Bangladesh In Spot Of Bother Losing 3 Early Wickets

Bangladesh are in a spot of bother after losing three early wickets inside four overs after being sent in to bat first by Zimbabwe in the fifth T20I at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Opener Tanzid Hasan lost his wicket scoring only 2 runs while Soumya Sarkar got out scoring 7 and a single for Towhid Hridoy.

Earlier, Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and elected to bowl in the fifth Twenty20 international against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

The hosts, who are looking for a 5-0 series sweep, rested Taskin Ahmed and dropped Tanzim Hasan Shakib and Tanvir Islam, bringing in Mahmudullah Riyad, Mohammad Saifuddin and Mahedi Hasan.

Sean Williams replaced Richard Ngarava for Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh: Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Rishad Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman.

Zimbabwe: Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Sikandar Raza (capt), Sean Williams, Clive Madande, Ryan Burl, Johnathan Campbell, Luke Jongwe, Faraz Akram, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani.