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Bangladesh and Zimbabwe played out a heart-stopper of a game where the Tigers managed to register a win by three runs at the Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday.
Zimbabwe were struggling badly at 69/5 during the chase of 151 before Sean Williams (64), and Ryan Burl (27 no) brought their side into the contest. The duo trimmed down the equation to 26 off 12. Then, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan produced a remarkable fielding effort to run Williams♔ out in the penultim☂ate over, and the game turned yet again.
Mosaddek Hossain was given the task of bowling the final over, and he managed to eke out a victory. But the drama was waiting to greet both teams as the third umpire checked where Nurul Hasan collected the ball while stumping Blessing Muzarbani.
The wicketkeeper caught the white leather in front of the stumps, and it was called a no-ball. The players were called back to play that last ball, which was a free hit and an oppor🃏tunity for Muzaraba💦ni to go for the full monty. However, Mosaddek kept his cool and delivered a dot to take his side finally over the finish line.
Brief Scores:
Bangladesh 150/7 (Najmul Shanto 71, Muzarabani 2/13, Richard Ngarava 2/24) beat Zimbabwe 147/8 (Williams 64, Burl 27 not out, Taskin Ahmed 3/19, Mustafizur Rehman 2/19, Mosaddek 2/34) by three runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022: Super 12
Bangladesh won by 3 runs. | | |
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers)
Last🎀 over thriller and have won their second now. Nerves of steel from Mosaddek Hussain and brilliant from Taskin and Mustafi𓆉zur 👏🏻 That throw from changed the game! Tough luck for .
— Robbie Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
Bangladesh winning against full-members in Men's T20 World Cup:
v WI in 2007
v ZIM in 2022Bangladesh's first win against a full-member since their first ever T20WC match.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in a last-over thriller.
Scorecard: |— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
What drama. Great game but hard luck Zimbabwe.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a match! 🥵
Bangla💦desh emerge victorious after a thrilling clasꦡh against Zimbabwe! | | 📝
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup)
I think there should be a study about number of heart patients before and after an ICC event especially in🌞 the subconti♔nent 😅 Last ball thrillers making the tournament exciting though 🔥
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
You just cannot 💦write a bette🧸r script for a T20 game.
Bangladesh won, player went bac🐻k to dressing room then it turned as no-ball and umpires called back the players then again Bangl🃏adesh won.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Bangladesh have the final Blessing!
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
That's one of the craziest finishes to a match I think I've ever seen…
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell)
— Louis Cameron (@LouisDBCameron)
Bangladesh played slightly better cricket during crucial moments. And were tactically bette𓄧r or rather did simple things right.
But what a humdinger it turned out to be!
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
🇿🇼 fought hard but fell short in the end 💔 |
— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv)
This T20 World Cupꦯ has produced more thrillers tಌhan Alfred Hitchcock.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)