ZIM VS BAN - 3rd ODI, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe, 2022

The trophy has been handed to the Zimbabwean captain - Chakabva, and Raza also joins him to strike a pose as he was the captain today. The Zimbabwean players pop a champagne and celebrate next to the 'Champions' banner. That brings an end to our coverage for today and Bangladesh will be happy as they leave Zimbabwe with a win. Zimbabwe's next assignment is the limited-over series against India which will be at this venue itself. They were pretty competitive against Bangladesh, but will they be able to put up an equally good show against India? We shall find that out in a few weeks. For now, it's a goodbye from our side. See you and take care!

Chakabva: We wanted to play positive cricket and win the series. Raza had good partnerships with the bat and we bowled well too. We have been always talking about having a positive attitude. We came out into the ODIs from the T20Is with the same kind of attitude. We do have few injuries in the camp, hopefully the boys will come along nicely (before the series against India).

Tamim Iqbal: At one point I thought they were struggling. The way Afif batted, it was pleasing to see. He was timing the ball well, he batted extremely well. When you have lost games scoring 300, 250 looks like 200. Luckily we got the five wickets early, and that was good for us. We have been carrying him (Ebadot Hossain) for a long time, I was surprised he wasn't included in the playing XI. Luckily he was available for this last game, and he delivered.

Sikandar Raza, Player of the Series: It would have been nice to win the game again. But I didn't get the runs, I'll work hard and look forward to the next series. A lot of work is done in the nets, I keep my emotions in check. I try to plan and play according to the opposition. For me it's all about training. It has been not easy as we missed the big guns in the dressing room. Ngarava bowled well, Jongwe too. There are a lot of good things happening in the dressing room. This result wouldn't have been possible without the love and support of the crowd.

Afif Hossain, Player of the Match: It's nice to be on the winning side, obviously. I think we played really well, but we need to improve our bowling. Will rest and be back for the Asia Cup soon.

15:58 Local Time, 13:58 GMT, 19:28 IST: A comfortable win for Bangladesh who have thumped Zimbabwe by a big margin of 105 runs, but the series ends with a scoreline of 2-1 in favour of Zimbabwe. Not a great batting performance by the hosts who were outclassed by the opposition bowlers. Their top five batters, all of them departed early as four of them couldn't even reach double-digit scores. Ebadot Hossain was impressive on his ODI debut, whereas Mustafizur was the pick of the bowlers with a four-wicket haul. Nyauchi and Ngarava entertained the Zimbabwean fans with their record 10th wicket partnership (ODIs), but that was never going to be enough. All in all, an entertaining contest, but out of the two teams, Bangladesh were the better side today. Raza got a couple of centuries earlier in the series, but it wasn't his day. Stay tuned for the toss and teams..

Mustafizur to Nyauchi, out Bowled!! Game. Set. Match! Mustafizur finishes off with a four-wicket haul. A slower delivery at the sticks, and Nyauchi swings and misses. The stumps have been rattled and Bangladesh look relieved having finally broken this last wicket partnership. Handshakes between the players as Bangladesh finish their tour on a high. Nyauchi b Mustafizur 26(31) [4s-3 6s-1]

Mustafizur to Nyauchi, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Mustafizur to Nyauchi, no run, yorker length ball on leg, Nyauchi tries to squeeze it out, but misses

Ebadot Hossain to Ngarava, no run, shimmies down the wicket to play this one, but Ebadot Hossain is smart enough to fire it well outside off, out of the batter's reach

Ebadot Hossain to Nyauchi, 1 run, walks down the wicket, throws his hands at this widish delivery, gets it off the cue end to third man

Ebadot Hossain to Nyauchi, no run, back of a length outside off, steers it to point

Ebadot Hossain to Ngarava, 1 run, dropped by Rahim! Gets an outside edge as he tries to reach out for this widish delivery and gets an outside edge that has been put down by the keeper who was diving to his left

Ebadot Hossain to Ngarava, FOUR, short ball by Ebadot Hossain and the batter has swung it away through backward square leg for four more

Ebadot Hossain to Nyauchi, 1 run, walks down the wicket and slaps it through cover for a single

Drinks are on the field now. Proving to be a frustrating 10th wicket partnership this for Bangladesh. Wicket off a no ball, caught behind not given. They'll need some drinks to calm themselves down.

Mustafizur to Ngarava, no run, a loud caught behind appeal has been turned down! All the fielders look convinced, but the umpire wasn't. Tamim is disappointed and so are his team mates. Was a short and quick ball around off, the batter tried to hook it away, but ended up getting a feather to Rahim. The umpire didn't pick that noise, so Ngarava survives

Mustafizur to Ngarava, no run, short one outside off, mistimed slap to cover by the batter

Mustafizur to Ngarava, no run, short one outside off, left alone by Ngarava

Mustafizur to Ngarava, no run, short and slow outside off, Ngarava attempts a cut, but gets beaten due to the lack of pace and lack of bounce