BAN VS ZIM - 2nd T20I, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 2024

Zimbabwe's slow starts have inevitably cost them two matches now in the series. Raza said they'll have to learn and they'll have to learn quickly. Can they come back better in the next game? That's a day match with the game starting at 3 pm. Do join us for all the action. For now, cheers and bye..

Najmul Shanto - The bowling was excellent, we can't control rain, it's not easy for the batters (to play for DLS). There are a lot of areas where we can still improve, they batted really well in the middle-overs, that's something we can work on but I'm not worried about our bowling. Tamim and Litton have given us good starts, their partnerships set us up nicely for the chase. The next match is a day match and we'll have to plan for it.

Towhid Hridoy | Player of the Match - I was just thinking as to how I could win the match all the time. I want to play according to the demands of the situation. I'm really happy that I stayed till the end and finished the match

Sikandar Raza - You couldn't said it any better (on the top-order batting), getting no boundaries in the batting PP meant we were playing catch-up cricket. Credit to the middle-order for their efforts in taking us to 138. A lot to learn and hopefully we'll learn quickly. We are grooming some youngsters with an eye on the future and those two did really well (on Campbell and Bennett). Hopefully, we'll do some soul searching and get better for the rest of the games. I don't think we could have bowled any better, the wicket got better with the two rain breaks, the ball became wet and we couldn't have done any better. We could have fielded a tad better though and they're those small things that matter a lot in the end.

21:58 Local Time, 15:58 GMT, 21:28 IST: Another match that was won in the first half. Bangladesh's bowlers kept things very quiet and had Zimbabwe in a hole at 38 for 4 at the halfway stage of their innings. It was difficult to come back from that position - Brain Bennett and Jonathan Campbell made enterprising 40s and gave their team a chance. Chasing 139, Bangladesh lost some early wickets, but with the run-rate still under control, they were always ahead of the chase. Zimbabwe did sniff a chance when rain came with them 3 runs ahead on DLS, but that spell of rain quickly abated and with it ended Zimbabwe's hopes. Towhid Hridoy remained unbeaten for the second match running and Mahmudullah batted in a carefree manner to ensure an easy win for the hosts. Luke Jongwe's two wickets in an over had given the visitors a chance, but his 17th over all but sealed the match in favour of the hosts. Back shortly for the presentations.

Muzarabani to Mahmudullah, FOUR, Bangladesh win, they go 2-0 up, fuller length delivery outside off and Mahmudullah leans into the cover drive, placing it wide of cover

Muzarabani to Mahmudullah, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Mahmudullah looks to drive and drags it off the inner half to the bowler. They're checking if it was a return catch / a bump ball? It bounced off Mahmudullah's boots, but looks like it did hit the ground first - NOT OUT is the call

Muzarabani to Mahmudullah, no run, yorker length delivery outside off, Mahmudullah had backed away and can't reach out on the drive

Muzarabani to Mahmudullah, wide, banged in short by Muzarabani - Mahmudullah sways away from the line and lets it go, too high and it's called as a wide, scores are level now

Blessing Muzarabani [3.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack

Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, no run, short and at the right-hander, Hridoy finds mid-wicket with the pull

Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, SIX, cracking shot, they're two runs away now - slower ball from Ngarava, but it's too full and it's whippedd away over deep backward square leg, almost cleared the ground once again, it's a 99m hit

Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, no run, full-toss outside off, Hridoy shimmies down the pitch and is beaten on the drive

Ngarava to Towhid Hridoy, 2 runs, another slower ball from Ngarava, width on offer and it's a one-handed swat over backward point for a couple of runs

Ngarava to Mahmudullah, 1 run, slower ball outside off, steered square on the off-side for a single

The ball bounced off the chairs and went past the compound wall, it'll not come back and will have to be replaced

Ngarava to Mahmudullah, SIX, lovely, tad too short from Ngarava - Mahmudullah picks the length early, swivels across and then hammers the pull over square leg, went soaring for a 103m six

Richard Ngarava [3.0-0-17-1] is back into the attack

Jongwe to Mahmudullah, 1 run, low full-toss outside off, dragged down to long-on for a single, 16 off the over

Jongwe to Mahmudullah, no ball, 2 runs, oh dear! A beamer and it's called as a no-ball, shovelled away to deep mid-wicket where the fielder fumbles the catch, it wouldn't have mattered though - this over is taking this game away from Zimbabwe's grasp. A free-hit for Mahmudullah