Nahid Rana, BAN vs ZIM 1st ODI: The speed of 6 feet 5 inches tall fast bowler Nahid Rana of Bangladesh cricket team has now wreaked havoc on Zimbabwe. Recently, this young fast bowler, who impressed with his pace against a strong team like Australia, bowled such lethal bowling in the first ODI against Zimbabwe that the batsmen of the host team were seen asking for water at the crease. In the first match of the three-match ODI series played at Harare Sports Club, Nahid Rana broke the back of Zimbabwe's batting with his accurate line-length and express speed.
Nahid Rana proved to be like a cyclone for the Bangladesh team, which won the toss and came to bowl first. He bowled the full 10 overs of his quota, giving only 21 runs with an economy of just 2.10 and making 6 batsmen his victims. During this, he also bowled 2 overs of maidens. This is not only the best performance of Nahid Rana's ODI career, but it has also become the best bowling figures in the history of ODI cricket by any Bangladeshi bowler.
Nahid Rana completely destroyed Zimbabwe's top and middle order. Nahid did not give Zimbabwe's most experienced batsman and captain Sikandar Raza a chance to stay at the crease and got him caught out by wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan on a personal score of just 1 run. Nahid also showed Kaiya the way to the pavilion. Wesley Madhevere and Clive Madande also became victims of Nahid Rana. Apart from these, Brad Evans and Richard Nagarwa were also dismissed by Nahid Rana.
In front of this brilliant bowling of Nahid Rana, the entire Zimbabwe team collapsed for just 141 runs in 36.4 overs. Apart from Nahid Rana's 6 wickets, experienced fast bowler Taskin Ahmed also bowled brilliantly and took 2 wickets for 32 runs. Whereas captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj got 1 success.
