Rain was forecast in Chittagong at eight o’clock in the night. As predicted, the rain appeared shortly after 8pm. The first T20 game of the five-match series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe is now closed.

Before the rain, Bangladesh scored 10 runs for 1 wicket in 3 overs before going to bat against the target of 125 runs given by Zimbabwe. Liton Das failed once again with the bat in the national team. 1 run off 3 balls, Blessing Mujarabani bowled back.

Tanjid Hasan Tamim (3*) and captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto (4*) are at the crease when play is stopped in rain.

Earlier, after losing the toss and batting, Taskin-Saifuddin scored 124 runs in 20 overs. Taskin took 3 wickets for 14 runs. Poren Saifuddin also took 3 wickets with one run more.

Zimbabwe, who lost 7 wickets for 41 runs in a batting collapse, collected a hundred in the eighth wicket in the fighting pair of Clive Madande and Wellington Masakadza. The visitors got a respectable score with their pair of 75 runs. The highest 43 runs for the team came with the bat of wicketkeeper-batter Madand.

According to ICC rules, both teams must bat at least five overs for any T20 match to be settled. Since Bangladesh managed to bat a total of 3 overs before the start of rain, the match will be abandoned if play is not resumed in rain.