||CF Correspondent||
Bangladesh could seal the final of Tri-nation T20 series on Wednesday if they could win the match against Zimbabwe. And In a bid to seal the spot in the final with a match to go, Bangladesh bats first against the Southern African national in their third match of the tournament at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

This is however the first match of the tournament’s Chittagong leg as action resumed in the tri-series after two days gap with coin favouring the Hamilton Masakadza in this match as he chose to bowl first.

Both Bangladesh and Zimbabwe wouldn’t be proud of their effort in the Dhaka league of the tournament. Bangladesh were far from their best in both the matches even though their three-wicket victory against Zimbabwe was not convincing enough.
Later the hosts lost their second match to Afghanistan by 25 runs, sparking widespread criticism.

Zimbabwe however lost their match to Afghanistan also by 28 runs, meaning they couldn’t afford a defeat in this match against Bangladesh since the loss would straightway eliminate them from the tournament. So a victory is mandatory for them.
A defeat in the match won’t rule out Bangladesh’s possible to reach the final but the consequence of the defeat would be harsh certainly, given the way the Tigers performance in recent times irked the fans and the whole cricket fraternity.

Therefore the desperate Bangladesh brought up three changes to the side that lost their last match to Afghanistan and also handed debut two players in top order batsman Nazmul Hossain Shanto, leg-spinning all-rounder Aminul Islam Biplob. The other player who made it to the squad is Shafiul Islam who returned to the T20 fold after two years.
To accommodate them, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar and Taijul Islam. Soumya however was not in the squad for the third and fourth match of this tournament.
Zimbabwe made two changes. They have left out Tendai Chatara and Craig Ervine and brought in Chris Mpofu and Richmond Mutumbami.

Line Ups:
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (captain),  Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket-keeper), Mahmudullah Riyad, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Afif Hossain, Aminul Islam Biplob, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman.
Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor (wicket-keeper, Hamilton Masakadza (captain),  Richmond Mutumbami, Sean Williams, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva, Neville Madziva, Kyle Jarvis, Ainsley Ndlovu, Chris Mpofu.