ABOUT THE MATCH

Bangladesh is continuing its success track from the first by beating Zimbabwe in all formats. After wins in the one-off Test and all three ODIs, Bangladesh now hosts Zimbabwe in the first two T20 internationals also.

The T20I match will be played at Shere Bangla National Stadium – Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 9th.

TOSS PREDICTION

The toss winning team is expected to bat first on a good pitch and pile on a substantial total.

PITCH AND CONDITIONS

This is traditionally a high scoring pitch. At this venue, 190+ totals are posted in many events, and the highest score at this stadium is 211 runs till now. In this match, we can expect a score of around 180-190 terms.

MATCH PREVIEW

Bangladesh

  • Bangladesh had started this tour on a positive note and continue their winning streak in all the three matches.
  • Tamim Iqbal and Litton Das, shared a record opening stand in the last ODI by scoring 128 and 176 runs, respectively.
  • Mohammad Saifuddin had clinched four wickets in his 6.3 overs by leaking of 41 runs.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF BANGLADESH

Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Mohammad Naim/Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (C), Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Aminul Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam/Al-Amin Hossain

Zimbabwe

  • Zimbabwe has to struggle more with Bangladesh in this T20I match. Making his ODI debut on this tour, young all-rounder Wesley Madhevere now has a chance to make his first T20I appearances too.
  • Skipper Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza, Wesley Madhevere showed good form in the 3rd ODI with a fluent 42 and might have an important role to play.
  • Carl Mumba is the only bowler who picked three wickets in his eight overs by leaking 69 runs, and he is the single-player to take wickets.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF ZIMBABWE

Tinashe Kamunhukanwe, Regis Chakabva, Brendan Taylor, Craig Ervine, Wesley Madhevere, Sean Williams (c), Sikandar Raza, Richmond Mutumbami (wk), Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Donald Tiripano, Carl Mumba

HEAD TO HEAD

  • Overall Matches – 11
  • Bangladesh WON – 7
  • Zimbabwe WON – 4
  • Draw – 0
  • No- Result – 0

TEAM FORM IN LAST 5 MATCHES

Bangladesh – L L L L W

Zimbabwe – W W L W W

PROBABLE TOP PERFORMERS

Bangladesh – Litton Das, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Saifuddin

Zimbabwe – Sikandar Raza, Wesley Madhevere, Carl Mumba

BROADCAST DETAILS

TV channels – Star Sports, Ten Sports, PTV Sports, Gazi TV, SuperSport, Willow TV, BT Sport, Astro Cricket, OSN Sports Cricket

Live streaming – Hotstar, RabbitholeBD

Match Timings – 06:00 PM local time (12:00 AM GMT) (05:30 PM IST).

PROBABLE WINNING TEAM

Bangladesh dominated the ODI series with Zimbabwe and expected to do the same in the T20I matches too.