Zimbabwe Whitewash 5-0

Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by 6 wickets in the final ODI of the five-match series to complete a consecutive whitewash in the tournament at Mirpur Monday.

Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by 6 wickets in the final ODI of the five-match series to complete a consecutive whitewash in the tournament at Mirpur today.

This was the second time Bangladesh whitewashed Zimbabwe in an ODI series and the fourth clean sweep in Tigers’ history. Bangladesh previously whitewashed Zimbabwe back in 2006.

Choosing to bat first today, Zimbabwe started on a high before stumbling upon spin and folding to 128 runs. Jubair and Shakib clipped two wickets each and reined the run rate.

Taijul Islam got a hat-trick on debut. He ended the day with a four-wicket haul.

This was by far the lowest total for Zimbabwe among the five ODIs despite the pitch at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium being a batting track.

In reply to the chase of 129, Bangladesh lost four early wickets with poor contributions from Tamim Iqbal, 10, Anamul Haque, 8, debutant Soumya Sarkar, 20, Shakib Al Hasan, 0 and Mushfiqur Rahim, 11.
Chatara claimed three wickets while Panyangara took two.

In the Zimbabwe innings, they were decimated by Bangladesh spinners to fold for 128 runs.

Debutant Taijul Islam picked four wickets, including a hat-trick, to devastate Zimbabwe’s middle order. Shakib Al Hasan claimed three wickets and Jubair Hossain two.

Taijul became the first bowler to get a hat-trick on debut in an ODI.

Zimbabwe cruised to start their innings despite the early breakthrough by Mashrafe Mortaza. Masakadza hammered his way to a 50.

The scoring rate was beyond 5.5 runs an over before the spinners were brought on and Jubair and Shakib clipped two wickets each and reined the run rate.

This was by far the lowest total for Zimbabwe among the five ODIs despite the pitch at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium being a batting track.

The home side is at the verge of a 5-0 whitewash in the series in succession to the 3-0 sweep in the Test series against the visiting Zimbabwe.