Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in 5th ODI played in series, 2010

Zimbabwe was scheduled to play a 5 Match ONE DAY International in Bangladesh in 2010. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 8 and 9. The 5th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh on 12th Dec 2010. Bangladesh holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Zimbabwe won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 5th ONE DAY international match: Tatenda Taibu (wk), Elton Chigumbura (c), Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Chris Mpofu, Keith Dabengwa, Chamu Chibhabha, Keegan Meth, Regis Chakabva, Ray Price, Craig Ervine

And Bangladesh team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th ONE DAY international Match: Mohammad Ashraful, Abdur Razzak, M Mortaza, M Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan (c), Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah, Imrul Kayes, Shafiul Islam, Suhrawadi Shuvo

Zimbabwe batted well and was able to post total of 188 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 6 wickets and with top scores of T Taibu who made 64 runs in 104 balls with 1 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 62 runs in 100 balls and C Ervine who made 46 runs in 100 balls with 1 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 46 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh was needed to score 189 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Bangladesh batted well and was able to chase the target of 189 runs in 43 over’s at the loss of 4 wickets and won the game by 6 wickets in hand with top contributions from T iqbal who made 95 runs in 96 balls with 5 4’s and 7 sixes at the strike rate of 99 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh won the match by 6 wickets in hand and series ends at 4-1 in favor of Bangladesh.

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