Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh: Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI Live Scores at Chittagong, Nov 21, 2014
Teams: Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe
Venu: Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Time: Match scheduled to begin at 13:30 local time (07:30 GMT)
Recent Matches results :(last five completed games, most recent first)
Bangladesh LLLLL
Zimbabwe LWLLL
Preview:
Bangladesh are currently ninth in the ODI rankings, 11 points ahead of Zimbabwe, and the only scenario in which the visitors can overtake them is if they complete an unlikely 5-0 whitewash in the series.Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah led by example the past few weeks, while Mominul Haque has continued to be consistent. Jubair Hossain showed glimpses of his legspin, which could secure his place in the team.
Match Stats
1.Zimbabwe won the last ODI series between the two sides 2-1. Overall, Bangladesh have won 7 out of 13 bilateral ODI series between the two sides.
2.Shakib Al Hasan (3,835) and Tamim Iqbal (3,824) are in a race to reach 4,000 ODI runs. They are 165 and 176 runs away from the milestone.
3.Sean Williams and Elton Chigumbura have played most ODIs for Zimbabwe this year (11), but Williams is not in the ODI squad
Teams
Bangladesh Team: Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque. Shakib Al Hasan,Mushfiqur Rahim(wk),Mahmudullah,Sabbir Rahman,Mashrafe Mortaza(c),Arafat Sunny,A A Hossain,Rubel Hossain
Zimbabwe team:V Sibanda,BRM Taylor(c),H Masakadza,E Chigumbura,Solomon Mire,RW Chakabva(wk),T Panyangara,John Nyumbu,TL Chatara,T Kamungozi,Sikandar Raza Butt