Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto shows satisfaction after the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. Despite losing the last match of the series on Sunday (May 12), Bangladesh win the series by 4-0.

Shanto says the experiments have been done successfully throughout the series. The places where they wanted to see the result, they saw it thoroughly. The captain of Bangladesh praises Rishad Hossain. He praises Mahedi Hasan and Tanvir Islam as well.

Rishad took 5 wickets in the series in 5 matches, Mahedi got 3 wickets in 3 matches and Tanvir Islam picked up 1 wicket in 2 matches. Rishad took all the important wickets in the middle-overs including Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza two times and youngster Clive Madande two times. Mahedi Hasan also bowled very well with 6.19 economy.

Shanto also mentioned that from top-order to middle-order all contributed to team’s win throughout the series despite the wickets were not batter-friendly. Openers- Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Soumya Sarkar won the match for the team in fourth T20I with 101-run partnership. Jaker Ali today played a cameo innings of 24 runs off just 11 balls in the fifth T20I. Bangladesh also won close matches (third and fourth T20I by 9 runs and 5 runs, respectively).

“I think it's been a very good series. Winning the series definitely boosts confidence. I would say the place of satisfaction is the experiments we had, the things we had to see... We won close matches. The top-order made a very good start in a match. Today the middle-order got a chance to bat. Rishad bowled well throughout the series. There are many positive aspects to this. We got pretty close to what we hoped for,” Shanto said.

“The spinners bowled very well. Rishad did good. Mahedi also did well, he was given a break in the middle and Tanvir played in two matches, he also did well. These things were good. Jaker's innings today and in between… there were few places where we were able to get close. But there is definitely room for improvement. The players are confident. The wicket was not batting friendly throughout the series. The batters tried to play well on that wicket.”