A strange moment made headlines during the third and last ODI zimbabwe And bangladesh Zimbabwe opener at Harare Sports Club on Saturday ben curran Suffered one of the most unfortunate dismissals of the series. The left-handed batsman looked set to fend off Bangladesh’s pace attack but an unfortunate twist of fate ended his innings, leaving players and fans stunned.
Ben Curran’s bizarre dismissal shocked everyone
The incident occurred in the sixth over of Zimbabwe’s innings when Bangladesh fast bowler Mohd. noisy islam Bowled a short-of-a-length delivery on the stumps. Curran attempted to defend the ball with soft hands, and was successful in keeping it out safely.
However, the ball hit the inside edge and slowly bounced back towards the stumps. Despite Curran rotating his bat sharply in an attempt to stop it, he could not prevent the ball from eluding Bell, resulting in a bizarre bowled out. Shorifull was rewarded with a wicket, while Curran had to depart with just two runs from 13 balls.
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Zimbabwe, who came to bat first, scored 199 runs.
Earlier in the day, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first. Despite a struggling effort from the middle order, Zimbabwe were eventually all out for 199 runs in 48.1 overs. Wesley Madhevere He played an inning of 75 runs in 74 balls with the help of five fours and one six. brad evans Provided late momentum by scoring an aggressive 50 off just 43 balls including five fours and two sixes.
For Bangladesh, Shorifull performed brilliantly with the ball and finished with impressive figures of 4/44. Taskin Ahmed And tanveer islam Each took two wickets to help restrict the hosts below the 200-run mark. Having already secured the series with wins in the opening two ODIs, Zimbabwe entered the competition aiming for a memorable 3–0 whitewash on home soil. Meanwhile, Bangladesh were looking to salvage some pride by avoiding a clean sweep in the final match of the series.
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