Bangladesh defeats Zimbabwe by 68 runs in 2nd ODI
DHAKA, Nov. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Arafat Sunny took four wickets while Mashrafe Mortaza grabbed three wickets to steer Bangladesh to a 68-run victory over Zimbabwe in the 2nd of the five-match one day international or ODI cricket series on Sunday.
Tigers (Bangladesh) set a target of 251 runs losing 7 wickets at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
Captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and chose to bat first.
Riding on 80 runs from Anamul Haque and 76 runs from Tamim Iqbal, the hosts set the fighting target in which Mominul Huq and Mushfiqur Rahim contributed 33 runs and 27 runs respectively.
T Panyangara and T Kamungozi took two wickets each.
Zimbabwe’s SF Mire scored highest 50 runs while E Chigumbura made 38 runs.
Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by 87 runs in the 1st ODI on Friday.
The hosts had earlier completed 3-0 Test whitewash over the visitors.