The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in October 2018 to play two Tests and three One Day International (ODI) matches.

[4] Bangladesh's regular Test captain, Shakib Al Hasan, was unavailable due to injury.

However, in May 2018, it was announced that the series could be moved to October 2018, because of security concerns around the Bangladeshi general election, scheduled to take place at the same time.

[7] The fixtures were confirmed later in July 2018, with the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium scheduled to host its first Test match.

[13] After the initial squads were announced, Sikandar Raza was added to Zimbabwe's side for both the Test and ODI matches.