Madande praising Taskin & Saifuddin's effort

In the first match of the series against Bangladesh, Zimbabwe faced defeat with 8 wickets down. Losing the toss, the traveling batsmen began their innings, initiating a competition of losing wickets early. On such a day of loss, Zimbabwean batsman, Clive Madande, expressed, "Winning the toss here has made a significant difference. How to turn things around, as the top scorer for Zimbabwe in this innings, has also been discussed at the press conference."

The responsibility of redemption from Zimbabwe's batting debacle somewhat fell on Madande's shoulders. Where the team had lost 7 wickets for just 41 runs, Madande's innings of 43 runs off 39 balls injected a sense of fight into their performance.

Winning the toss and deciding to bat first seemed to have worked in Chittagong, according to this Zimbabwean batsman, "Winning the toss here was fantastic. Bangladesh put up a great fight. We might have lost a few more wickets than necessary initially. Then we turned things around. They had a great start. We lost more wickets than expected initially."

Madande feels that batting at the start was somewhat difficult, especially when it comes to facing the bowling of Taskin Ahmed and Saifuddin. These two bowlers claimed three wickets each. He believes that a little more time would have been beneficial for the batting.

As for finding inspiration for the next match, Madande also shared his thoughts. He thinks that a good and attentive batting performance is needed at the beginning. He praised Bangladesh separately and doesn't want to make too many complaints but rather be prepared for the second match of the series on May 5.