Bangladesh star all rounder batsmen Shakib Al Hasan first smashed a half-century and picked up three crucial wickets as Bangladesh thrashed Zimbabwe by 91 runs in a tri-nation one-day international tournament on Tuesday. Chasing 217 for victory, Zimbabwe were bundled out for 125 off 36.3 overs after Shakib took 3-34 with his left-arm spin for the hosts. Shakib and opener Tamim Iqbal, who top-scored with 76, set up the win as they shared 106 runs for the second wicket after Bangladesh elected to bat first.

Zimbabwe skipper Graeme Cremer claimed four wickets to restrict Bangladesh to a modest 216-9 despite a strong start provided by Tamim. The left-handed Tamim registered his third half-century in as many matches, becoming the first Bangladeshi to amass 6,000 ODI runs in the process. He was also named man of the match. Once Bangladesh was looking for big score, but collapsed from 147-2 to 170-8 with paceman Kyle Jarvis grabbing three wickets for 42 runs.

"It was a difficult wicket to bat on. Seamers were also getting support from the wicket. We thought that scoring above 200 would give us chance to win the match," said Tamim. "Today number 9, 10 and 11 batsmen provided nearly 50 runs for us and that made the difference," he added. Number-10 batsman Mustafizur Rahman struck an unbeaten 18 to take Bangladesh past the 200-run mark and complete their full quota of 50 overs. Now Bangladesh is the only team who qualify for the final. The last game of the triangular series will be played between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh