BAN VS ZIM - 1st T20I, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 2024

Bangladesh started favourites, threatened to run away with the game, let Zimbabwe come back, had to then endure two frustrating rain breaks, but they've started well and have gone 1-0 up. Zimbabwe though will believe that they can pack a punch if their batting does better in the next match. We'll be back at the same venue on Sunday for the 2nd game of the series. For now, cheers and bye..

Najmul Shanto - Everyone played well today, all the bowlers were excellent, but we can still learn from this game and come back well in the next match. Last couple of days, we trained very hard and I hope that Tanzid continues his form. It's difficult, but we can't control those things, the thing we can control is our process. Towhid showed a lot of character and I'm happy with the way Tanzid finished the innings.

Taskin Ahmed | Player of the Match - We had a great win today, great start with our bowling, did the basics well and that's why we got the reward. Each and everyone is working hard to improve, they give 110% in the training and that showed today.

Sikandar Raza - It's true (on the seniors failing), but it's a responsibility for everyone to accept that they got it wrong. A lot of seniors went missing, we depend heavily on them in batting and they missed out, but hopefully, we'll get back better in the next game. We take pride in playing aggressive cricket, Clive (Madande) and Wellington (Masakadza) did that well, it wasn't their role, but they did the job manfully. We bat until 8, Luke (Jongwe) comes in there, we have good batters, we just need 3-4 guys to come up well, good partnerships and we can get to 180-190 every game. We have floodlights back in Harare Sports Club, we're used to fielding under lights, we had a session yesterday here as well (talking about the dropped catches). If we had got Tanzid out when he was on 4, we could have had a different game today.

22:21 Local Time, 16:21 GMT, 21:51 IST: A convincing win for Bangladesh and they take a 1-0 lead in the 5-match T20I series. The match was lost for the visitors when they slipped to 41 for 7, but they did fight hard to take the game deep. Madande and Masakadza added 75 for the 8th wicket to give them some hope. Then Blessing Muzarabani struck early to give them a better chance, but the visitors will rue dropping Tanzid twice in the 4th over - those reprieves cost them dearly as the left-hander made them pay. In his debut T20I innings, Tanzid remained unbeaten on a 47-ball 67, added vital partnerships with captain Shanto and then with Towhid Hridoy to take his team home, despite two rain delays. Zimbabwe were disciplined with the ball, but the mistakes in the field meant they hardly had a chance to put any pressure on the hosts.

Jongwe to Tanzid Hasan, FOUR, short, wide and four, width on offer and Tanzid slaps it through extra-cover - Bangladesh win by 8 wickets

Jongwe to Tanzid Hasan, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, Tanzid went hard on the cut and mistimed it to the off-side

Luke Jongwe [1.0-0-10-1] is back into the attack

Muzarabani to Tanzid Hasan, 1 run, low full-toss from Muzarabani, pushed towards mid-off for a single

Muzarabani to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, almost the perfect yorker from Muzarabani - Hridoy jams his bat down and squeezes it to the off-side

Muzarabani to Towhid Hridoy, no run, slower ball outside off, Hridoy is early into the swing and miscues it to the on-side

Muzarabani to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR, edged and four, fuller length delivery outside off - Hridoy threw his hands on the drive, gets a big edge and the ball went flying past Gumbie's dive

Muzarabani to Towhid Hridoy, no run, the slower ball from Muzarabani - Hridoy threw his hands on the drive and gets an under-edge which bounces through to the keeper

Muzarabani to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR, nicely played, fuller length delivery on the pads, Hridoy gets inside the line and then whips it backward of square on the on-side, beats the two men in the deep for a boundary

Blessing Muzarabani [3.0-0-21-1] is back into the attack

Ngarava to Tanzid Hasan, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, pushed off the back-foot to cover

Ngarava to Tanzid Hasan, 2 runs, back of a length and angling into the left-hander, pulled behind square on the on-side for a couple of runs

Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, back of a length and angling across the right-hander, steered down towards third man for a single

Ngarava to Tanzid Hasan, 1 run, yorker length delivery on the pads, clipped through mid-wicket for a single

Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off, chopped wide of cover for a single