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                                       Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Tri-Series,  2018 After a see saw 2017, Bangladesh ushered in 2018 with an eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe, in the first match of the tri-series also involving Sri Lanka. After the bowlers, led by shakib al hasan and    mostafizur rahman, bowled out Zimbabwe for 170, Tamim Iqbal   struck an unbeaten 84 to wrap up the chase with 129 balls to spare. Sikandar Raza resisted with 52 off 99 balls but Zimbabwe needed a bigger score from him to challenge Bangladesh at home. Shakib took three wickets, including two in the first over of the match, while seamers Mustafizur, Rubel Hossain, and Mashrafe Mortaza picked up five wickets among them. Zimbabwe's bowlers, on the other hand, struggled with their lines and lengths in the chase. Shakib and Tamim cashed in, adding 78 runs for the second wicket, after opener Anamul Haque, who was playing his first ODI since the 2015 World Cup, holed out for 19 off 14