The 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series was a

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tournament that took place in September 2019. It was a tri-nation series between

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

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and

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with all the matches played as

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s (T20Is). Zimbabwe lost their first three matches of the series, therefore, Bangladesh and Afghanistan progressed to the final. No play was possible in the final due to rain, therefore Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the trophy.

Background

Originally, the Afghanistan cricket team were scheduled to tour Bangladesh in October 2019 to play one

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and two T20I matches. On 27 June 2019, it was announced that both the

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(BCB) and the

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(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. However, in July 2019, the

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(ICC) suspended

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, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. 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

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. The BCB confirmed the schedule for the tour in August 2019. Following the

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, where Afghanistan lost all of their matches,

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was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats. Zimbabwe's captain,

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, retired from international cricket following the conclusion of the tri-series. Following the series, Zimbabwe played in another tri-series, in Singapore.

Squads

Bangladesh added Najmul Hossain Shanto,

Rubel Hossain Mohammad Rubel Hossain ( bn, মোহাম্মদ রুবেল হোসেন; born 01 Jan 1990) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in January 2009 aged 19. He has the highest bowling average of ...

, Aminul Islam,

Shafiul Islam Shafiul Islam Shuhas ( bn, শফিউল ইসলাম সুহাস; born: 6 October 1989) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Shafiul has played for Rajshahi Division since 2006. Domestic career The Bangladesh C ...

and

Mohammad Naim Mohammad Naim Sheikh (born 22 August 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in November 2019. Domestic career Naim made his List A debut for Legends of Rupganj in the 2017–18 Dhaka Pr ...

for the third and fourth T20Is, while Yeasin Arafat,

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and

Soumya Sarkar Soumya Sarkar ( bn, সৌম্য সরকার; born 25 February 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right arm medium-fast bowler who mainly plays as an opening batsman and the creator of the good looking " S ...

were dropped from the squad for the last two T20Is.

Tour match

Twenty-over match: Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Zimbabwe

Points table

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

4th T20I

5th T20I

6th T20I

Final

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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