Pakistan, July 18 -- Bangladesh ensured their tour of Zimbabwe will end with a decider after squaring the three-match T20I series with a 34-run win in game two in Bulawayo. Put in to bat, Bangladesh innings swayed from the sublime to the ridiculous as Saif Hassan and Tanzid Hasan put on an opening stand of 120 - and both scored half-centuries - helped by five dropped catches.

An uncharacteristically sloppy Zimbabwean side seemed short on plans, with seven bowlers used, and they also spilled a sixth catch at the end of the Bangladesh innings for a forgettable fielding display. In-between those drops, they took five wickets for 21 runs to pull Bangladesh back from a total that seemed headed north of 180.

They got there anyway, thanks to o...