1st T20I: Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar assist Bangladesh gun down 153 vs Zimbabwe after Mustafizur heroics

Chasing 153 for victory, Bangladesh rode on very good half-centuries from Mohammad Naim and Soumya Sarkar to gun down the goal with 7 balls to spare and win the primary T20I in opposition to Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday. Soumya Sarkar and Mohammad Naim added 102 runs for the primary wicket in Bangladesh’s run chase (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSBangladesh (153 for two) beat Zimbabwe (152) by 8 wickets within the 1st T20ISoumya Sarkar was adjudged Player of the Match for scoring 50 and taking a wicketThe second match of the 3-T20I sequence can be performed on the similar venue – Harare Sports Club – on July 23Bangladesh produced a scientific efficiency with bat and ball to register a cushty 8-wicket win over Zimbabwe within the first T20 worldwide in Harare to take a 1-0 sequence lead on Thursday.

Chasing 153 for victory, Bangladesh rode on very good half-centuries from Mohammad Naim and Soumya Sarkar to gun down the goal with 7 balls to spare.Naim and Sarkar gave the guests an outstanding begin and laid the proper platform for the chase by including 102 runs for the opening wicket in simply 13 overs earlier than the latter departed for 50.Naim ended up with 63 not out off 51 balls with six fours to top-score for Bangladesh whereas captain Mahmudullah and wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan made 15 and 16 not out, respectively.None of the Zimbabwe bowlers managed to choose a wicket as each Sarkar and Mahmudullah’s innings led to run-outs.”The situation was like that [to hit from first ball]. We wanted to show intent, and credit goes to our top-order batters. The bowlers also came back nicely after the first ten overs. Last seven or eight games [here] have been won by the chasing team… and we wanted to use our batting depth. The openers used their opportunity well,” Mahmudullah mentioned after the sport.Bangladesh had earlier bowled out Zimbabwe for 152 in 19 overs due to some excellent bowling by Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin and Shoriful Islam after the hosts gained the toss and elected to bat first on the Harare Sports Club.Mustafizur bagged 3 for 31, Saifuddin and Islam picked up a pair whereas Shakib Al Hasan and Soumya Sarkar contributed with a wicket every for the visiting aspect.Zimbabwe’s Regis Chakabva top-scored with 43 runs whereas Dion Myers and Wessley Madhevere made 35 and 23 respectively however the remainder failed miserably with the bat which led to their downfall.”We were looking at 170-plus. I think the middle order and the lower-middle order didn’t fire. I myself take that responsibility as well. Not batting that last over was criminal. But there were a lot of positives we achieved today.”We got here out of the powerplay all proper [with the ball]… But these are the challenges you tackle. Tomorrow hopefully the brand new ball comes out proper,” Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza mentioned.The second match of the 3-T20I sequence can be performed on the similar venue on July 23.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.