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Bangladesh and Zimbabwe played out a heart-stopper of a game where the Tigers managed to register a win by three runs at the Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday.
Zimbabwe were struggling badly at 69/5 during the chase of 151 before Sean Williams (64), and Ryan Burl (27 no) brought their side into the contest. The duo trimmed down the equation to 26 off 12. Then, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan produced a remarkable fielding effort to run Williams out in the penultimate over, and the game turned ⛦yet again.
Mosaddek Hossain was given the task of bowling the final over, and he managed to eke out a victory. But the drama was waiting to greet both teams as the third umpire checked where Nurul Hasan collected the ball while stumping Blessing Muzarbani.
The wicketkeeper caught the white leather in front of the stumps, and it was called a no-ball. The players were called back to play that last ball, which was a free hit and an opportunity for Muzarabani to go for the full mon൩ty. However, Mosaddek kept his cool and delivered a dot to take his side finally over the finish line.
Brief Scores:
Bangladesh 150/7 (Najmul Shanto 71, Muzarabani 2/13, Richard Ngarava 2/24) beat Zimbabwe 147/8 (Williams 64, Burl 27 not out, Taskin Ahmed 3/19, Mustafizur Rehman 2/19, Mosaddek 2/34) by three runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022: Super 12
Bangladesh won by 3 runs. | | |
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers)
Last over thriller and have wo🎀n their second now. Nerves of steel from Mosaddek Hussain and brilliant from Taskin and Mustafizur 👏🏻 That throw from changed the game! Tough luck for .
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
Bangladesh winning against full-members in Men's T20 World Cup:
v WI in 2007
v ZIM in 2022Bangladesh's first win against a full-member since their first ever T20WC match.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in a last-over thriller.
Scorecard: |— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
What drama. Great game but hard luck Zimbabwe.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a match! 🥵
Bangladesh emerge victorious after a thrilling clash against Zimbabwe! | 𓂃| 📝
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup)
I think there should be a study about number of heart patients befo𝓀re and after an ICC event especially in the subcontinent 😅 Last ball thrillers making the tournament exciting though 🔥
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
🅷You just cannot write a better script for a T20 game.
Bangladesh won, player went back to dressing room then it turned as no-ball and umpire🌳s♍ called back the players then again Bangladesh won.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Bangladesh have the final Blessing!
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
That's one of the craziest finishes to a match I think I've ever seen…
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell)
— Louis Cameron (@LouisDBCameron)
Bangladesh played slightly better cricket during crucial moments. And w🦩ere tactically better or ⛎rather did simple things right.
But what a humdinger it turned out to be!
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
🇿🇼 fought hard but fell short in the end 💔 |
— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv)
Th✤is T20 World Cup has produced more thrillers than Alfred Hitchcock.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)