Bangladesh bowl first in 3rd T20 against Zimbabwe

DHAKA—Bangladesh will bowl in the third and final T20 against Zimbabwe, whose captain Sikandar Raza decided to bat first for the third time in a row after winning the toss at Harare Sports Club.

With the series locked at 1-1, the last match of the tour will be deciding one. Bangladesh won the first match by eight wickets before Zimbabwe pulled off a 23-run victory in the second match to level series.

This was so far only defeat of Bangladesh in the series after they won the one-off Test and whitewashed Zimbabwe in three-match ODI series.

Bangladesh are now eying to seal the T20 series to complete a hattrick series victory in the tour. In a bid to fulfill the aspiration, they brought up one change to the side from the second game with left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed replacing spin-allrounder Mahedi Hasan.

Zimbabwe however remained unchanged. If Zimbabwe could win the match, they will make a history as they have never won a bilateral T20I series that has involved more than one match.

Line Ups:

Bangladesh: Naim Sheikh, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar,  Mahmudullah (captain), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wicket-keeper), Nasum Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoriful Islam, Shamim Patwari, Taskin Ahmed.

Zimbabwe: Regis Chakabva (wicket-keeper), Tadiwanashe Marumani, Milton Shumba,  Dion Myers, Wessley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza (captain), Ryan Burl, Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara.BSS