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 featuring

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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 ICC members. 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

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, Aminul Islam,

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and

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for the third and fourth T20Is, while Yeasin Arafat,

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and

Soumya Sarkar Soumya Sarkar (; born 25 February 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a left-handed batter and a right arm medium-fast bowler who mainly plays as an opening batter. He is the only batter to hit 2 sixes in the first over in a T20 World Cup ...

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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