Despite a flying start, Bangladesh could not post a big total due to a sudden collapse in the second half of the innings against Zimbabwe in the fourth game of the five-match T20 series on Friday at Shere Bangla National Stadium.
From 100/0 after 11 overs, the hosts were bowled out for 143 runs in 19.5 overs, means they lost 10 wickets within the next 43 runs and 8.5 overs.
Being asked to bat, two openers Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Soumya Sarkar provided Bangladesh with a flying start putting 101 runs on the board together.However, the collapse began once the stand was broken out as Bangladeshi batters followed the come-and-go policy.
Apart from Tanzid's 52 and Soumya's 41, no batters could stand before the Zimbabwean bowlers to carry the innings long, losing all wickets in 143 runs.
Luke Jongwe was the pick of the bowlers from Zimbabwe picking three wickets while Richard Ngarava and Brian Bennett got two wickets apiece.
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