Rishad and Taskin bowl Bangladesh to 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe
Towhid Hridoy kept his calm and hit pressure-releasing boundaries to steer Bangladesh to a six-wicket victory in the second T20I against Zimbabwe in Chattogram. The home side chased down the target of 139 with six wickets and nine balls in hand to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.
Hridoy struck two sixes and three fours in his unbeaten 25-ball 37, adding 31 runs for the fourth wicket with Jaker Ali, and another 49 for the fifth with Mahmudullah, who struck a monstrous six in his unbeaten 26 off 16 balls.
Yet again the triumph was supported by Bangladesh's bowlers, who confined Zimbabwe for the second progressive game. Taskin Ahmed was awesome of the assault, taking 2 for 18 of every four overs, while legspinner Rishad Hossain struck two times in an over to shock Zimbabwe's center request.
Zimbabwe owed a large portion of their races to newbies Johnathan Campbell and Brian Bennett, who added 73 runs off 43 balls for the 6th wicket to save them from 42 for 5. Campbell's 45 is presently Zimbabwe's most noteworthy score on T20I debut, while Bennett scored an unbeaten 44.
Zimbabwe start gradually
The Zimbabwe top request attempted to get rolling in the powerplay. However they lost just a single wicket - Tadiwanshe Marumani stuck lbw by Taskin - they continued to stir things up around town or were late on shots. They scored just 22 runs in the initial six overs and didn't hit a limit in that frame of mind for just the second time in T20 cricket. It was likewise just the second time that Bangladesh didn't surrender a limit in the powerplay.
Joylord Gumbie at long last tracked down the limit in the seventh over yet fell in the following, holing out to mid-off for 17, the most minimal score for a Zimbabwe opener in an innings of no less than 30 balls. Rishad 's twofold strike in the 10th over was a urgent period of the game, as he disposed of Zimbabwe's commander Sikandar Raza and Clive Madande, their top-scorer from the principal T20I
Craig Ervine's mis-coordinated clear off Mahedi Hasan decreased Zimbabwe to 42 for 5 in the eleventh over and another disappointing absolute appeared to be unavoidable.
Campbell beams on debut
Johnathan Campbell, the child of previous Zimbabwe chief Alistair, gave his group something to bowl at with a lively innings on debut. He was dropped when he was on 1 - wicketkeeper Jaker Ali ran towards square-leg yet couldn't get the mis-hit off Mahedi Hasan - and proceeded to hit three sixes and four fours in his innings off 45 off 24 balls, adding 73 for the 6th wicket with Bennett.
Campbell swung Shoriful Islam for Zimbabwe's initial six in the thirteenth over and Bennett smacked Taskin over midwicket in the fifteenth. Campbell then pounded Rishad and Saifuddin for sixes in the following two overs; Bennett pummeled Shoriful straight in the eighteenth over.
After Campbell's excusal, Bennett gave Zimbabwe a solid wrap up, hitting a four and a six as they took 18 off the last finished. He completed on an unbeaten 44 off 29 balls, and Zimbabwe finished on 138 for 7.
Bangladesh goof
Bangladesh made a fair beginning in their pursuit. Litton Das, battling for runs in white-ball cricket this year, slope scooped Gift Muzarabani for a six over the wicketkeeper in the second finished. His initial accomplice Tanzid Hasan slugged Ainsley Ndlovu for his initial six in the fourth finished. However, left-arm spinner Ndlovu made the main forward leap for Zimbabwe in the 6th over when Tanzid confused a somewhat speedier conveyance to the midwicket.
Right when it seemed as though Bangladesh had the pursuit in their grip, things began to occur. Litton was dropped by Luke Jongwe off Raza on 21. Jongwe then, at that point, compensated for the error with two wickets in his following over: skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto got at long-and Litton at in reverse point for 23.
Hridoy takes care of business
Towhid and Jaker Ali steadied the pursuit prior to getting limits from the twelfth over. Jaker sent off Jongwe over midwicket for his initial six after Hridoy slapped him through point for four. Hridoy's artfulness came to the front when he gently slice Raza for four through third-man.
At the point when Richard Ngarava excused Jaker in the fourteenth over, it united Bangladesh's best finishers. With 33 required in the last four overs, Hridoy and Mahmudullah managed the pursuit by scoring 16 off the seventeenth over from Jongwe.
Mahmudullah sent off Richard Ngarava over midwicket for a 103m six, and afterward Hridoy's dispatched him over fine leg for six more to everything except end the game.