Twitter Reactions: Liton Das piles on the agony for Zimbabwe to keep them winless on the tour

Zimbabwe have ended their disastrous Bangladesh without even a single win over the course the six matches across formats. The way the visitors lost the games will hurt them the more. The second T20I and the final game on the tour was forgettable for Sean Williams and his men. Their batsmen continued to disappoint after which Liton Das just piled on the agony to help Bangladesh chase down a meagre score of 120 with more than four overs to spare.

After being invited to bat first, Zimbabwe lost their opener Tinashe Kamunhukamwe in the third over to Al Amin Hossain. However, Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine revived the innings and concentrated on not losing wickets early in the innings. The duo added 57 runs for the second wicket. But the run-rate was barely over six during the partnership.

And when it was broken, Zimbabwe collapsed in an attempt to up the ante. The likes of Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza and Richmond Mutumbami couldn’t add much to the total. Though Taylor who finally found his groove fought lonely at the other end to score an unbeaten 59 off just 48 deliveries with six fours and a six. It was due to his efforts that Zimbabwe managed to scrape through to 119/7 after 20 overs.

Mustafizur Rahman and Al Amin Hossain picked two wickets each for Bangladesh while Mahedi Hasan was the most economical bowler returning with the figures of 1/14 in three overs.

Liton Das pummels Zimbabwe bowlers, again

The target was never challenging for Bangladesh but Zimbabwe would’ve hoped to put up a fight. However, Liton Das took charge and didn’t let them settle at any stage. His new opening partner Mohammad Naim, who replaced the rested Tamim Iqbal for this match, also had some fun with the bat. The opening duo added 77 runs in less than 11 overs making the result of the match inconsequential.

Chris Mpofu was the only successful bowler as he nipped out the talented Naim for 33 in the 11th over. But there was no stopping Das who continued to churn out runs for fun against his favourite opposition. He also crossed the 50-run mark for the umpteenth time on the tour and remained unbeaten on 60 off just 45 balls with eight fours to his name. Soumya Sarkar also played his part in the chase scoring 20 off 16 deliveries.

Bangladesh got over the line in the 16th over itself completing a comfortable 2-0 series over Zimbabwe in the T20I series. They had won the ODI series by 3-0 as well and will be delighted with the way the team played.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Complete dominance by the Bangladesh in the #BANvsZIM series.

Test 1-0
ODI 3 -0
T20 2 – 0 pic.twitter.com/yeEG3UUTC1

— Village Cricket (@Village_Cric) March 11, 2020

Advance congratulations to Bangladesh for winning T20 World Cup 2020.

Whitewashed a side like Zimbabwe with ease. Dear ICC, can you give us this trophy already ? 😎👊#BANvsZIM pic.twitter.com/FWUVZlPpZ8

— Bangladesh Cricket Team – Born To Win (@KanglaKricket) March 11, 2020

Bangladesh seal the T20 by beating Zimbabwe by 9 wickets.

Brilliant knock by Liton Das
He scored 60 of 45 balls.#BANvsZIM

— Sooraj Ayyappan (@Sooraj_Ayyappan) March 11, 2020

@LitonOfficial16 u beauty man! Another 50* again another classy innings 👏👏#BANvsZIM

— Fatin Payel (@FatinPayel) March 11, 2020

I don't understand how any player can play a defensive shot in the 14th over of a T20 #BANvsZIM

— trader_chris (@traderchris8) March 11, 2020

agar kisi team ko ranking improve krwa he call zimbabwe 😂🤣😈🥳 #BANvsZIM

— mudassar nazir (@mudassarnazir71) March 11, 2020

Did Brendon Taylor lost how to play cricket? #BANvsZim

— Dilip (@dilip_0235) March 11, 2020

Test – Ban won by an innings & 106 runs

1st ODI – Ban won by 169 runs
2nd ODI – Ban won by 4 runs
3rd ODI – Ban won by 123 runs (DLS method)

1st T20I – Ban won by 48 runs
2nd T20I – Ban won by 9 wkts

Dominant Bangladesh clean sweep Zimbabwe #BANvZIM pic.twitter.com/u7xzz0Sec1

— bhd Faisal (@bhd_faisal) March 11, 2020

Player of the match – Liton Das#BANvZIM #RiseOfTheTigers pic.twitter.com/oev9CEuIjH

— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) March 11, 2020

Bangladesh would be very happy with their performance. They were dominating in every aspect of the game and whitewashed the opponents in the all formats. Liton Das was the biggest positive for them in this tour and other players did their job decently too.#BANvZIM

— Darpan Jain (@darpanjain103) March 11, 2020

Complete dominance by the Bangladesh in the #BANvsZIM series.

Test 1-0
ODI 3 -0
T20 2 – 0

— Sooraj Ayyappan (@Sooraj_Ayyappan) March 11, 2020

Successful series for Bangladesh, won all the matches in three formats. Consistency of Liton Das is the biggest positive in this series. Happy to see Saifuddin in action after a long time. #BANvZIM

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 11, 2020