Bangladesh have set a 277-run target for Zimbabwe in the third and the last ODI in Mirpur on Wednesday. The Tigers have scored 276 runs losing eight wickets.
Sikandar Raza sent Imrul Kayes back to the pavilion at 73, Cremer dismissed Tamim at 73 and Liton at 17 while Waller took Mushfiqur at 28. Jongwe dismissed Sabbir at 1 and Nasir for a duck.Panyangara sent Mashrafe back to the pavilion at 16 before Mahmudullah's run out.
Earlier in the day, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has decided to bat first.This was his first time he had won the toss in this ODI series, which the home side had already clinched 2-0 after Monday's 58-run win.
Bangladesh will be keen to end their emphatic year in international cricket with a “banglawash” in the last day of the three-day ODI against Zimbabwe.
Photo: Mainoor Islam Manik / Dhaka Tribune
Despite several ups-and-downs in the previous year, the Tigers proved the critics wrong and turned their fate to bag the fifth home-series on the trot by securing the three-match ODI series on Monday.
However, heading into the last match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium the hosts are not taking things lightly as a defeat at the hands of the 10th ranked ODI nation will see them drop two valuable rating points in the rankings table.
Bangladesh currently stand 7th with 96 points and a clean sweep of the series will ensure them just one points.
Bangladesh might have won the first two games easily, but it could also be termed as the immaturity that cost the visitors.
Photo: Mainoor Islam Manik / Dhaka Tribune
In both matches Zimbabwe managed to tie the hosts from running away with the game, by taking wickets at regular intervals in the first 30 overs, but the knot loosened and the Tigers settled in as the game progressed.
Both teams remained unchanged as the visitors looked to salvage some pride in what had so far been a winless tour.
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Liton Das, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Sabbir Rahman, 7 Nasir Hossain, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Arafat Sunny, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Al-Amin Hossain
Zimbabwe: 1 Chamu Chibhabha, 2 Regis Chakbava, 3 Craig Ervine, 4 Malcolm Waller, 5 Sean Williams, 6 Sikandar Raza, 7 Elton Chigumbura (capt), 8 Luke Jongwe, 9 Graeme Cremer, 10 Tinashe Panyangara, 11 Taurai Muzarabani