Sports Reporter :
Spirited Bangladesh Cricket team will face Zimbabwe Cricket team in the third Twenty20 International (T20I) match today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, the port city of the country. The match will start at 3:00pm (Bangladesh Standard Time). Private satellite sports channel T Sports will telecast the match live. Captain of Bangladesh Cricket team Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead Bangladesh Cricket team in the today’s match, while Sikandar Raza will lead Zimbabwe Cricket team in the today’s clash.
Bangladesh had an auspicious start as the Tigers thrashed Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the first T20I at the same venue on May 3.
Bangladesh retained their winning streak crushed the African side by six wickets in the second T20I at the same venue on May 5.
If Bangladesh win today’s match, the Tigers will clinch the T20I series 3-0 remaining with two T20I matches.
Before today’s match, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe faced each other in 22 T20I matches. Of them, Bangladesh recorded 15 victories, while Zimbabwe won in seven occasions.
Though Bangladesh won the first two T20I matches against Zimbabwe, but Captain of Bangladesh Cricket team Najmul Hossain Shanto failed to shine with the willow. Shanto made 21 from 24 deliveries in the first T20I and scored 16 runs from 15 balls in the second T20I.
After Sunday’s match, Najmul said, ” It was tough task for them to bat against Zimbabwe as rain interrupted the matches again and again.”
Shanto said, ” The bowlers bowled well in all the matches. We cannot control the rain. It was not easy for the batters to bat well. We have to adapt every situation. There are lot of positions where we can improve our performance.”
He said, ” Zimbabwe can bat well here. There batters batted well in the mid of the innings. But there bowlers could not bowl up to the mark.”
“Rest of the two matches among three games will be held in day time. So we have to make separate plans for the rest of the games,” he added.
