Tamim Iqbal (L), Shakib Al Hasan (C) and Sohrawardi Shuvo (2nd from R) stretch during a practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium yesterday. The return of stalwarts like Iqbal and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is expected to bolster the balance of the side for the Zimbabwe series starting today. The Tigers are buoyant after their recent 4-0 drubbing of New Zealand and go into the first one-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur with the tag of 'favourites', but refreshingly there has been a common sentiment among the players that the job would not be so easy as they dubbed Zimbabwe "a better side" in this conditions than the Kiwis.
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