ZIM vs BAN

That brings an end to the coverage of this Bangladesh's tour of Zimbabwe, a dramatic end to what has been a pleasure to bring to your screens. While Zimbabwe took the Test and the ODIs comfortably, Bangladesh have come back from behind and will take the T20I trophy with them on the flight back home. This is Sourabh Agrawal signing off on behalf of Darpan Tikiya and everyone else in the team. Hop tabs to follow India's chase of 388 at Lord's, ta-ta!

Towhid Hridoy (Bangladesh Captain): "We did well. As a bowling unit and a batting unit, we did well and dominated. 

When we lost the first match, we had a meeting regarding the conditions. Our boys really played well. 

Rishad was fantastic. Tanzid Hasan Tamim is a class batter. Whenever he gets in, he tries to finish the game."

Tanzid Hasan Tamim is both the Player of the Match as well as the Player of the Series, 66* off 58 today and a total of 140 runs in the series including 2 fifties: (conditions?) Winning the series is an amazing feeling. Our bowlers did a really good job, they bowled amazing on that wicket. The first 6 overs was not easy to bat, I was looking to build partnerships. Not to play too hard but play to the merit of the ball

Feeling amazing because we lost the last two series, ODIs and Test. Hope the boys are enjoying it as well. (Nerves in the final over) No problems, I was trying to keep myself normal and happy that the guys finished the job

Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe captain): "(On batting first and putting on 143 on the board) We realised that it was a typical Bulawayo wicket. I thought 155 was the par score. We were only 5-10 runs short. We made a fist of it. Had we fielded better, it could have been different.

(On the errors made in the field) Lot of misfields. There was a lack of awareness from boundary riders. Some twos straight to the fielder. A lot of those things contributed. Our game awareness was poor.

(On the final over) We backed Brad (Evans). It would have been great if we would have won the game. Credit to Bangladesh. Had we fielded better, Brad might have been defending 15 and not 5. 

(Positives?) The positive has been the partnerships. But also, the seamers have been fantastic on these wickets. 

(On becoming the player to play most internationals for Zimbabwe) It was made more special by the little presentation that Hamilton (Masakadza) and Zimbabwe Cricket made. My son was here too. He was not supposed to be here. To get felicitated in front of him was special."

4:10 PM local time, 7:40 PM IST: MATCH SUMMARY

Bangladesh (144/6 in 19.4 overs) beat Zimbabwe (143/7 in 20 overs) by 4 wickets and take the T20 series 2-1

Tanzid Hasan Tamim 66*(58) | Mohammad Saifuddin 2/35(4)
Dion Myers 73(53) | Richard Ngarava 2/20(4)

Absolute madness, what a rollercoaster ride and it is Bangladesh that come out with the win and as a result take the series as well to conclude this all-format series between the two teams

A controversy is never far when Bangladesh is involved, we had some heated moments between Mahedi and Brad Evans after the winning runs were hit which leaves us with a sour taste in the mouth but that does not take away anything from the thriller that we have had today in Bulawayo. The match kept swinging to-and-fro, from one way to the other, it seemed like neither of the team wanted the win but eventually Bangladesh will lap it up and walk out of the tour with a T20I trophy to show

They needed only 7 runs off 11 balls chasing 144, this game had no business going this deep and Bangladesh should have finished it with ease but they committed harakiri towards the end and allowed Zimbabwe to breathe down their neck

Evans had to defend 5 runs off the last over, he conceded a single off the first ball to the set batter Tanzid and then went bang-bang as two Bangladesh batters tried to seal it off in style and lost their wickets. With 4 needed off 3, Mahedi was trapped right in front on the hat-trick ball which was dramatically ruled a dead ball as a fielder was still moving while the ball was being delivered and then he got a low full toss to put away to the fence

Tanzid Hasan Tamim saw all this drama from the non-striker's end, he finishes with an unbeaten 66* and he would have been the most disappointed person had Bangladesh lost this. Emon and Hridoy put on a couple of 50-run partnerships with him getting 24 each and it looked like Bangladesh would get home in a canter but what followed was diabolical yet enthralling

Zimbabwe will feel they let themselves down with the ball, they made a match out of the score of 143 with the ball and that is a testament to their excellent bowling. They were horrible on the field though, again, commiting multiple misfields and leaking runs that proved to be the difference

Earlier, Dion Myers' calm and composed unbeaten 73 which was aided by Bennett's 47 at the start got Zimbabwe to a competitive total. However, 16/4 in the last 4 overs in the first half ended up costing the hosts the match and the series

19.4 Brad Evans to Mahedi Hasan, PUMPED OVER COVER! FOUR! Plus, tempers are flaring. Mahedi let out a few expletives after hitting the winning runs. Evans did not like it. Men come in between to separate the two. Zimbabwe will feel that they have been robbed. But they only have themselves to blame. It is a team game. One of their fielders was moving before Evans delivered the last one. Here, on take two, he hurled in another full toss. But Mahedi played it differently. He backed away to get beside the line and slammed it over cover. Bangladesh win the series by 2-1.

Bangladesh are losing the plot big time! This brings back the memories of T20 WC 2016 India vs Bangladesh. Zimbabwe will feel they are right in this now. 4 still needed, 3 balls left

19.3 Brad Evans to Mohammad Saifuddin, HIGH IN THE AIR... CAUGHT! Evans takes revenge for the last game. This rollercoaster continues to go through thrilling bends. Full in length, off and middle line. Saifuddin shuffled across and flicked it aerial, only to find Burl, who had run in from long-on to settle under the high ball. 

19.2 Brad Evans to Mosaddek Hossain, BOWLED! The off stump takes a hit and we have a GAME ON. Evans is delighted, the crowd is jubilant and Mosaddek is walking back with his head down. Went full at the off peg, Mosaddek looked to make room and go through the off side but he missed. The ball hit the base of off stump on the full and it is still 4 needed off 4

19.1 Brad Evans to Tanzid Hasan Tamim, very full wide of off, Tanzid takes a step across and slashes it to deep point for one. Could have hit it better there. 4 off 5 now