Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in 6th T 20 played in 2009

Zimbabwe was scheduled to play a 7 Match T 20 International series in Bangladesh in 2009. 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 9 and 8. The 6th T 20 international match was to be played on Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Zimbabwe won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 6th T 20 international match: Tatenda Taibu (wk), Elton Chigumbura, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Tawanda Mupariwa, Ed Rainsford, Prosper Utseya (c), Hamilton Masakadza, Keith Dabengwa, Sean Williams, Ray Price, Malcolm Waller

And Bangladesh team and 11 was looking like this in this 6th T 20 international Match: Mohammad Ashraful (c), Nazmul Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah Riad, Naeem Islam, Rubel Hossain, Raqibul Hasan

Bangladesh batted well and was able to post total of 165 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of M rahim who made 60 runs in 70 balls with 2 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 85 runs in 100 balls and S A hasan who made 30 runs in 20 balls with 1 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 150 runs in 100 balls.

Zimbabwe was needed to score 166 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Zimbabwe batted well but was unable to chase the target of 166 runs and was only able to make 160 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and lost the game by 5 runs and with top contributions from Hamilton M who made 40 runs in 30 balls with 2 4’s and 1 sixes at the strike rate of 133 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh won the match by 5 runs and series stands at 5-1 in favor of Bangladesh with 1 more game to play.

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