Sports Desk: 1 ball required 5. Mujarabani comes forward and gets stumped. Bangladesh celebrates the festival. Both teams go up. But no, Nurul Hasan Sohan caught the ball before the stump, no ball! Zimbabwe gets a free hit. This time Mujarabani could not put the ball on the bat. Bangladesh won by 3 runs in a breathtaking, thrilling and dramatic match.
16 were required in the last over. Mosaddek Hossain, who had given 27 in the previous three overs, came to the bowling. Evans returns to the boundary line with the second ball. Coming to the crease after a four off the leg bye on the third ball, Ngarava made it even easier with a six. He is stumping the next ball. In the last over full of drama, Bangladesh finally survived.
Bangladesh won the toss at Gaba and scored 150 runs for 7 wickets on Sunday. In a run chase, Zimbabwe scored 147 runs for 8 wickets. Bangladesh won against Zimbabwe after Netherlands in Super Twelve. They climbed to the second place with 4 points in three matches. In the last two matches, India and Pakistan will face each other in hopes of securing a ticket to the semi-finals.
Zimbabwe’s wicket march looked easy early on, but Williams-Bearle brought the match to a close. The drama continues to grow. Spin in the last two overs increased the fear. Captain Shakib Al Hasan bowled Mustafizur Rahman-Taskin Ahmed who were bowling brilliantly. Shaun Williams reduced the gap with two fours off Hasan Mahmud in the last two balls of the 18th over. Shakib came to bowl in the 19th over. Williams was run out with a great throw. 64 runs from 42 balls came from his bat.
Despite taking 4 wickets in the power play, Shaun Williams stood in the way. Regis Chakava took the reins of the team first. However, Taskin did not allow him to go far. Chakava was broken back by a pair of 34 runs. Then he continued to move forward with Ryan Burl. The duo completed their fifty off 39 balls. 63 runs from 43 balls from the pair. Williams’ run out essentially ended the match. Burl was unbeaten on 27 off 25 balls.
But Taskin gave a great start with the ball. Wesley sent Madhevere back for a boundary in the third ball of the innings. In the next over, Irvin returned again for 8 runs. Mostafiz, who was wicketless in the first two matches, brought back Milton Shumba (8) and Sikandar Raja (0) in great form in the last over of the power play. Bangladesh grabbed 4 wickets for 36 runs in the power play. But Williams made the match difficult by turning the corner.
Taskin took 3 wickets with 19 runs in 4 overs. Taskin won the man of the match award. Mustafiz took only 15 runs and took 2 wickets. Mosaddek took 2 wickets with 34 runs. Apart from this, Shakib was wicketless with 34 runs.
Nazmul Hossain Shanto has pulled the bat. However, the left-handed batsman delayed opening his hand after the set. The first fifty of his career was seen in 45 balls. After fifty, he scored 21 runs off 10 balls. His innings of 71 off 55 balls was studded with 7 fours and 1 six.
Shakib settled down but could not extend the innings. Williams was dismissed for 23 off 20 balls. After the quick return of Soumya Sarkar (0) and Liton Das (14), Shakib formed a pair with Shant and resisted. When Shakib got out, the 44-ball 54-run partnership was broken.
After Shakib’s dismissal, Shanto also lit up when Afif came on. 36 runs from 21 balls came from the pair of the two. Afif got out in the last ball of the innings after scoring 29 runs off 19 balls. Bangladesh can take only 30 runs in its last four overs. Afif rotates strikes on one side and drives for boundaries, but the other end remains unmoved. Mosaddek Hossain came at the end and scored 7 runs off 10 balls. Bangladesh lags behind here. Nurul Hasan Sohan was run out by scoring 1 run in 1 ball.
