Sikandar RazaHis Zimbabwe team lost to Bangladesh by 105 runs in the third one-day international in Harare on Wednesday. an unbeaten 85 by Afif Hussain On coming to bat, Bangladesh were reduced to 256-9 in 50 overs. Mustafizur Rahman Then took 4-17 as Zimbabwe were all out for just 151 in 32.2 overs. The Pakistan-born Raza batted brilliantly to guide Zimbabwe to a 2-0 victory in the three-match series last weekend, playing unbeaten knocks of 135 and 117 to win two five-wicket hauls. But the 36-year-old, whose dream of becoming a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force since childhood was dashed by a vision impairment, finally met his match in an ODI. Ebadot Hussein,
With Zimbabwe facing his first ball at 17-3, Raza fell victim to an inswinging yorker that flattened the middle and off-stump. “It would have been nice to win again by scoring a lot of runs, but when I can’t do that, my mood doesn’t change,” Raza said.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to play cricket, enjoy life and be in good health for Zimbabwe. India will be here next week for three One Day Internationals and we are all looking forward to that big challenge.”
After the wicketkeeper, Raza captained Zimbabwe on Wednesday. Regis Chakabwa Standing up for the injured captain Craig Erwin During the series – a hand sprain.
Responding to the first ODI win on the tour, Afif said: “I think we played very well but we have to improve our bowling and today we did very well with the ball. We look forward to the Asia Cup later this month. We are ready and hopefully, then we will take some rest before resuming our cricket careers.”
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Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal Praising Afif said, “I thought the wicket was good again today and I thought the way Afif batted was really enjoyable.
“We were under pressure, but whenever Offif was on strike, he never looked under pressure. He batted very well.
After Raza departed, Zimbabwe headed into hiding as wickets fell cheaply till the tail-ender Richard Ngarwa And Victor Nyuchi Came together and added 68 runs for the final wicket.
Unbeaten top scorer Ngarwa scored 34 runs including a six and six fours, while Nyuchi contributed 26. Apart from Mustafizur’s four wickets, Abadot and Taijal Islam took two wickets each for the tourists.
Hossain faced 81 balls and hit two sixes and six fours as seventh-ranked Bangladesh – eight places above Zimbabwe – took some glory at the end of their six-match tour of South Africa.
opener Anamul Haque The other visiting batsman to post a half-century was the batsman, who scored a 76 off Luke Jongwe to dismiss the debutant wicket-keeper outside off-stump. clive mande, Like Afif, Anamul scored more than one run in his innings, which included four sixes and six fours.
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alert from 39 Mahmudullah: Riyadh was the other important Bangladeshi innings as they reached their lowest score in the series with 303 runs in the first ODI and 290 runs in the second. jongwe and brad evans Two wickets each for Zimbabwe, who have won nine of 11 ODIs and T20Is since starting their second stint as coach under former captain Dave Houghton in June.
Prior to the ODIs, Zimbabwe defeated Bangladesh 2–1 in a T20I series, winning a thrilling final by 10 runs. After a brief break, Zimbabwe will host India in three ODI series at Harare Sports Club from 18 August.
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