Srinagar: Captain Sikandar Raza played a match winning knock as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by eight wickets to avoid a 5-0 whitewash at Shere Bangla National Stadium on Sunday.
Raza scored an unbeaten 72 off 46 to guide Zimbabwe to 158-2 after they restricted Bangladesh to 157-6. Meanwhile, Bennett struck 70 off 49 balls after picking up 2-20 with the ball. Bennett and Raza added 75 runs for the second wicket to put the visitors firmly in control. After the fall of Bennett Raza defied a muscle injury to see Zimbabwe to victory.
He struck six fours and four sixes in his unbeaten knock before Johnathan Campbell hit the winning single with nine balls to spare.
Mahmudullah Riyad earlier hit 54 off 44 balls for Bangladesh.