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Carrying forward th🐼eir momentum from a thumping 3-0 whitewash in the ODI series, hosts Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in 🔜the first T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka on Monday.
Usual suspects, Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das continued their purple patch by providing an explosive start at the top. Bef🃏ore Iqbal perished on 41, Bangladesh crossed 90 within ten overs.
Das impressed yet again with his knock of 59, which came off just 33 deliveries, scoring eight lip-sm🎃acking boundaries (5 fours, 3 sixes).
Liton Das's last five international innings:
59
176
9
126*
53Fair to say he's in some form! 🔥
— ICC (@ICC)
However, the innings belonged to Souಌmya Sarkar, who pushed th🍸e Bangladesh total to 200, with his fine unbeaten knock of 62 off just 32 deliveries.
Sarkar, scoring at a fierce strike rate🍒 of 193, hit four boundaries and five sixes during his knock. Bangladesh posted another daunting target of 201 in front of the hapless Zimbabwe line-up.
Soumya Sarkar hit three🌠 sixes in the last over to finish on a T20I-best of 62* from 32 balls 🔥
He has carried Bangladesh to 200/3.
— ICC (@ICC)
Yet again, it was the overdependence on Sikander Raza down the order, which cost Zimbabwe the match. None of the batsmen were able to anchor the run-chase with a substa💜ntial knock.
Raza, wh𝔉o looked in a flashy form off-late, had a rare failure on ๊tour. For the bowlers, it was the lethal combination of Mustafizur Rahman and leg-spinning all-rounder Aminul Islam, who shined for Bangladesh. Both picked three wickets each during their spell.
Two in two for Aminul Islam!
The Banglades♌h bowlers are tearing through Z💝imbabwe here 🔥
— ICC (@ICC)
Tight bowling from Mohammad Saifuddin, Shia Islam, and Mehedi Hasan bottled the Zimbabwe batters under pressure. As a result, Bangladesh won the match comfortably by 💧48 runs, after bundling out Zimbabwe on 152.
One of the most graceful left-handers produced by the Tigers, Sarkar, walked away with the Man of the Match title as the hosts lead the 2-match series by ꦿ1-0.
Brief Scores
Bangladesh 200/3(20 overs) beat Zimbabwe 154/10(20 overs) by 48 runs
Soumya Sarkar 62(34), Liton Das 59(39),๊ Mustafizur Rahman 3/32, Aminuꦑl Islam 3/34
