Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2025
International cricket tour
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The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in April and May 2025 to play two Test matches.[1][2][3] In March 2025, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2025 home international season of the Bangladesh cricket team.[4][5]
Dates
20 April – 2 May 2025
Captains
Najmul Hossain Shanto
Result
2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs
Mominul Haque (136)
Shadman Islam (136)
Shadman Islam (136)
| Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Bangladesh | Zimbabwe | ||
| Dates | 20 April – 2 May 2025 | ||
| Captains | Najmul Hossain Shanto | Craig Ervine | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs |
Mominul Haque (136) Shadman Islam (136) | Sean Williams (142) | |
| Most wickets | Mehidy Hasan Miraz (15) | Blessing Muzarabani (10) | |
| Player of the series | Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Ban) | ||
Originally, the tour was scheduled to include three ODIs and three T20Is under the Future Tours Programme (FTP).[6] Later it was rescheduled to two Tests only.[7]
Squads
On 23 April, Bangladesh added Anamul Haque and Tanvir Islam into the squad for the second Test, replacing Zakir Hasan and Nahid Rana.[10]
Test series
1st Test
20–23 April 2025 Scorecard |
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Blessing Muzarabani took his 50th wicket in Tests, becoming the joint-fastest Zimbabwe bowler to reach there (in 11 matches).[11]
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Ban) took his 200th wicket in Tests.[12] He also took the most ten-wicket hauls (3) in Tests for Bangladesh going past Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam.[13]
2nd Test
28–30 April 2025 Scorecard |
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tanzim Hasan Sakib (Ban) and Vincent Masekesa (Zim) both made their Test debuts.
- Vincent Masekesa (Zim) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[14]
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz became the third Bangladeshi cricketer to achieve the double of scoring a century and taking a five-wicket haul in a test match.[15] He also became the second cricketer after Ian Botham to achieve this feat on the same day of a test match.[16]
- David Boon officiated in his last match as a match referee.[17]