Performer of The Day: Sizzling Soumya

The best news for Bangladesh from the three ODIs against Zimbabwe came in the last match yesterday in the form of an explosive return to the side and to form for Soumya Sarkar. Coming to the crease after Liton Das got out in the first ball of the innings, Soumya made like it was 2015. Soumya hit a 92-ball 117 against a shell-shocked Zimbabwe. During a Bangladesh-record 220-run first-wicket partnership with Imrul Kayes, Soumya brought up his second ODI ton off just 81 deliveries and hit nine boundaries and six sixes in the process. The sixes especially were worth watching, with the elegant left-hander almost hitting them at will.