Bangladesh need 194 to win T20 series against Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe piled up 193 for 5 against Bangladesh in the final match of Twenty 20 International series in Harare on Sunday.

Openers Wessley Madhevere and Tadiwanashe Marumani set the tone for the hosts making a 63-run stand in the powerplay. Marumani departed after scoring 27 off 20 balls.

Regis Chakabva joined the foray making 48 off only 22 balls. He hoisted the ball out of the ground six times while Madhevere scored a brilliant 54 from 36 balls off six 4’s.

Part time bowler Soumya Sarker scalped two prized wickets of Chakabva and captain Sikandar Raza in 12th over. But Zimbabwe still managed a huge total on the board, thanks to Ryan Burl’s 31 off 15 balls.

Soumya bagged two wickets while Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin and Shoriful Islam got one each.

Earlier, Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first in series decider.

Bangladesh beat the hosts by 8 wickets in the first match while Zimbabwe beat the visitors by 23 runs in the second match.