A huge blow to Bangladesh (Photo-GETTY IMAGES)
After the defeat in the first match of the ODI series against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh has now suffered another setback. Bangladesh’s experienced veteran player Liton Das has been ruled out of the ODI series due to injury. Liton Das could not play in the first match due to injury. He was expected to be fit in the second match but it did not happen and now he is out of the series. Liton will continue his rehabilitation in Dhaka. Parvez Hussain Amon has been included in the Bangladesh team in place of Liton Das. He will be available for selection in the second and third ODIs.
Liton Das failed in fitness test
Bangladesh physio Bayazedul Islam Khan said in a statement, ‘Litton had already missed the ODI match and is still not fully fit. His fitness test was done and its result was not good. There are going to be two consecutive ODI matches, so we do not think that his fitness will improve enough for him to play in the series. Let us tell you that the second ODI match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe will be played in Harare on 9th July. bangladesh For Pakistan, the second ODI is like do or die because with the defeat in this match, the series will also be out of their hands. Bangladesh team also lost its only test match against Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh’s surprising defeat
The Bangladeshi team, which defeated Australia in the T20 series at home, has performed very poorly in Zimbabwe. After losing the Test match, this team lost the first match of the ODI series in dramatic fashion. In this match played in Harare, Zimbabwe team was bundled out for just 141 runs but Bangladesh team could not even achieve this target. This team was all out after scoring only 116 runs in 33.1 overs. The hero of Zimbabwe’s victory was Newman Nyamahuri, who apart from scoring 33 runs, took 2 wickets and also took 2 excellent catches. Captain Richard Agarwa and Brad Evans bowled wreaking havoc and took 3 wickets each. Earlier, Bangladeshi fast bowler Nahid Rana bowled brilliantly and took 6 wickets for just 21 runs but his hard work was ruined by the Bangladesh batsmen. 8 batsmen of Bangladesh could not reach double figures.
