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The 33-year-old off-spinner was selected by caretaker coach Walter Chawaguta, who took charge after Dave Houghton's departure last month, citing a loss of control over the team amidst disappointing results. Mufudza's consistent and impressive performances at the domestic level in Zimbabwe paved the way for his inclusion. Additionally, pace bowler Faraz Akram, previously part of the Twenty20 side, is set to make his ODI debut. The scheduled ODI matches are on January 6, 8, and 11, while the team will also play three T20I matches in Colombo on January 14, 16, and 18.

Experienced batsman Sikandar Raza has been appointed as captain of a youthful Zimbabwe squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against world champions India, starting from July 6 in Harare, PTI reported.

Bangladesh hope to break out of a rut when they take on Zimbabwe in a one-off Test in Dhaka starting Saturday, but coach Russell Domingo thinks the players need to change their thinking to achieve success.

Debutant teenager Noor Ahmad was the four-wicket star as Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by 35 runs in Harare on Tuesday to complete a 3-0 Twenty20 series whitewash.

Najmul Hossain and skipper Mominul Haque hit half-centuries as Bangladesh replied strongly to Zimbabwe in their one-off Test in Dhaka on Sunday.

Mushfiqur Rahim hit his third Test double century as Bangladesh declared their first innings with a lead of 295 Monday in their one-off match against Zimbabwe. Bangladesh ended their innings on 560 for six in the final session before spinner Nayeem Hasan then claimed two wickets in two balls in the first over in Dhaka.