2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series

The 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in September 2019. It was a tri-nation series between Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[1][2]

2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series
2019-20 Bangladesh Tri-series logo
Date11–24 September 2019
LocationBangladesh
Result Bangladesh and  Afghanistan shared the series
Player of the seriesAfghanistan Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Teams
 Bangladesh  Afghanistan  Zimbabwe
Captains
Shakib Al Hasan Rashid Khan Hamilton Masakadza
Most runs
Mahmudullah (126) Rahmanullah Gurbaz (133) Hamilton Masakadza (133)
Most wickets
Mohammad Saifuddin (7) Mujeeb Ur Rahman (7) Christopher Mpofu (6)
Kyle Jarvis (6)

Zimbabwe lost their first three matches of the series, therefore, Bangladesh and Afghanistan progressed to the final.[3] No play was possible in the final due to rain, therefore Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the trophy.[4][5]

Background

Originally, the Afghanistan cricket team were scheduled to tour Bangladesh in October 2019 to play one Test and two T20I matches.[2][6] On 27 June 2019, it was announced that both the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) decided to replace the bi-lateral series with a tri-nation series, with these two teams joined by Zimbabwe. The tri-series started on 13 September, with the final scheduled to be held on 24 September.[7][8][9]

However, in July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events.[10][11] Despite the suspension by the ICC, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed that they would still participate in the tri-series, as they could still play against other ICC members.[12] The BCB confirmed the schedule for the tour in August 2019.[13][14]

Following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where Afghanistan lost all of their matches, Rashid Khan was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats.[15][16][17] Zimbabwe's captain, Hamilton Masakadza, retired from international cricket following the conclusion of the tri-series.[18] Following the series, Zimbabwe played in another tri-series, in Singapore.[19]

Squads
 Afghanistan[20]  Bangladesh[21]  Zimbabwe[22]

Bangladesh added Najmul Hossain Shanto, Rubel Hossain, Aminul Islam, Shafiul Islam and Mohammad Naim for the third and fourth T20Is, while Yeasin Arafat, Mahedi Hasan and Soumya Sarkar were dropped from the squad for the last two T20Is.[23]

Tour match

Twenty-over match: Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Zimbabwe
11 September 2019
12:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh Cricket Board XI 
142/7 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
144/3 (17.2 overs)
Sabbir Rahman 30 (31)
Sean Williams 3/18 (4 overs)
Brendan Taylor 57* (44)
Afif Hossain 3/19 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
  • Bangladesh Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Bangladesh 4 3 1 0 0 6 0.378
2  Afghanistan 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.493
3  Zimbabwe 4 1 3 0 0 2 −0.885
Source: [24]

T20I series

1st T20I
13 September 2019
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
144/5 (18 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
148/7 (17.4 overs)
Ryan Burl 57* (32)
Mosaddek Hossain 1/10 (3 overs)
Afif Hossain 52 (26)
Neville Madziva 2/25 (3.4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 3 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Afif Hossain (Ban)

2nd T20I
14 September 2019
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
197/5 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
169/7 (20 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 69* (30)
Sean Williams 2/16 (4 overs)
Regis Chakabva 42* (22)
Rashid Khan 2/29 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 28 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Najibullah Zadran (Afg)

3rd T20I
15 September 2019
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
164/6 (20 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
139 (19.5 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 84* (54)
Mohammad Saifuddin 4/33 (4 overs)
Mahmudullah 44 (39)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4/15 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 25 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)

4th T20I
18 September 2019
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
175/7 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
136 (20 overs)
Mahmudullah 62 (41)
Kyle Jarvis 3/32 (4 overs)
Richmond Mutumbami 54 (32)
Shafiul Islam 3/36 (4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 39 runs
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Mahmudullah (Ban)

5th T20I
20 September 2019
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
155/8 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
156/3 (19.3 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 61 (47)
Christopher Mpofu 4/30 (4 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 71 (42)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/28 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Christopher Mpofu (Zim)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Fazal Niazai (Afg) made his T20I debut.
  • Hamilton Masakadza played in his final international match for Zimbabwe.[32]
  • This was Zimbabwe's first win against Afghanistan in T20Is.[33]

6th T20I
21 September 2019
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
138/7 (20 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
139/6 (19 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 47 (35)
Afif Hossain 2/9 (3 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 70* (45)
Naveen-ul-Haq 2/20 (4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 4 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)

Final
24 September 2019
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

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