Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh T20I series 2022
1st T20I:
First T20I of the series of 3 T20I matches between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh is going to be played at the Harare Sports Club, Harare on July 30th 2022.
Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh History:
Overall:
Series:
This is going to be the seventh bilateral series between the teams. The home side never won, yet and the visiting side won 3 times. 3 series resulted in a draw.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 2 series in the span of 2 years from 2019-20 to present, in which the host won 0 times and the visiting team won both the times.
The consecutive winning streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 0 series, till date.
The longest undefeated streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 3 series from 2013 to 2019-20.
The consecutive winning streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 2 series from 2019-20 present.
The longest undefeated streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 6 series from 2006-07 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh are LLDDD.
Matches:
The teams completed 16 meetings in the shortest format of cricket, till date. The host won 5 times, whereas the opponent won 11 times.
The consecutive winning streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 2 matches from 2016 to 2019.
The longest undefeated streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 2 matches from 2016 to 2019.
The consecutive winning streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 5 matches from 2019 to 2021.
The longest undefeated streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 5 matches from 2019 to 2021.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh are LWLLL.
Zimbabwean Backyard:
Series:
This is going to be the third bilateral series between the teams. The home side won 0 times and the visiting side won 1 time. 1 series resulted in a draw.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 1 series in the span of 1 years from 2021 to present, in which the host won 0 times and the visiting team won 1 time.
The consecutive winning streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 0 series, till date.
The longest undefeated streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 1 series in 2013.
The consecutive winning streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 1 series in 2021.
The longest undefeated streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 2 series from 2013 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh are LD – – -.
Matches:
The teams completed 5 meetings in the shortest format of cricket, till date. The host won 2 times, whereas the opponent won 3 times.
The consecutive winning streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 1 match (twice) in 2013 and in 2021.
The longest undefeated streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 1 match (twice) in 2013 and in 2021.
The consecutive winning streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 2 matches from 2013 to 2021.
The longest undefeated streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 2 matches from 2013 to 2021.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh are LWLLW.
Points and Rankings:
The series is the comparison between the twelfth rank (Zimbabwe (189)) and ninth rank (Bangladesh (230)) teams. The host is 41 points behind the visitors.
The Home Team:
The team completed 109 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 33 times including a couple (2) of wins in a tied outing and lost 76 times.
In case, the team will win the series by a margin of 3, then the host will earn 7 points with a (1) position in the ranking, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 5 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will gain 0 to 2 points without any impact in the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will earn 3 to 5 points without any impact in the ranking.
Drawing the series will help the team to gain 3 points without any impact in the ranking.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe are WWWWW.
The Visiting Team:
The team completed 128 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 44 times and lost 81 times. 3 outings were called off without any result (No Result).
In case, the team will win the series by a margin of 3, then the team will earn a (1) point with a (1) position in the ranking, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose 7 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 5 points with a (1) position in the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn a (1) point with a (1) position in the ranking.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will lose 2 to 4 points with a (1) position in the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will either gain a (1) point or lose 1 to 2 points without any impact in the ranking.
Drawing the series will cause the team to lose a couple (2) of points with a (1) position in the ranking.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Bangladesh are LLLWL.
The First Outing:
The result of the match will impact the team’s points, as if the result will go in favor of the host then the home side will gain 3 points without any impact in the ranking, whereas the opponent will lose a couple (2) of points with a (1) position in the ranking. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, the visiting team will gain a (1) point without any impact in the ranking and the home team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Harare shows the weather would be pretty sunny and clear throughout the game. There will be almost no chance of rain, as the precipitation percentage would be 0%. The temperature would be between 15-23 Celsius. The wind would be between 5 – 7 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would fluctuate throughout the outing.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 15 times out of 32 played games, and the selection favored the teams, as the teams won 9 times and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WWLLW.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to field first, won 5 times and lost 12 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLLWL.
The teams never won a match after choosing to field first since 2018.
The first batting team won the match 21 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the match 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWLLW.
The home side never won an outing while chasing the target, till date.
Overall, 14 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 18 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLLW.
Home Team:
Particularly, for Zimbabwe, the team won the toss 16 times in the 29 games. The team won twice and lost 14 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWLL.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLLWL.
The foreign team has never won an encounter after choosing to field first since 2018.
Score:
The lowest defended total was 118 runs in 2021, and the highest successful chase was 194 runs in 2021.
The first innings lowest total was 99 runs in 2016 and the highest total was 229 runs in 2018. For the second innings, the lowest total was 90 runs in 2022 and the highest was 194 runs in 2021.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.29 and 22.36 is for the second innings.
T20I History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other thrice at the venue. The host won once and visitors won twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh at the venue are LWL – -.
Teams’ T20I History at Venue:
The Home Side:
The home side has a horrendous record at the venue, as the team won 4 times with 25 losses out of 29 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue are LLLLW.
The Visiting Side:
The visiting team has a very good record, as the team won twice and lost once out of 3 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Bangladesh at the venue are WLW – -.
Selected XI for both the Teams:
Zimbabwe:
The home side comes with 3 pacers and a spinner, as the team has an (1) all-rounders and a (1) batting all-rounder, both with spin.
Zimbabwe Eleven: R. Chakabva, C. Ervine, W. Madhevere, S. Williams, S. Raza, M. Shumba, R. Burl, L. Jongwe, W. Masakadza, R. Ngarava, T. Chivanga
Bangladesh:
The visiting team comes with 3 pacers and a (1) spinner, as the team has an (1) all-rounder with spin.
Bangladesh Eleven: L. Das, A. Haque, N. hossain Shanto, M. Shahriar, M. Hossain, A. Hossain, N. Hasan, N. Ahmed, T. Ahmed, M. Rahman, S. Islam
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: T means tie in “last five match results”. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://twitter.com/BCBtigers/status/1553328216223657985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1553328216223657985%7Ctwgr%5E0cc791a97f23b117a147ce699c274968b1cab2e0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espncricinfo.com%2Fseries%2Fbangladesh-in-zimbabwe-2022-1323288%2Fzimbabwe-vs-bangladesh-1st-t20i-1323295%2Flive-cricket-score
