Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani stood tall and won the battle against the much-hyped pace unit of Bangladesh in the first Test in Sylhet.
Experience seems to have made Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque wiser, but only with his words, not with his execution on the field.
Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani remains confident that his side are ahead of Bangladesh despite the Tigers leading by 112 runs after a rain-affected Day 3 of the opening Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque said the Tigers are aiming for a 300-run target, though they would settle for a slightly lower total after bad light brought an early end to Day 3 of the first Test against Zimbabwe in Sylhet on Tuesday.
Exasperated sighs, brooding stares, and hands on hips were perhaps the common responses as people tuned into the state-run BTV channel late afternoon on Sunday.
Bangladesh’s dismal start on Day 1 of their first Test against Zimbabwe in Sylhet was perhaps best encapsulated by a fan sitting on the green banks of the picturesque Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Zimbabwe started the first Test against Bangladesh with a display of disciplined cricket, embodying the ethos instilled by their bowling coach, Charl Langeveldt.
Zimbabwe last won a Test series against Bangladesh in 2011, and their most recent Test victory over the Tigers came in 2018.
The decision arrives against the backdrop of the BCB's ongoing struggle to secure a media rights partner for the two-match series, scheduled to begin in Sylhet on April 20 before the action moves to Chattogram.
Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha insisted that his side had had a good initial preparation phase heading into the T20 World Cup next month in the USA and West Indies.
Bangladesh's pace spearhead Taskin Ahmed suffered an injury to his rib cage during the fourth game of the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe, upsetting the team's plans for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the USA and the West Indies.
Bangladesh will take on Zimbabwe in the fifth and final match of the five-match T20I series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today.
Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarker returned to the side as he replaced Liton Das at the top of the order in the fourth T2OI against Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.
A minute’s silence was observed before the fourth T20I between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday as a mark of respect for the tragic demise of Bangladesh Air Force Squadron Leader Asim Jawad in an air crash in Chattogram yesterday.
Zimbabwe need 144 runs to win.
Bangladesh have already confirmed the five-match series against Zimbabwe by winning the first three matches in a row in Chattogram.
Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed said that winning the five-match Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe did not give the team false confidence heading into the T20 World Cup, instead the two remaining fixtures should be utilised to “test new skills” they are developing.
Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed said his side does not get enough credit for winning matches when they beat ‘’small’’ sides.
After Bangladesh took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match Twenty20 International series against Zimbabwe, opener Parvez Hossain Emon and batter Afif Hossain were eventually left out of the Tigers’ squad for the last two T20Is, to be played in Dhaka, without having played a game.
