A dismal outing with the bat once again marred Zimbabwe’s hope of beating Bangladesh in the one-day international as the home side secured their fifth ODI home series in a row yesterday. Bangladesh beat the visitors by 58 runs to make it 2-0 with a match remaining.
Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura blamed the batsmen for the downfall as the new-look team, without their most experienced batsman Hamilton Masakadza, lost wickets at regular intervals. Despite a 73-run stand between Chigumbura and Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe never looked comfortable in their chase.
“240 was chaseable I think with the way the wicket played. We consolidated well but unfortunately that run out after my partnership with Raza was the most important one, but the batsmen including myself gave it away,” said Chigumbura after the defeat.
The 29-year-old added, “Definitely, you can’t lose hope, we still put out the best to win and we have to comeback again and play hard and make sure we polish those mistakes from today’s (yesterday’s) game and win the (last) game.”