Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 123 runs (DLS Method) in the third and final ODI at Sylhet International Cricket Ground in Sylhet yesterday and also completed 3-0 whitewash in the series.
Earlier, Zimbabwe won the toss and asked Bangladesh to bat first. Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal continued their good run and both the batsmen didn't give any chance to Zimbabwe bowlers and their record 292 runs partnership for opening wicket helped Bangladesh to post 322/3 in 43 overs.
Liton Das played record 176 runs knock while Tamim remained not out on 128. In reply to the stiff DLS target of 342 runs, Zimbabwe's batsmen couldn't handle the pressure and kept losing wickets at regular intervals and whole team got bowled out for 218 runs and lost the match by a huge margin.
All the major stats and facts from the third and final ODI between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Sylhet
50 - It was 50th ODI win for Mashrafe Mortaza as Bangladesh captain - the first captain to win 50 ODI matches for Bangladesh.
Most ODI wins as captain for BAN -
50 - Mashrafe Mortaza (88 Matches)
29 - Habibul Bashar (69)
23 - Shakib Al Hasan (50)
11 - Mushfiqur Rahim (37)
100 - It was 100th ODI match of Sikandar Raza's career. He has scored 2801 runs and taken 59 wickets in 100 ODIs.
176 - Liton Das' score of 176 is the highest ever individual score for Bangladesh in ODI cricket. He broke Tamim Iqbal's 2 days old record of 158 runs.
Highest individual scores for BAN in ODIs -
176 - Liton Das vs ZIM at Sylhet, 2020
158 - Tamim Iqbal vs ZIM at Sylhet, 2020
154 - Tamim Iqbal vs ZIM at Bulawayo, 2009
144 - Mushfiqur Rahim vs SL at Dubai, 2018
144 - Imrul Kayes vs ZIM at Dhaka, 2018
292 - Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal's 292 runs partnership is the third highest partnership for opening wicket in ODI cricket.
Highest opening partnerships in ODI cricket -
365 - Shai Hope / John Campbell (WI) vs Ireland at Dublin, 2019
304 - Imam ul Haq / Fakhar Zaman (PAK) vs ZIM at Bulawayo, 2018
292 - Liton Das / Tamim Iqbal (BAN) vs ZIM at Sylhet, 2020
286 - Sanath Jayasuriya / Upul Tharanga (SL) vs ENG at Leeds, 2006
284 - David Warner / Travis Head (AUS) vs PAK at Adelaide, 2017
Highest partnerships for BAN in ODI cricket -
292 - Liton Das / Tamim Iqbal (1st wkt) vs ZIM at Sylhet, 2020
224 - Shakib al Hasan / Mahmudullah (5th wkt) vs NZ at Cardiff, 2017
220 - Imrul Kayes / Soumya Sarkar (2nd wkt) vs ZIM at Chattogram, 2018
207 - Tamim Iqbal / Shakib al Hasan (2nd wkt) vs WI at Providence, 2018
1079 - Liton Das when on 97, completed 1000 runs in ODI cricket. He has scored 1079 runs in 36 ODIs with 3 hundreds and fifties each.
