Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Chattogram Pitch Report For BAN Vs ZIM 1st T20I

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Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium will host the first-match of the five-T20I series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe on Friday (May 3). The first three fixtures of this leg will take place at the same venue, with the first two scheduled to get underway at 5:30 PM IST.

Needless to say, this will be part of the T20 World Cup preparations for Bangladesh, as the showpiece event is set to be held in the West Indies and the USA. For Zimbabwe, this is nothing more than a normal bilateral series, as they are not to be among the participants at the showpiece event.

There have been 24 T20Is in Chattogram before this series, with the first held way back in 2013. Let's take a look at how the pitches at this venue have fared over the years.

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Pitch Report

As the average run rate (7.67) in T20Is at this venue suggests, the tracks at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium are dryish and favour spinners a lot. So, you can expect batters to struggle to get going here, helping the blowers to take a sigh of relief in a format where batters dominate like no other.