Brisbane, Oct 30: Bangladesh survived a dramatic final over to pull off a narrow three-run win against Zimbabwe in a T20 World Cup match, where players left the ground but were called back to complete the contest after officials realised that Nurual Hasan’s stumping in the final ball was not clean, here Sunday.
Opener Najmul Hossain Shanto, who smashed a 55-ball 71, single-handedly powered Bangladesh to a competitive 150 for 7.
In reply, Zimbabwe lost wickets to find themselves 35/4 but Sean Williams conjured up a 42-ball 64 to revive the chase. He was dismissed in the 19th over, leaving Zimbabwe needing 16 in six balls.
Mosaddek Hossain then bowled the most important over of his career as he dismissed Brad Evans (2) in the second ball but Richard Ngarava slammed him for a four and a six in the next two balls to keep them in the hunt.
Hossain, however, had Ngarava stumped in the next ball as Zimbabwe needed five off the last ball. New batter Blessing Muzarabani was then stumped as the players celebrated and were back in their dugouts. But, the umpires called a no-ball as wicketkeeper Hasan had collected the ball in front of the stumps. However, Hossain showed great nerves and slipped a fullish delivery and Muzarabani couldn’t connect. Zimbabwe ended at 147/8. (PTI)
