ZIM VS BAN - 2nd T20I, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe, 2021

Bangladesh lose their first match of the tour. Zimbabwe outclassed their opponents in all three facets of the game and this series heads to a decider on Sunday. See you there; until then, goodbye..

Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe captain: There were a lot of good things we achieved yesterday but couldn't tick more boxes. Today we managed to tick a lot more boxes and result went our way. I would have taken 166. We back ourselves to defend totals. Blessing and everyone deserve the credit. The way Blessing has shown his skills speaks volume about how he's growing as a cricketer. He listened to the team plan.

Wesley Madhevere | Player of the Match: All credit goes to the boys, everyone kept on giving me positive ideas, came out nicely. The wicket was on the slower side. Credit goes to the Bangladesh bowlers, they bowled well but it all came out well in the end. I am opening in the T20s, I am looking to build on that, but yeah, I am liking it there.

Mahmudullah | Bangladesh captain: I thought we would have chased it, losing wickets cost us the game. We didn't have good partnerships. We missed few chances in the field and that allowed them to post a good total. We needed a big partnership, but we couldn't get one. We need to look at those areas and come back strongly. Shoriful has been bowling really well. Bowlers tries their hearts out, the fielders need to support.

16:06 Local Time, 14:06 GMT, 19:36 IST: Brilliant performance from the home team after being humbled in the first T20I yesterday. Blessing Muzarabani, who's been Zimbabwe's best bowler across formats, accounted for both the Bangladesh openers off his first over. Just when a partnership was starting to build, Wellington Masakadaza punctured Bangladesh's chase as he struck thrice within a span of seven deliveries. From 45/2, the visitors slipped to 53/5. Four of the top five Bangladeshi batsmen perished playing aerial strokes. The 20-year-old debutant - Shamim Hossain - played a little cameo (29 off 13) but that only delayed the inevitable. Earlier, Madhevere's half-century and Burl's cameo powered Zimbabwe to 166. Although it was a par score, their bowlers and fielders were very disciplined to choke their opponents. Stay tuned, presentations coming up in a bit..

Luke Jongwe to Taskin Ahmed, out Caught by W Masakadza!! Bangladesh have been bundled out! Taskin Ahmed fetches this short of length ball from outside off and heaves it straight down long-on's throat. You can't keep Wellington Masakadza out of action! Zimbabwe win by 23 runs and keep the series alive. Taskin Ahmed c W Masakadza b Luke Jongwe 5(8)

Luke Jongwe to Taskin Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Luke Jongwe to Taskin Ahmed, no run, shortish away-slanter, Taskin Ahmed swings and misses as the ball scoots under his bat. A muted appeal for caught-behind from Jongwe..

Luke Jongwe to Taskin Ahmed, 2 runs, clears his front leg for a mighty hoick and ends up sending downtown. The batsmen decide to come back for the second. Masakadaza goes to the keeper's end and Marumani is quick to break the stumps. Has Taskin Ahmed made his ground? He might have just planted his bat inside the line. Yup, the third umpire rules it in favour of the batsman

Shoriful Islam, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Luke Jongwe to Saifuddin, out Caught by Raza!! In the air and taken! Back of a length, Saifuddin loses his shape as he goes too hard on the heave/pull. Skies it up in the air off the top edge and Raza comes in from long-off to gobble that up. Saifuddin c Raza b Luke Jongwe 19(15) [4s-1 6s-1]

Luke Jongwe to Saifuddin, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Luke Jongwe to Saifuddin, FOUR, dug in short, Saifuddin pulls and gets a fat top edge that goes over the keeper and fine of short third man

Luke Jongwe to Saifuddin, wide, starts with a wide-and-full ball. On the tramline

Luke Jongwe [3.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack

Equation: 31 runs | 6 balls

Muzarabani to Saifuddin, 1 run, slower ball, Saifuddin moves leg-side and guides it to deep point. Brilliant stuff from Muzarabani - 4-0-21-2

Muzarabani to Saifuddin, no run, shimmies down the track and gets undone by the pacy back of a length ball. Looks to pull and misses as the ball bounces over his blade

Muzarabani to Saifuddin, 2 runs, slower ball, in the slot, Saifuddin is early to swing his bat and inside-edges it to deep backward square leg

Muzarabani to Taskin Ahmed, 1 run, short of length, stays leg-side of the ball to poke it to cover