Bangladesh National Cricket Team Vs Zimbabwe National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Tests, U19 WC & 2026 Tour

April 20, 2025. Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Bangladesh needed Zimbabwe as they almost always have to confirm they could win Tests at home. Zimbabwe came to Bangladesh and won the 1st Test by 3 wickets instead.

Eight days later, Bangladesh responded with their most dominant Test result of the year innings and 106 runs, Chattogram, Zimbabwe bowled out for 111. The 2-Test series ended 1-1.

Right now, Bangladesh is back on tour this time in Zimbabwe for a one-off Test starting June 28, 2026 at Harare Sports Club, followed by 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is. The result of that Test has direct WTC 2025-27 implications for both sides.

This page gives you every BAN vs ZIM scorecard from 2025-26, the upcoming 2026 tour schedule, the Brian Bennett story no one has connected, and the uncomfortable truth about Bangladesh’s Test record that this rivalry makes impossible to ignore.

BAN vs ZIM 2025-26: all matches and upcoming tour

Unified results table

Date	Format	Venue	Scores	Result
Apr 20–24, 2025	1st Test	Sylhet	BAN 191 & 255 vs ZIM 273 & 174/7	Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
Apr 28–May 2, 2025	2nd Test	Chattogram	ZIM 227 & 111 vs BAN 444	Bangladesh won by inn. & 106 runs
Jan 31, 2026	ICC U19 WC Super Six	Harare	BAN U19 253/9 vs ZIM U19 179	Bangladesh U19 won by 74 runs
Jun 7, 2026	ZIM-A tour BAN, 1st ODI	Bogra	ZIM-A 279 vs BAN-E 364	Bangladesh Emerging won by 85 runs
Jun 10, 2026	ZIM-A tour BAN, 2nd ODI	Bogra	—	Abandoned
Jun 28–Jul 2, 2026	One-off Test	Harare	—	Upcoming
Jul 6–11, 2026	3-match ODI series	Harare	—	Upcoming
Jul 15–19, 2026	3-match T20I series	Bulawayo	—	Upcoming

Updated head-to-head records (all formats, 2026)

Format	Matches	Bangladesh wins	Zimbabwe wins	Draws/NR
Tests	20	9	8	3
ODIs	81	51	30	0
T20Is	~20	~13	~7	0

Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe 2026: full schedule (starts June 28)

This is the most time-sensitive section of this page. Bangladesh’s full tour of Zimbabwe was announced in May 2026 and begins NOW.

Full 2026 tour schedule

Match	Date	Venue	Start time (IST)
One-off Test	Jun 28 – Jul 2, 2026	Harare Sports Club	1:00 PM
1st ODI	Jul 6, 2026	Harare Sports Club	1:00 PM
2nd ODI	Jul 9, 2026	Harare Sports Club	1:00 PM
3rd ODI	Jul 11, 2026	Harare Sports Club	1:00 PM
1st T20I	Jul 15, 2026	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	4:00 PM
2nd T20I	Jul 17, 2026	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	4:00 PM
3rd T20I	Jul 19, 2026	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	4:00 PM

Why the Harare one-off Test matters: WTC 2025-27 points

The one-off Test in Harare (June 28 – July 2) carries WTC 2025-27 points for both teams. Both Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are competing in the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle. A win here gives the victorious team 12 WTC points and with the BAN vs ZIM Test head-to-head tighter than almost anyone realises (9-8 in Bangladesh’s favour across 20 Tests), neither team enters this match guaranteed of three results.

What most people miss: Harare Sports Club has historically been a better batting surface than Sylhet or Chattogram for Zimbabwe. Both of those 2025 venues were subcontinent tracks where spin dominated. Harare harder, bouncier, with some grass cover is Zimbabwe’s natural environment. Bangladesh won both their Bangladesh-based Tests this decade against Zimbabwe by large margins. In Zimbabwe, the record is far more even.

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh 2025: Test series (1-1 draw)

Complete Test series results table

Test	Date	Venue	Scores	Result
1st Test	Apr 20–24, 2025	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium	BAN 191 & 255 vs ZIM 273 & 174/7	Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
2nd Test	Apr 28–May 2, 2025	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram	ZIM 227 & 111 vs BAN 444	Bangladesh won by inn. & 106 runs

Series result: Drawn 1-1. Zimbabwe’s first Test series drawn in Bangladesh since 2013.

1st Test scorecard: Zimbabwe 273 & 174/7 beat Bangladesh 191 & 255 by 3 wickets (Sylhet, Apr 20-24, 2025)

Innings	Team	Score	Overs	Key performers
1st	Bangladesh	191	61	—
1st	Zimbabwe	273	80.2	Sikandar Raza top scorer; various contributions
2nd	Bangladesh	255	—	—
2nd	Zimbabwe	174/7	50.1	Bennett 54 off 81, Curran 44; Mehidy 3/45, Taijul 2/—

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Result: Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets. Zimbabwe’s first Test win in Bangladesh since 2018.

Brian Bennett 54* the Sylhet innings that defined this Test

Zimbabwe chased 174 for victory. They needed a steady hand from approximately 90/3. Brian Bennett provided it scoring 54 off 81 balls, staying unbeaten, guiding Zimbabwe to 174/7.

Ben Curran’s 44 was the crucial support act. Together, the Bennett-Curran partnership was the difference between Zimbabwe winning by 3 wickets and Bangladesh winning their usual WTC home Test.

But here is the real problem with how this innings is described: “54 off 81” sounds like a quiet innings. On a Sylhet track where Mehidy Hasan Miraz was taking wickets, keeping your wicket for 81 balls is the hardest thing any batter can do. Bennett did not just score 54. He managed a spin attack on a surface designed specifically to take wickets, in the pressure of a Test match chase where 3 more Zimbabwe wickets meant Bangladesh won.

Bold observation: Brian Bennett’s 54* in the 2025 Sylhet Test, followed by 64* vs Australia and 63* vs Sri Lanka in the T20 WC 2026 Group B, makes him the most important Zimbabwean cricketer across formats in 2025-26. He is an anchor who never gets dismissed when Zimbabwe need him most and no cricket media has connected these three innings as the evidence of a single, composure-defining talent.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 3/45 not enough to prevent the defeat

Mehidy Hasan Miraz took 3/45 in Zimbabwe’s final innings chase. Three wickets, 45 runs the best bowling performance in a losing cause for Bangladesh in this Test.

This is where things go wrong in how Bangladesh’s spinners are analysed: Mehidy took wickets at regular intervals but Zimbabwe’s lower order held on. In Tests in Bangladesh, when the spinners bowl well and still lose, it usually means the opposition’s lower-middle order batted more bravely than expected. Zimbabwe’s lower order Bennett, Curran was more disciplined than any equivalent Bangladesh lower-order has been in away Tests.

2nd Test scorecard: Bangladesh 444 beat Zimbabwe 227 & 111 by innings and 106 runs (Chattogram, Apr 28–May 2, 2025)

Innings	Team	Score	Overs	Key performers
1st	Zimbabwe	227	90.1	—
1st	Bangladesh	444	129.2	Multiple contributions; Taijul/Mehidy bowling in 2nd innings
2nd (f/o)	Zimbabwe	111	46.2	ZIM bowled out; Taijul/Mehidy dominant

Result: Bangladesh won by an innings and 106 runs. Series level at 1-1.

Zimbabwe’s 2nd innings 111: the structural batting fragility explained

Zimbabwe’s 1st innings 227 at Chattogram was competitive on paper. A 217-run first-innings deficit was always going to be difficult to survive. But Zimbabwe’s collapse to 111 in their 2nd innings (46.2 overs) was not about the deficit it was about a batting order that has no padding when the best batters (Bennett, Raza) are dismissed early.

Bangladesh’s 444 in the 1st innings building on a pitch that flattened out after Day 1 made the follow-on mathematically unavoidable. Once the follow-on was enforced, Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz bowling on a used Day 4 track were unplayable. Zimbabwe’s 111 all out in 46.2 overs is not an outlier; it is exactly what happens to Zimbabwe when subcontinent spinners operate on a deteriorating pitch with a deficit already against them.

Counterintuitive insight: Bangladesh winning the 2nd Test by innings and 106 runs was the easier of the two Test results to achieve. It required Bangladesh to bat first on a Chattogram track, bat big, and then let their spinners do what Bangladeshi spinners do at home in the 2020s. The 1st Test Zimbabwe winning a 174-run chase on a Sylhet surface required Zimbabwe to do something Bangladesh’s own batters struggle to do in away Tests: manage a pressure chase with disciplined lower-order batting.

ICC Under-19 World Cup 2026: Bangladesh U19 253/9 beat Zimbabwe U19 179 by 74 runs (Harare, Jan 31)

Date	Friday, January 31, 2026
Venue	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tournament	ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026, Super Six Group 2, Match 11
Scores	Bangladesh U19: 253/9 (50 overs) vs Zimbabwe U19: 179/10 (48.4 overs)
Result	Bangladesh U19 won by 74 runs

A late batting surge powered Bangladesh U19 to 253/9 after a difficult start. Zimbabwe’s response reached 179 before Bangladesh’s bowlers completed the 74-run win. The match was Bangladesh’s final game of the tournament and they ended their ICC U19 WC 2026 campaign on a high, after earlier exits prevented a deeper Super Six run.

What most people miss: Zimbabwe U19 competing in the Super Six at an ICC Under-19 World Cup is itself significant. These players Mazvitorera and peers are the same generation who will likely face Bangladesh in senior bilateral series by 2028-29. Their Super Six presence signals Zimbabwe’s pipeline is healthy.

Zimbabwe A tour of Bangladesh 2026: A-team ODIs (June 2026)

1st ODI: Bangladesh Emerging 364 beat Zimbabwe A 279 by 85 runs (Bogra, June 7, 2026)

Team	Score	Result
Bangladesh Emerging	364/10 (50 overs)	Bangladesh Emerging won by 85 runs
Zimbabwe A	279/10 (48.5 overs)	—

Bangladesh Emerging’s 364 in a 50-over A-team match and Zimbabwe-A chasing 365 but falling for 279 (85 runs short) is a significant result for two reasons. First, Bangladesh’s A-team depth is producing 364-run totals, which suggests the senior Bangladesh Test side batting at Harare in June will have serious depth. Second, Zimbabwe-A posting 279 (chasing 365) is a competitive A-team chase total suggesting Zimbabwe’s depth batting is not completely.

2nd ODI: Abandoned without a ball bowled (Bogra, June 10, 2026)

The 2nd unofficial ODI between Bangladesh Emerging and Zimbabwe A was abandoned without a ball bowled at Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra on June 10, 2026. No result; series stood at 1-0 to Bangladesh Emerging before the senior BAN tour of Zimbabwe began.

The Brian Bennett factor from BAN Test to T20 WC to 2026 tour

Three innings across three different contexts, three different formats, three different years:

Match	Context	Score	Result
1st Test, Sylhet, Apr 2025	Bangladesh in the subcontinent	54* off 81 balls	Zimbabwe won by 3 wkts
T20 WC Group B, Colombo, Feb 2026 vs AUS	WC group, vs ranked #2	64* off 48 balls	Zimbabwe won by 23 runs
T20 WC Group B, Colombo, Feb 2026 vs SL	WC group, vs co-hosts	63* off 48 balls	Zimbabwe won by 6 wkts

Brian Bennett is 24 years old. He has not been dismissed in any of these three match-winning innings. His method is identical in all three: set the platform, do not throw it away, allow better-placed teammates to accelerate around him.

Bold observation: Bennett’s three unbeaten match-winning contributions across one Test and two T20 WC matches make him the most important Zimbabwean cricketer since Brendan Taylor. His calmness under pressure in a Sylhet Test chase, in a T20 WC match vs Australia, in a T20 WC match vs Sri Lanka is not coincidence. It is a batting temperament that Zimbabwe has not had since the peak Taylor era.espn+4

When Bangladesh face Zimbabwe in the Harare one-off Test starting June 28, Bennett will be the single most important player to contain. If Bangladesh’s spinners can dismiss him early in both innings, they win the Test comfortably. If Bennett plays a 54* equivalent in Harare, Zimbabwe will be competitive on their home soil.

“Bangladesh Test record without Zimbabwe” the uncomfortable truth

In 2025, The Daily Star of Bangladesh published the most honest analysis of this rivalry: if you remove Zimbabwe from Bangladesh’s Test win column, Bangladesh’s overall Test record becomes significantly weaker. Of Bangladesh’s 9 Test wins against Zimbabwe, multiple came at periods when Zimbabwe were weakened by player exodus, administrative crises, or near-amateur opposition.

But here is the real problem: Bangladesh have won 7 out of the last 8 Tests against Zimbabwe since 2018 including the 2nd Test by an innings and 106 runs in April 2025. The dependency argument cuts both ways. Yes, Zimbabwe tests Bangladesh’s rank and record. But the more recent Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe meetings show Bangladesh is now genuinely stronger at home not just accidentally.

The 2025 series 1-1 draw was the exception, not the rule. Zimbabwe’s 1st Test win in Sylhet was their first win in Bangladesh since 2018 a 7-year wait. That tells you the true competitive gap: Bangladesh win this fixture at home most of the time, but Zimbabwe can still produce a result on any given five days.

For the upcoming Harare Test (June 28), the dynamic flips: Zimbabwe at home, on their surface, with Bennett in form. Bangladesh away from Bangladesh is a different team their Test wins outside the subcontinent remain rare and difficult.

BAN vs ZIM all-time head-to-head (all formats)

Tests (all-time, 20 matches)

Matches	Bangladesh wins	Zimbabwe wins	Draws
20	9	8	3

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Bangladesh lead 9-8 the narrowest head-to-head in Tests between these two teams across any two-decade period. Zimbabwe dominated in the early 2000s (2000-2005: ZIM won 5 of first 6 Tests). Bangladesh took the lead only after 2014.crictotal+3

ODIs (all-time, 81 matches)

Matches	Bangladesh wins	Zimbabwe wins
81	51	30

Bangladesh lead 51-30 the clearest dominance in any format between these two teams. ODI cricket has belonged to Bangladesh since 2015, when their batting depth began consistently outperforming Zimbabwe’s.

T20Is (all-time)

Matches	Bangladesh wins	Zimbabwe wins
~20	~13	~7

Bangladesh have won over 60% of T20Is against Zimbabwe consistent with their ODI dominance. Zimbabwe’s T20I wins against Bangladesh have often come in bilateral series at home or in neutral tournament settings.

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