- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.5 taken at deep-backward point. Bennett can only stand and watch in disbelief. It's a big boundary there, and he finds the man bang on. Nahid bowled it short and wide of off, and Bennett looked to capitalise on the width. But his powerful slash ended in the fielder's hands 90/33.3 taken at deep square leg. It's actually a pretty neat shot. He reads the length - short. He reads the line - on his hips. He looks to short-arm flick it away. The wristwork is eye-catching. But these are big boundaries. 37/18.5 pulls the short ball but finds deep midwicket, that's the longest boundary here. Myers' struggle is over. He never got going. 75/213.4 slower ball, and caught at long-off. Saifuddin lets out a roar. The change of pace works, and so does the line, which is on or just outside off. Raza looks to loft this full delivery down the ground, but doesn't get the placement right - perhaps because he was beaten by the lack of pace or because the ball was too full 116/417.2 finds the man at short fine leg. Nahid's impact continues. There's hardly any reaction from him as soon the wicket falls, though. Taskin, meanwhile, wrings his right hand in pain. Shumba decided to get across the stumps and try the scoop. The ball was ideal for it too - it was a low full toss outside off - but Shumba couldn't clear the fielder 139/517.3 Nahid will be on a hat-trick. He bowls on a length around off, and invites the tailender to go for the big shot. Musekiwa obliges, and ends up lofting it straight to long-on 139/6Extras12 (lb 4, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL170/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.5)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 3.3 ov), 2-75 (Dion Myers, 8.5 ov), 3-90 (Brian Bennett, 10.5 ov), 4-116 (Sikandar Raza, 13.4 ov), 5-139 (Milton Shumba, 17.2 ov), 6-139 (Tashinga Musekiwa, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Taskin Ahmed 4 0 22 0 5.5 12 2 0 1 0 Nasum Ahmed 3 0 32 0 10.66 7 4 1 0 0 Mahedi Hasan 4 0 41 0 10.25 7 2 3 0 0 Nahid Rana 4 0 26 4 6.5 15 5 0 1 1 Mohammad Saifuddin 4 0 35 2 8.75 7 2 1 5 0 Saif Hassan 1 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 noise as ball passes the bat and the umpire gives it. Short ball cramping the right-hander. Saif goes for the front foot pull and might have got a bottom edge through to the keeper 25/13.6 done by the short ball once again. Tanzid looks to pull a ball that is too close to his body against a bowler known for his disconcerting bounce. and he only ends up popping a catch to the keeper jogging back. Zimbabwe's quicks have been on point so far. 30/24.4 taken at mid-off. The on the up drive is a risk against a tall fast bowler. It only works when he makes a mistake. Here Muzarabani doesn't. Hits a good length looking for the top of off stump. Finds an errant shot and a wicket too. 34/39.3 slog sweep and its taken on the deep midwicket boundary. Towhid has to drag it from well outside off. Also Shumba isn't giving a lot of pace on the ball. The batter has to create it himself and doesn't do enough. 73/417.1 strikes first ball. This should be it for Bangladesh. He goes for the swat off this short delivery climbing slightly wide of off, but ends up skying the ball miles up. Evans, at extra cover, backtracks to take it with a reverse cup 130/710.3 an underarm throw, and gone!! Raza takes his time, and does it very calmly. He bowled very full and slow at Nurul, who nudged the ball from off towards midwicket. Raza went to his right, waited, and on seeing Nurul was miles away from the crease from the non-striker's end, aimed at the stumps to land another blow 78/516.4 got him!! Dropped last ball, but Mahedi doesn't last long. He got across the stumps early, and Muzarabani followed. The latter went on a fullish length and wide of off, and Mahedi ended up slicing it to mid-off 130/617.5 caught at fine leg. Another wicket for Ngarava. The short ball gets him a wicket again. He bangs this on the pitch on middle and off, and Saifuddin swivels while pulling. The ball takes off from the top edge, and is taken comfortably by Shumba 134/818.1 taken after the ball is sent up a hundred miles in the air. The man came in from deep square leg, and kept waiting and waiting, before the ball dipped on to him. Muzarabani bowled it short, and Nasum went for the pull after making room. But he got a top edge, and sent the ball way up 138/918.6 bowled him!! The off stump comes off. Muzarabani is pumped up. Zimbabwe win by 32 runs. A yorker on off, and that's too good for Nahid. The length was too full for his attempted swing of the bat, and he was nowhere close to getting a touch 138/10Extras8 (lb 2, w 6)TOTAL138 all out (19 Overs, RR: 7.26)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Saif Hassan, 3.3 ov), 2-30 (Tanzid Hasan, 3.6 ov), 3-34 (Parvez Hossain Emon, 4.4 ov), 4-73 (Towhid Hridoy, 9.3 ov), 5-78 (Nurul Hasan, 10.3 ov), 6-130 (Mahedi Hasan, 16.4 ov), 7-130 (Yasir Ali, 17.1 ov), 8-134 (Mohammad Saifuddin, 17.5 ov), 9-138 (Nasum Ahmed, 18.1 ov), 10-138 (Nahid Rana, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Sikandar Raza 4 0 33 0 8.25 8 3 1 0 0 R Ngarava 4 0 26 4 6.5 13 4 0 2 0 B Muzarabani 4 1 17 4 4.25 16 3 0 0 0 RP Burl 2 0 20 0 10 3 1 1 0 0 B Evans 3 0 22 0 7.33 6 2 0 2 0 D Myers 1 0 14 0 14 0 0 1 1 0 M Shumba 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Bangladesh , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Zimbabwe led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
12.30 start, First Session 12.30-14.00, Interval 14.00-14.20, Second Session 14.20-15.50
Match days
15 July 2026 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 1 wicket)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 87/2 in 10.0 overs (BJ Bennett 44, Sikandar Raza 7)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (76 balls), Extras 5
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (114 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 170/6 in 20.0 overs (RP Burl 30, B Evans 19)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 3 wickets)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 73/4 in 9.3 overs (Yasir Ali 21)
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 5
- Yasir Ali: 50 off 33 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (Yasir Ali 31, Mahedi Hasan 19, Ex 2)
Match Coverage
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Bangladesh have now lost their last five T20Is and need their top order to fire
Muzarabani and Ngarava overwhelm Bangladesh again
The two Zimbabwe quicks picked up four wickets each to defend a total of 170
Bangladesh get Taskin Ahmed boost as they bowl in Bulawayo
Taskin was not part of Bangladesh's squad, but got called up after an injury to Mustafizur Rahman
High-flying Zimbabwe meet under-strength Bangladesh in T20I series opener
Already without Litton, Mehidy, Taskin and Mahmud, Bangladesh will also miss the injured Mustafizur



