Rattled after suffering a loss at the hands of Afghanistan, the hosts Bangladesh would come out to make amends in the fourth game of the T20I series against Zimbabwe.
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Wednesday, 18 September; 6:00 PM IST
Head to Head (Last five T20Is)
Bangladesh – 3, Zimbabwe – 3
Bangladesh Team News:
Bangladesh have made wholesome changes to their squad for the last two games, drafting in Najmul Hossain, Aminul Islam, Mohammad Naim, Rubel Hossain and Shafiul Islam.
Soumya Sarkar, Mahedi Hasan, Abu Hider and Yeasin Arafat have been dropped.
Liton Das replaced Sabbir Rahman in this match.
BAN Playing 11 (Confirmed): Najmul Hossain, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Afif Hossain, Aminul Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Zimbabwe Team News:
ZIM Playing 11 (Confirmed): Brendan Taylor (wk), Hamilton Masakadza (capt), Richmond Mutumbami, Sean Williams, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva, Neville Madziva, Kyle Jarvis, Ainsley Ndlovu, Chris Mpofu
WK: B Taylor, M Rahim
Batsmen: Liton Das, Mahmudullah, A Hossain
All-rounders: Burl, Williams, Shakib
Bowlers: Richmond Mutumbami, Saifuddin, Kyle Jarvis
Captain options – Shakib Al Hasan, Sean Williams
Key players for 4th match Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe,
Shakib Al Hasan – 1487 runs, 90 wickets
Mahmudullah – 1309 runs
Mushfiqur Rahim – 1143 runs
Mustafizur Rahman – 49 wickets
Sean Williams – 668 runs, 25 wickets
Kyle Jarvis – 24 wickets
Tendai Chatara – 22 wickets
Hamilton Masakadza – 1566 runs
Brendon Taylor – 799 runs
Who will win
Bangladesh would be hurting after losing out to Afghanistan in the last outing of the competition and would now look to make the most out of familiar conditions and their experience to record a win. Likely winner: Bangladesh
Captains speak
“The last two games, we haven’t executed in the back end, but the boys are working really hard. The only positive thing coming out [from their match against Afghanistan], was how we batted towards the end and how the spinners bowled in the middle overs”
Hamilton Masakadza, Zimbabwe captain
“We wanted to be positive, we wanted to get a good start [against Afghanistan]. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen and we struggled big time. We gave them a lot of extras, we need to overcome these small hurdles.”
Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh captain