Zimbabwe had a horrible day on the field as they missed a golden chance to beat Bangladesh in the fourth T20I of the five-match series on Friday. Bangladesh’s under-order batsman Mustafizur Rahman survived two defeats in a single delivery courtesy of Johnathan Campbell’s fumble at the non-striker’s end. The incident occurred on the second delivery of the 20th day of the Bangladesh innings. Tanvir Islam and Mustafizur were involved in a ruckus. However, Zimbabwe failed to capitalize, not once but twice.
The visitors produced some moments of imagination as Mustafizur survived twice. First, Blessing Muzarabani missed a direct hit at the striker’s end. And last but not least, Cambpell fumbled after a throw from the attacker, deflecting the ball away from the target, from close range.
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Coming back to the match, Shakib Al Hasan took 4-35 to help Bangladesh recover from a batting collapse and beat Zimbabwe by five runs.
Mustafizur Rahman scored 3-19, helping the home team eliminate Zimbabwe for 138 runs in 19.4 overs.
Responding to a modest 143, Zimbabwe lost opener Brian Bennett for a duck in the first over and were quickly reduced to 57-4.
But they remained in contention after a middle-order rally, with Johnathan Campbell and Ryan Burl in a 35-run stand.
Mustafizur forced Burl to catch Soumya Sarkar after making 19 runs, and Shakib took the wicket of Campbell for 31 to put Bangladesh on top.
Wellington Masakadza hit 19 runs from eight balls to bring Zimbabwe close, only to hit the shot in the final over when Zimbabwe needed 14.
Shakib, who was playing his first T20I in almost a year, dismissed Blessing Muzarabani and Richard Ngarava in the final over to end Zimbabwe’s innings.
Sent in to bat after Zimbabwe won the toss, Bangladesh started well as openers Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Soumya put up a 101-run stand for the first wicket.
Luke Jongwe dismissed Tanzid for 52 off 37 balls to break the opening partnership and then Soumya fell in the same position for 41.
The hosts lost the remaining eight wickets for just 35 runs to be eliminated for the first time in the series.
The hosts lead the series 4-0, with the final game on Sunday.
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