UNB, Khulna :Bangladesh sealed the three-match Bashundhara Cement Test Series 2-0 against Zimbabwe beating them by 162 runs in the second match at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium here on the final day on Friday.Chasing a target of 314 runs, the visiting side were all out for 151 runs in 51.1 overs in the second innings.This was Bangladesh’s 6th win in Test cricket. With the series win, Bangladesh is expected to go up in the Test ranking.All rounder Shakib Al Hasan wrote the script of the Tigers’ win as he entered the record book as the 3rd cricketer after Imran Khan (1983) and Ian Botham (1980) to score a century and to claim 10 wickets in a Test match.Shakib hit 137 runs in the first innings and took 5 wickets for 80 runs against Zimbabwe in the first innings. He also grabbed another five-for in the second innings conceding 44 runs to be adjudged man of the match.For Zimbabwe, Hamilton Masakadza (61) was the only source of resistance with his second fifty-plus score in the match on 5th day of the Test off 113 balls with five fours and a six.Brief Score:Bangladesh first innings: 433 for all in 158.5 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 137, Tamim Iqbal 109, Mahmudullah 56, Tinashe Panyangara 2/49, Tendai Chatara 2/61, Malcolm Waller 2/65.Bangladesh second innings: 248 for 9 declared in 83.5 overs (overnight 201 for 5 in 64 overs); Mahmudullah 71, Mominul Haque 54, Shuvagata Hom 50, Shamsur Rahman 23, Tamim Iqbal 20, Malcolm Waller 4 /59, Natsai M’shangwe 4/82, Tinashe Panyangara 1/45.Zimbabwe first innings: 368 for all in 135.1 overs; Hamilton Masakadza 158, Regis Chakabva 101, Brendan Taylor 37, Brian Chari 25, Craig Ervine 17, Shakib Al Hasan 5/80, Taijul Islam 3/96, Rubel Hossain 2/55.Zimbabwe second innings: 151 for all in 51.1 overs; Masakadza 61, Regis Chakabva 27, Craig Ervine 21, Elton Chigumbura 12, Shakib Al Hasan 5/44, Taijul Islam 3/44, Jubair Hossain 2/42.
