Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 8 wickets

By Agencies

Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 8 wickets in the first game of the five-match T20 series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Friday.

Bangladesh caption Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to field first.

Zimbabwe managed 125 runs with loss of all wickets. In reply, Bangladesh reached the target by two wickets in 15.2 overs.

Playing XIs

Bangladesh: Litton Das (w), Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin.

Zimbabwe: Joylord Gumbie (w), Craig Ervine, Brian Bennett, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza(c), Clive Madande, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Ryan Burl, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava.