mohammad Saifuddin then forced debutant opener Joylord Gumbie (17) to catch Taskin at fine leg.
Mahedi Hasan’s next over saw Brian Bennett score 16 and skipper Sikandar Raza was out before the first ball.
Taskin also returned Sean Williams and Ryan Burr, both of whom also went for golden ducks in the third inning, pitching back-to-back pitches the rest of the way, while Saifuddin converted Luke Qiongwei sent off two penalties.
“A lot of seniors are missing and we relied heavily on them in terms of batting but they missed out,” Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza said.
“But hopefully we can recover better in the next game.”
On the 28th, Madande qualified for the stage ahead of Saifuddin, but after a review, the decision was overturned.
Chittagong will host the second match of the series on Sunday.
The series is Bangladesh’s last match ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States and West Indies.
(Information from AFP)
After restricting Zimbabwe to 124 points, the home team quickly chased the target and reached 126 points twice in 16 overs.
Tohid Hridoy Not out in 33 games, providing solid support to Tanzhid.
Tanzid, who hit eight fours and a couple of sixes on his 47-ball T20I debut, finished off Luke Jongwe over mid-off.
“Everyone played well today… but we can still learn from this game and do well in the next game,” Bangladesh captain Najmul Hussain Shanto said.
“We have trained very hard over the past few days and I hope Tanzide can continue to maintain his form.”
Earlier records from Clive Madande and Wellington Masakadza helped Zimbabwe recover from an early collapse that saw the visitors slumped 41-7 .
The two scored 75 runs together, becoming Zimbabwe’s highest eighth-wicket partnership.
Taskin Ahmed smashed the stands with 43 off 39 balls but Masakadza (34) stayed at the crease until his last over of the innings The ball is exhausted.
Batting first, Zimbabwe lost Craig Ervine’s duck in the second over.
Mohammad Saifuddin then forced debutant opener Joylord Gumbie (17) to catch Taskin at fine leg.
Mahedi Hasan’s next over saw Brian Bennett score 16 and skipper Sikandar Raza was out before the first ball.
Taskin also returned Sean Williams and Ryan Burr, both of whom also went for golden ducks in the third inning, pitching back-to-back pitches the rest of the way, while Saifuddin converted Luke Qiongwei sent off two penalties.
“A lot of seniors are missing and we relied heavily on them in terms of batting but they missed out,” Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza said.
“But hopefully we can recover better in the next game.”
On the 28th, Madande qualified for the stage ahead of Saifuddin, but after a review, the decision was overturned.
Chittagong will host the second match of the series on Sunday.
The series is Bangladesh’s last match ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States and West Indies.
(Information from AFP)
