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That brings us to the close of the second T20I match of the 5-match series with Bangladesh securing a 2-0 lead. The next match is in a couple of days time, we will be there to bring you all the action. For now, this is Sourabh and Bidipto taking your leave. You can switch tabs and follow the IPL match between LSG and KKR being covered live at Sportskeeda.
Najmul Hossain Shanto (Bangladesh Captain) - First of all, all the bowlers bowled really well. We can't control the rain, it is not easy for the batters but we have to manage all those things. There are a lot of areas where we can improve. They can do well as well, they batted well in the middle overs. But, the bowlers bowled really well. The way Litton and Tanzid batted, it helped our team, the 40-odd runs and then finished by Towhid and Mahmudullah. The next match will be a day one, we will have to prepare accordingly.
Towhid Hridoy (Player of the Match, 37* off 25 balls): All I thought was to finish the game in the best way possible, according to the situation. It definitely felt great that I was there when we got over the line! These are the knocks that give me a lot of confidence!
Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe captain): I think we definitely let ourselves down with the bat, we didn't score runs up front, left it too late and lost wickets along the way. I must say that both Brian Bennett and Johnathan Campbell played really, really well! But, we have to do better with bat in hand. In the second innings, I don't think our bowlers could have bowled any better in those conditions. Wet ball and breaks in the middle never helped, but, we have to improve as a unit for sure.
It is time for the post-match presentation!
MATCH SUMMARY
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets with 9 balls to spare
Towhid Hridoy 37*(25) | Taskin Ahmed 2/18(4) Johnathan Campbell 45(24) | Luke Jongwe 2/35(4)
Bangladesh have survived a scare led by a couple of spirited individual performance from Zimbabwe and have taken a 2-0 lead in the 5-match T20I series.
Chasing a modest 138 to win, Bangladesh were on course when openers Tanzid and Litton almost batted out the powerplay putting on 41 runs. Tanzid was dismissed and then there was a good phase for the visitors who managed to take 3 wickets in a space of 4 overs conceding just 21 runs.
We also had a few spells of rain on either side of that which broke the momentum of the batters and did not help their cause. Luke Jongwe got a couple of wickets in the 10th over and the match was right in the balance.
Jaker Ali scored a crucial 13 runs but it was really the pair of Towhid Hridoy and the experienced Mahmudullah who took charge of the proceedings and saw their team home with an unbeaten 49* run partnership.
For Zimbabwe, it was their batting which let them down again, specially their top order. They could not get any runs today as well and struggled for any kind of fluency in their innings as they managed just 38 in the first 10 overs. It was a refreshing and a much needed partnership between debutant Johnathan and Bennett who scored crucial 40s and took Zimbabwe to respectability.
The Bangladesh bowlers shared the wickets among them with Taskin Ahmed and Rishad Hossain taking 2 each.
18.3 Blessing Muzarabani to Mahmudullah, AND THAT DOES IT! MAHMUDULLAH FINISHES IT OFF WITH A BOUNDARY! Full around off-stump. Driven away off the front foot through the covers from the slight forward press for a lovely boundary!
18.2 Blessing Muzarabani to Mahmudullah, good length ball around off-stump. Toe-ended back to the bowler from the crease on this occasion for no run. The umpires have taken it upstairs for a run out case. Oh wait, it is a review for a return catch! It is a fair delivery. But the replays clearly show that the ball hit the ground first before hitting the pads and blooming up to the bowler. So, Mahmudullah is not out.
18.1 Blessing Muzarabani to Mahmudullah, full and away from the hitting arc outside off-stump. Mahmudullah stepped back to make room and carve it away but this was wide enough so that he couldn't lay a bat on that!
18.1 Blessing Muzarabani to Mahmudullah, over the wicket, short and WIDE over the head of the batter here! This will have to be reloaded and the scores are level!
Blessing Muzarabani [3.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack
Bangladesh are almost home now, just the formalities remaining. This has been a brilliant partnership from two of the better batters of Bangladesh and they are about to take their team past the finishing line
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137/4score
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Towhid Hridoy*
37(25)
Mahmudullah
22(13)
Richard Ngarava
1/32
17.6 Richard Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, short around off-stump. Pulled away to mid-wicket off the back foot but the gap is not found here. No run.
17.5 Richard Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, SIX MORE! HRIDOY WITH A MATCH-WINNING SHOT! Full and slow on leg-stump. Hoicked away from way deep in the crease over deep backward square-leg for a maximum!
17.4 Richard Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, full toss outside off-stump. Hridoy steps out and misses the punch through cover on this occasion. Dot ball.
17.3 Richard Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, good length slower ball bowled wide of off-stump. Slashed away to deep backward point off the back foot for a couple more runs.
17.2 Richard Ngarava to Mahmudullah, good length slower ball around off-stump. Stroked off the back foot to the deep cover point area for a single.
103-METER HIT from Mahmudullah, monstrous!
17.1 Richard Ngarava to Mahmudullah, over the wicket, SIX RUNS! THIS HAS KIND OF SEALED IT FOR BANGLADESH! Short on leg-and-middle. Clobbered off the back foot well over deep square-leg for a maximum! That went 103 m away! New balls please!
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Richard Ngarava
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