Bangladesh faces Zimbabwe in the T20I tri-series opener to be played on Friday, September 13, 2019. The match will be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
Live updates:
Zim: 74/5 in 12.3 overs
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field first.
The match will start at 6:30 PM BST, 12:30 PM GMT.
The tri-series also features Afghanistan, who will play their first match on September 14. There will be a total six matches between the three teams before the two best teams battle it out in the final on September 24 in Dhaka.
BAN vs ZIM 1st T20I broadcast GTV and Star Sports
Gazi TV (GTV), BTV and Maasranga TV will broadcast the match live in Bangladesh. Rabbitholebd will live stream the match in Bangladesh via their app and website. Star Sports will telecast the match live in India. Hotstar will provide online coverage of the match in the Indian subcontinent.
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Bangladesh try to get over the Afghanistan test defeat
Bangladesh won't have the services of Tamim Iqbal who is taking a leave currently. In his place, Bangladesh needs to find a suitable opening combination and it is expected Soumya Sarkar and Liton Das will do the job.
Mehidy Hasan has been dropped from the side while inexperienced players like Mahedi Hasan and Yeasin Arafat have been given a chance.
Rest of the side is the same as their previous series under the captaincy of Shakib Al Hasan.
Raza sent back home on disciplinary grounds
Sikandar Raza has been sent back home due to disciplinary reasons. The middle-order still has a lot of experienced players like Sean Williams, Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine. Led by Hamilton Masakadza, Zimbabwe will hope that they come out of the ongoing dark phase in their Cricket with strong team performance in this series.
Dhaka has experienced a lot of rainfall in the past few days and that could happen again when the two collide against each other. The pitch though is expected to be good for batting. Runs will come at a good rate if the match is played at all.