BAN vs ZIM 3rd T20, ZIM vs BAN 2024

 

 

Pre-Match Pitch Report- Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram tends to provide pacer friendly wicket. Pacers have taken 72% of the wickets here in the recent past. Average first innings score here is 148 and that drops to 127 in the second innings. 

Players to Watch Out for Today-

Bangladesh-

Tanzid Hasan
Towhid Hridoy
Mahmudullah Riyad
Taskin Ahmed

Zimbabwe-

Craig Ervine
Jonathan Campbell
Brian Bennet
Richard Ngarava

13:30 IST and 14:00 Local Time | After registering consecutive victories in the opening two games of the five-match T20I series, Bangladesh is all set to take on Zimbabwe for the 3rd T20I here at Chattogram to ensure a series victory.

I am Saptak Sanyal and I will soon be joined by my co-commentators Ayan Chatterjee and Pritam Dey and our scorers/analysts Vishnu Verma and Raju Khariya to take you through all the live actions of this match.

Bangladesh (Probable XI): Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain

Zimbabwe (Probable XI): Joylord Gumbie (wk), Craig Ervine, Tadiwanashe Marumani/Sean Williams, Johnathan Campbell, Brian Bennet, Sikandar Raza (c), Clive Madande, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Ainsley Ndlovu

Head-to-Head Record

22 - Matches Played
15 - Bangladesh Won
7 - Zimbabwe Won

Team News

Zimbabwe: Wellington Masakadza, who was hit on the head in the series opener, is being closely monitored.

Preview by Ajay Pal Singh

After two clinical wins, Bangladesh would look to seal the five-match T20I series when they face Zimbabwe at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday (May 7).

After being put in to bat, the visitors once again suffered a top-order collapse as they were reduced to 36 for four inside the first 10 overs. The big names in the Zimbabwe squad, skipper Sikandar Raza and Craig Ervine failed to leave any impact with the bat. Raza, after being dismissed for a duck in the series opener, was dismissed for three runs while Ervine too played a loose shot after getting a start and added to the troubles of Zimbabwe.

Debutant Johnathan Campbell, son of former Zimbabwe international Alistair Campbell, top-scored for his side, with a knock of 45 off just 24 deliveries. Brian Bennet remained unbeaten on 44 off 29 to help the visitors reach 138 for seven in their allotted 20 overs.

In reply, Litton Das and Tanzid Hasan got the team off to a solid start, stitching a partnership of 41 runs. Zimbabwe took two quick wickets but Towhid Hridoy (37* off 25) and Mahmudullah (26* off 16) made sure that the hosts got over the line and took 2-0 lead in the series.

The third T20I will be the last one in Chattogram as the teams will move to Dhaka for the final two games of the series. Zimbabwe need to win to stay alive in the series while Bangladesh would be keen to take an assailable lead before the action shifts to Dhaka.

Can they stage a comeback? To find out, join us at 1:30 PM IST and 2 PM Local Time on Tuesday.

Match Timings: 2:30 PM IST and 3 PM Local Time

Bangladesh Squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Afif Hossain, Tanvir Islam, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Zimbabwe Squad: Sikandar Raza (c), Joylord Gumbie (wk), Craig Ervine, Brian Bennet, Sean Williams, Clive Madande (wk), Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Ainsley Ndlovu, Johnathan Campbell, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Faraz Akram