With this, they have overtaken the record of Sri Lankan greats Kumar Sangakara and Mahela Jayawardene, who had a stand of 166 runs for second wicket against West Indies back in 2010 edition of the tournament.
Zimbabwe will face Pakistan on Thursday in their second Super-12 encounter after it played a rain-curtailed match against South Africa, which was eventually washed off due to rain
Shakib is confident that Bangladesh can stop South Africa's pace attack, especially after openers Soumya Sarkar and Najmul Hossain Shanto got them off to a fast start against the Netherlands.
South Africa were in close reach of victory against Zimbabwe in the ongoing match of the T20 World Cup. Proteas needed 64 runs from seven overs to win, of which the team had scored 51 runs from three overs, with Quinton de Kock being the aggressor.
Due to rain, the match was a nine-over affair initially. Zimbabwe scored 79/5 in their nine overs. South Africa was given a revised target of 64 runs in seven overs and the side was off to a blazing start thanks to wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock, but the Proteas still did not get to pla
Opting to bat first, the Zimbabwe team walked out for the national anthem but the rain gods opened the gates of heaven to pour rain. The match was then reduced to nine over a side game due to the rain delay.
In his autobiography, in a chapter titled "The Ghosts of Insecurity", the batter described his final phases with the national team, which started after Boucher took over the side as head coach for series against England back in December 2019