Tigers triumph in first T20I

Bangladesh began their Twenty20 International (T20I) campaign against Zimbabwe on a winning note. The Tigers won their first match by four wickets with 14 balls remaining at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday night.

Brief score: Nov 13, 2015 – 1st T20I at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (day/night) Zimbabwe 131 (19.3/20 ov); Bangladesh 136/6 (17.4/20 ov). Bangladesh won by 4 wickets (with 14 balls remaining).
Earlier, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza decided to field against the visitors in the first T20 in Mirpur.
From the line-up of the third ODI, Bangladesh replaced Imrul Kayes and Arafat Sunny with Anamul Haque, who played his first international match since the World Cup, and legspinner Jubair Hossain, who made his T20 debut.
Tendai Chisoro and Neville Madziva replaced Taurai Muzarabani and Chamu Chibhabha in the Zimbabwe line-up from the third ODI.
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Anamul Haque, 3 Liton Das, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Sabbir Rahman, 7 Nasir Hossain, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza, 9 Jubair Hossain, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Al-Amin Hossain
Zimbabwe: 1 Regis Chakabva, 2 Craig Ervine, 3 Sean Williams, 4 Elton Chigumbura, 5 Malcolm Waller, 6 Sikandar Raza, 7 Graeme Cremer, 8 Tinashe Panyaganra, 9 Luke Jongwe, 10, Neville Madziva, 11 Tendai Chisoro.
- biplab