Bangladesh won the first match of the tri-series. This win is very good for Bangladesh. Because of the Test defeat, Bangladesh's players lost a lot of heart. Captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to take the ball first to win the toss. Rain stormed into the game 18 overs. Zimbabwe scored 144 for 5 in 18 overs. Ryan Burl scored 57 runs for the team, Hamilton Mascaraja scored 34, Tendent scored 27 runs. For Bangladesh, Taizul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Musaddek and Saifuddin all get one wicket each. The start of Zimbabwe has been pretty bad. They lost their wickets by just 7 runs. They lost 5 wickets only for 63 runs. No more wickets to lose after that. He scored 144 runs in the end. Bangladesh won by two balls. The start of Bangladesh is a little better, but then the batting is quite bad. If the first wicket was lost by 26 runs, no one could score as much as the next 4 wickets. Losing 4 wickets for 29 runs. Subbir and Mahmudullah could not take the team too far after that. Where everyone was thinking loser sure. It was only when Musaddek and Afif struck. Afif was only 3 runs away from the win then went out. But with the win, Musaddek on the field. Afif scored 52 off 26 balls. And Musaddek scored 24 off 30 balls. Afif was the best match.
