Bangladesh have given Zimbabwe a good target of 151 runs in their third match of the Super 12 on Sunday (October 30) at The Gabba in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

Batting first, Bangladesh’s powerplay woe continued in the tournament as they scored only 32 runs in the 6 overs losing two important wickets of Soumya Sarkar (0) and Litton Das (14). Blessing Muzarabani was the bowler both times. Bangladesh batsmen struggled with the bounce of the Brisbane pitch.

However, another opener Najmul Hossain Shanto and captain Shakib Al Hasan tackled the initial blow and built up the innings cautiously. They put on a 54-run partnership for the third wicket and ease up the pressure on the team.

Though Shakib was dismissed for23 runs from 20 balls, Shanto picked up his first T20I half-century. He also opened his hand after the half-century and started to attack the Zimbabwean bowlers. After hitting the fifty from 45 balls, he took 21 runs from the next 9 balls before he got out by Sikandar Raza scoring 71 runs from 55 balls. His innings consisted of 7 fours and a six.

However, Afif Hossain finished off with a beautiful innings of 29 runs from 19 balls which gave Bangladesh a fighting total of runs. The most notable part was Bangladesh scored 87 runs in the last 10 overs which was some improvement from the team.

Muzarabani and Richard Ngarava took two wickets each for Zimbabwe. Raza and Williams had one.