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All-round Zimbabwe down Bangladesh in 1st T20I: Report and stats
15 Jul 2026

Hosts Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh in the 1st T20I at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, on Wednesday.

Zimbabwe scored a challenging 170/6 in 20 overs with Brian Bennett (40) leading the way.

For Bangladesh, pacer Nahid Rana claimed a four-fer.

In response, Zimbabwe bowlers kept Bangladesh at bay, bowling the latter out for 138 in 19 overs.

Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani claimed four-fers.

Summary of Zimbabwe's innings
Summary

Zimbabwe were off to a decent start before losing opener Tadiwanashe Marumani in the 4th over.

A 38-run stand followed next between Bennett and Dion Myers.

Bangladesh hit back with Rana and had the hosts reeling at 139/6 at one stage.

However, an unbeaten 31-run stand between Ryan Burl and Brad Evans helped them get to 170.

How did Bangladesh's bowlers fare?
Fact

Taskin Ahmed bowled 4 overs and clocked 0/22. Nasum Ahmed managed 0/32 from 3 overs. Mahedi Hasan clocked 4 overs and his figures read 0/41. Rana was solid and managed 4/26 from 4 overs. Saif Hassan clocked 1/10 from 1 over.

Bennett becomes 3rd Zimbabwe batter with 1,900-plus T20I runs
Bennett

Bennett became the 3rd Zimbabwe batter with 1,900-plus T20I runs.

Notably, he smashed 44 off 30 balls, hitting a six and six fours.

He raced to 1,932 runs from 59 matches at 36.45. Bennett joined Sikandar Raza (3,109) and Burl (1,978) in terms of 1,900-plus runs for Zimbabwe in T20Is, as per ESPNcricinfo.

Nahid Rana bags his career-best T20 figures
Rana

Rana's figures after his first three overs read 3-0-8-4.

However, he conceded four boundaries in the 20th over. Rana ended up with figures of 4/26, his best in the shortest format.

He now has seven wickets from four T20I games at 18.85 for Bangladesh.

Overall in T20s, Rana has amassed 41 scalps from 38 games at 25.53.

He claimed his 2nd four-fer.