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 balls. Shakib was trapped lbw by Raza for 37, but Tamim and Mushfiqur completed the chase with an unbroken 63-run stand.

Bangladesh 171 for 2 (Tamim 84*, Shakib 37) beat Zimbabwe 170 (Raza 52, Shakib 3-43) by eight wickets.        

                                      Squads 

Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Anamul Haque Abul Hasan Mehedi Hasan Shakib Al Hasan Nasir Hossain Rubel Hossain Tamim Iqbal Sunzamul Islam Imrul Kayes Mahmudullah Mohammad Mithun Mustafizur Rahman Sabbir Rahman Mushfiqur Rahim Mohammad Saifuddin	Angelo Mathews (c) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal Akila Dananjaya Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Asela Gunaratne Danushka Gunathilaka Wanindu Hasaranga Suranga Lakmal Shehan Madushanka Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Nuwan Pradeep Lakshan Sandakan Upul Tharanga	Graeme Cremer (c) Tendai Chatara Tendai Chisoro Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Hamilton Masakadza Brandon Mavuta Solomon Mire Peter Moor Christopher Mpofu Ryan Murray (wk) Blessing Muzarabani Sikandar Raza Brendan Taylor Malcolm Waller