Bangladesh cricket team defeated Zimbabwe (BAN vs ZIM) cricket team by 4 wickets in the third T20 International . With this, they won the 3-match T20 series 2-1. Zimbabwe won the first match by 32 runs. Bangladesh won the second match by 34 runs. Batting first, Zimbabwe scored 143/7. In reply, Bangladesh achieved the target by losing 6 wickets in 19.4 overs.

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first. Dion Myers top-scored for Zimbabwe with 73 runs. Brian Bennett scored 47 runs while Mohammad Saifuddin took two wickets for Bangladesh. In reply, Bangladesh had no trouble achieving the target, with Tanzid Hasan Tamim top-scoring for the team with 66 runs. Meanwhile, Parvez Hussain (24) and Tauheed Hridoy (24) played crucial innings.

Sikandar Raza creates history in this clash

Sikandar Raza has now become the player who has played the most international matches for Zimbabwe. He broke the record of Hamilton Masakadza, who played 313 international matches for Zimbabwe. Brendan Taylor is third on this list with 303 matches. Grant Flower, who played 288 matches for Zimbabwe, is fourth on this list.

Bangladesh, without the injured Nahid Rana, limited Zimbabwe to a below-par score with a five-man attack. Taskin Ahmed proved difficult to get away and was well supported by their two other seamers, Mohammad Saifuddin and Abdul Gaffar Saqlain. Bangladesh lost the one-off Test and the ODI series on the tour before winning the last two T20Is to take the series.

Brief Scores:

Bangladesh 144 for 6 (Tanzid 66, Ngarava 2-20) beat Zimbabwe 143 for 7 (Myers 73, Saifuddin 2-35) by four wickets

Player of the Match & Series: Tanzid Hasan Tamim

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