Bangladesh claimed an historic five-wicket win over New Zealand on Wednesday after its bowlers ran riot within the opening sport of its three-match Twenty20 collection on Wednesday in Napier.
This was Bangladesh’s first Twenty20 win on New Zealand soil, 4 days after claiming a maiden away one-day worldwide win over the Black Caps in Napier.
“I’m really excited and very proud of how we played,” mentioned Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Asked to bat by Shanto, New Zealand made a disastrous begin shedding three wickets earlier than reaching 134 for 9 after 20 overs.
“Our bowlers learnt quickly in these conditions with the new ball,” Shanto added. “We were really confident after we restricted them.”
The Black Caps bowlers gave dwelling followers hope with the early wickets of Bangladesh opener Rony Talukdar and Shanto.
Veteran Litton Das partnered up with Soumya Sarkar, then Towhid Hridoy to steer Bangladesh to 96-4 after 13 overs.
The customer was wobbling at 97-5 because it misplaced wickets in fast succession after Afif Hossain was caught for one run off six balls.
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Das, who completed on 42 not out, survived two shut calls as he battled cramp.
The on-field umpire gave him out leg-before-wicket (LBW) on Tim Southee’s bowling, however the Bangladesh opener stayed on the crease when the assessment confirmed the ball would have sailed over the stumps.
Ish Sodhi then caught Das on the boundary, however stepped onto the boundary rope to present away six runs.
It fell to allrounder Mahedi Hasan, who completed 19 not out, to hit the profitable runs in his partnership of 40 alongside Das with eight balls spare.
“Credit to Bangladesh, they bowled well,” mentioned Mitchell Santner, who captained New Zealand with common white ball skipper Kane Williamson rested.
“We fought hard with the ball to make it interesting, but the powerplay took it away from us with the bat,” Santner added.
The second and third Twenty20 in Internationals will each be performed at Mount Maunganui on Friday, then Sunday.
Bangladesh, ranked ninth in Twenty20 worldwide cricket, punched above its weight to ground third-ranked New Zealand.
Having dismissed the Black Caps for 98 in Saturday’s third one-day worldwide in shedding the collection 2-1, the Bangladesh bowlers picked up the place they left off.
Hasan bowled Tim Seifert within the opening over.
Shoriful Islam was the decide of the Bangladesh bowlers with 3-26, together with having Finn Allen caught and Glenn Phillips trapped LBW in consecutive balls.
Daryl Mitchell hit consecutive fours earlier than falling for 14 to go away New Zealand 20-4.
Mark Chapman hit 19 off as many balls earlier than being caught with the rating on 50-5.
Santner and James Neesham placed on 41 earlier than Sarkar made his second catch to dismiss Santner, having additionally caught Allen within the slips.
Neesham fell two runs wanting his 50, holing out at deep cowl level, and Southee was caught on eight.
Adam Milne hit a towering six off the ultimate ball to complete 16 not out earlier than Bangladesh’s batters chipped away at New Zealand’s tally.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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