Bangladesh managed to win the ODI series as well by beating Zimbabwe the third ODI by 124 runs on Wednesday. This is their biggest win over Zimbabwe.
Losing the toss, Bangladesh batted first and they batted quite well. Much less mistakes made by their batsmen on the day and there was no batting collapse. Opening pair once again put on a century stand; first time a Bangladeshi pair has managed to do so in back to back matches. Then their middle order batsmen batted with good sense. The result is their seventh highest ODI team total of 297 for 7. Bangladeshi batsmen batted with lot of maturity. They took singles and waited for the loose balls, no loose strokes in that Bangladeshi innings.
But there are some individual mistakes; another run out of Tamim and another missed chance of scoring a century by Anamul. Anamul top scored with 95, while Tamim and Sakib both scored 40. Zimbabwe bowlers did their best to keep the score under 300. But they could not do anything when they came to chase that score.
It was an unplanned run chase and they never looked confident and kept loosing wickets. Captain Elton Chigumbura top scored with 53 not out. Mashrafe once again made a good start with the new ball. He took 2 wickets. Most of the bowlers used took wickets and they were economical as well. Arafat Sunny once again took 4 wickets. Fourth match of the series will be played at the same venue on November 28.
