Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 4 wickets to take 1-0 lead

Dhaka,  13 November (CRICKETNMORE) : Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 4 wickets in first T20 Intermational at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka here. Bangladesh 1-0 up in the series

Toss : Bangladesh won the toss and opt to bowl

Venue : Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Zimbabwe Innings : Brilliant fifty from Malcolm Waller ( 68 in 31 balls) help Zimbabwe to score 131/10 in 19.3 overs. For Bangladesh Mortaza, Al-Amin, Mustafizur and Jubair picked up two wickets each.

Bangladesh Innings : Mahmudullah and Litton Das got together and lifted Bangladesh from a precarious situation with a 38-run partnership. Even though Das lost his wicket in the 16th over, Mahmudullah and the skipper, Mortaza made sure that there are no more hiccups as Bangladesh won the game by 4 wickets, with 14 balls to spare. Cremer was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors, taking 3/29. 

MoM : Malcolm Waller ( 68 in 31 balls)

Teams (Playing XI)

Bangladesh : Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das, Anamul Haque, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Jubair Hossain

Zimbabwe : Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva (wk), Elton Chigumbura (c), Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Malcolm Waller, Tendai Chisoro, Tinashe Panyangara, Neville Madziva, Luke Jongwe, Graeme Cremer