Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in 3rd 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 6^th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 3rd Dec 2010. Bangladesh holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Bangladesh won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 3rd 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 3rd ONE DAY international Match: Mohammad Ashraful, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mushfiqur 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 202 runs in 48.1 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of P Utseya who made 42 runs in 42 balls with 4 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls and T Taibu who made 30 runs in 30 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh was needed to score 203 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Bangladesh batted well and was able to chase the target of 203 runs in 43.1 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and won the game by 2 wickets in hand with top contributions from S A hasan who made 55 runs in 55 balls with 6 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh won the match by 2 wickets in hand and series stands at 2-1 in favor of Bangladesh with 2 more games to play.

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