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Bulawayo : Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim chose to bat in a match his team must win to level the two-T20 series. The last time the visitors won the toss on this tour was in the first Test in Harare, which they went on to lose by 335 runs.
Zimbabwe made two replacements, bringing in Natsai Mushangwe and Shingi Masakadza in place of the injured Tinotenda Mutombodzi and Tendai Chatara. Mutombodzi had split a webbing in his finger while fielding on Saturday.
Mushangwe, a legspinner, has played four ODIs and two T20s for Zimbabwe. He doesn't, however, have the batting skills of Mutombodzi. Bangladesh included middle-order batsman Mominul Haque in place of allrounder Ziaur Rahman, and also replaced Sajidul Islam with Robiul Islam in the pace department. This is Robiul's T20I debut for Bangladesh.
Zimbabwe: 1 Vusi Sibanda, 2 Hamilton Masakadza, 3 Sikandar Raza, 4 Brendan Taylor (capt & wk), 5 Malcolm Waller, 6 Sean Williams, 7 Shingi Masakadza, 8 Tinashe Panyangara, 9 Natsai Mushwange, 10 Prosper Utseya, 11 Brian Vitori.
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Shamsur Rahman, 3 Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), 4 Nasir Hossain, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mominul Haque, 8 Abdur Razzak, 9 Sohag Gazi, 10 Shafiul Islam, 11 Robiul Islam. |
