The 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in September 2019. It was a tri-nation series featuring Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[1][2]
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| Date | 11–24 September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Bangladesh and  Afghanistan shared the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zimbabwe lost their first three matches of the series, therefore, Bangladesh and Afghanistan progressed to the final.[3] No play was possible in the final due to rain, therefore Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the trophy.[4][5]
Background
Originally, the Afghanistan cricket team were scheduled to tour Bangladesh in October 2019 to play one Test and two T20I matches.[2][6] On 27 June 2019, it was announced that both the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (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.[7][8][9]
However, in July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events.[10][11] 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.[12] The BCB confirmed the schedule for the tour in August 2019.[13][14]
Following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where Afghanistan lost all of their matches, Rashid Khan was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats.[15][16][17] Zimbabwe's captain, Hamilton Masakadza, retired from international cricket following the conclusion of the tri-series.[18] Following the series, Zimbabwe played in another tri-series, in Singapore.[19]
Squads
| Afghanistan[20] | Bangladesh[21] |  Zimbabwe[22] |
|---|---|---|
Bangladesh added Najmul Hossain Shanto, Rubel Hossain, Aminul Islam, Shafiul Islam and Mohammad Naim for the third and fourth T20Is, while Yeasin Arafat, Mahedi Hasan and Soumya Sarkar were dropped from the squad for the last two T20Is.[23]
Tour match
Twenty-over match: Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Zimbabwe
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- Bangladesh Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Bangladesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.378 |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.493 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.885 |
T20I series
1st T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
- Taijul Islam (Ban) and Tony Munyonga (Zim) both made their T20I debuts.
- Taijul Islam became the first bowler for Bangladesh to take a wicket with his first delivery in T20Is.[25][26]
- Ryan Burl scored the most runs by a Zimbabwe batsman off one over in T20Is (30).[27][28]
2nd T20I
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg) and Ainsley Ndlovu (Zim) both made their T20I debuts.
3rd T20I
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was Afghanistan's twelfth consecutive win, a new record in T20Is.[29]
4th T20I
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Aminul Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto (Ban) both made their T20I debuts.
- Mustafizur Rahman (Ban) took his 50th wicket in T20Is.[30]
- Bangladesh scored their highest total against Zimbabwe in T20Is.[31]
5th T20I
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Fazal Niazai (Afg) made his T20I debut.
- Hamilton Masakadza played in his final international match for Zimbabwe.[32]
- This was Zimbabwe's first win against Afghanistan in T20Is.[33]
6th T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg) made his T20I debut.
- Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) took his 350th wicket in T20 cricket.[34]
Final
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.