Mirpur stands up for Imrul

Oct 21, 2018

Liton Das couldn't carry forward his form from the Asia Cup•AFP

Imrul Kayes and Mushfiqur Rahim fist-bump each other•AFP

Imrul wasn't giving up, though, marshalling the lower order and exploding at the end to make 144•AFP

Brendan Taylor didn't last long and was bowled by Nazmul Islam for five•AFP

Zimbabwe had early reasons to cheer as they had a stranglehold on Bangladesh's top order•AFP

Imrul Kayes played an industrious innings to begin with•AFP

He was helped in no small measure by Mohammad Saifuddin, who brought up his maiden ODI fifty•AFP

Nazmul dealt another big blow soon after, this time by bowling Sikandar Raza•AFP

Kyle Jarvis struck thrice in two overs to jolt Bangladesh•AFP

Zimbabwe started well but Mustafizur Rahman dismissed Cephas Zhuwao to provide Bangladesh a breakthrough•AFP