Bangladesh chose to field first after winning the toss in the second ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare today. The Tigers are looking to recover from a disappointing start to the tour, having lost the one-off Test by an innings and 85 runs, followed by a 25-run defeat in the first ODI. Both losses were characterized by batting collapses, notably failing to chase a modest target of 142 in the previous ODI, raising concerns ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, where similar conditions are expected.
In today’s match, Bangladesh made one change, bringing in Shoriful Islam in place of Mustafizur Rahman, while Zimbabwe stuck with the same eleven players.
Here are the playing XIs for the match:
Bangladesh: 1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Nurul Hasan (wk), 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (capt), 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Nahid Rana
Zimbabwe: 1 Ben Curran, 2 Brian Bennett, 3 Innocent Kaia, 4 Craig Ervine, 5 Sikandar Raza, 6 Wessly Madhevere, 7 Clive Madande (wk), 8 Brad Evans, 9 Newman Nyamhuri, 10 Richard Ngarava (capt), 11 Blessing Muzarabani