Zimbabwe to tour Bangladesh for two Tests in April 2025
What's the story
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced Zimbabwe's two-match Test tour of Bangladesh in April 2025, marking their first Test visit in five years, since February 2020.
The series will kick off on April 20 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and conclude on April 28 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
Notably, Bangladesh had won the previous one-off match by an innings and 106 runs.
Here are further details.
Venue selection
BCB prioritizes quality pitches for Test series
The Dhaka Premier League (DPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium led to the decision to host the Tests outside Dhaka.
A BCB official told Cricbuzz that Chattogram and Sylhet were chosen due to their better pitches.
"We are regularly having DPL matches in SBNS and so we decided to play the Test series in Chattogram and Sylhet because there you will get wickets that have got enough rest while it wouldn't have been the case in Dhaka," said the official.
H2H
A look at the head-to-head between them in Tests
The teams have played a total of 18 Tests between 2001 and 2021.
According to ESPNcricinfo, Bangladesh have won eight. Zimbabwe have won seven of them, while three of these Tests have ended in a draw.
In Bangladesh, the two teams have met each other 10 times.
The Tigers have won six matches in addition to losing two and drawing two.
Top performers
Top performers among both teams
Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor owns the most runs among both teams having smashed 1,239 runs (12 matches) at 61.95.
According to ESPNcricinfo, he is followed by Hamilton Masakadza, who has 883 runs at 46.47 (10 Tests).
For Bangladesh, Mushfiqur Rahim leads the charts with 857 runs at 57.13 (18 innings).
Mominul Haque follows with 757 runs at 58.23 (six Tests).
Taijul Islam owns most wickets with 41 scalps at 22.12. Kyle Jarvis leads Zimbabwe with 24 scalps at 24.29 (10 innings).