Tigers have won easy against Zimbabwe in the inaugural match of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe tri-series Bangladesh. Mashrafe Biswas lifted the huge victory of 8 wickets in just 28.3 overs after batting with 171 runs. Tamim Iqbal's fantastic batting easily conveyed Bangladesh to victory.
Hosts captain Mashrafe sent Zimbabwe to bat in the Sher-e-Bangla stadium match on Monday. Zimbabwe collected 170 runs in all 49 overs in the controlled bowling of Rubel, Mustafiz and Shakib, and took 170 runs.
Shakib Al Hasan took two wickets in the first over of Zimbabwe's innings. He returned to Solomon Mire and Craig Ervin. Tigers captain Mashrafe put Zimbabwe under pressure after losing the team's experienced batsman Masakadza to 30 runs. Zimbabwe pauses on the pressure Brendan Taylor became the victim of Mustafizur Rahman, 51 off 51 balls and personal 24 runs. The king of Sikandar holds the flag of Tibir on the other side. Zimbabwe have been under pressure after being run out by Shakib in the 131-run knock. After 161 to 170, Zimbabwe lost the last four wickets.
Tigers took Shakib 3, Mustafiz 2 and Rubel two wickets. Sikander Raja scored 52 runs for Zimbabwe.
Tigers opening batsman Enamul Haque returned to victory in the third over of the Bangladesh innings after Sikandar Raja returned to victory. Enamul collected 19 runs in 14 balls. After Enamul's departure, Shakib came to the crease. Before LBW by Sikandar Raja, Shakib got 37 runs in 46 balls with 5 fours.
Tamim Iqbal was unbeaten after scoring an innings of 84 runs. Mushfiq also went with Tamim for 14 runs.