Bangladesh beats New Zealand by 7 wickets in 1st T20

Bangladesh defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets in their first Twenty20 out of five at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

New Zealand had won the toss and opted to bat first against Bangladesh. Kiwi’s top-order batsmen played pathetic which led them towards defeat. The batsmen were not even able to stay on the field for 20 overs and were all out in the 16^th over, only two batsmen struggled and were able to reach the double-figure.

New Zealand made 60 runs and gave the target of 61 runs to Bangladesh, which they chased in 15 overs.

New Zealand Innings:

Tom Blundell got bowled by Nasim Ahmed and made 2 runs on 6 balls.

Rachin Ravindra got caught out and bowled by Mahedi Hasan and made 0 runs on 1 ball.

Will Young got bowled by Shakib and made 5 runs on 11 balls.

De Grandhomme got caught out by Naim on the ball of Nasum Ahmed and made 1 run on 4 balls.

Skipper and wicketkeeper, Latham got caught out by Nasum Ahmed on the ball of Saifuddin and made 18 runs on 25 balls.

Henry Nicholls got caught out by Rahim on the ball of Saifuddin and made 18 runs on 24 balls.

McConchie got caught out by Rahim on the ball of Shakib and made 0 run on 3 balls.

Bracewell got caught out by Mahedi Hasan on the ball of Mustafizur and made 5 runs on 7 balls.

Ajaz Patel got bowled by Mustafizur and made 3 runs on 6 balls.

Tickner remained not out and made 3 runs on 9 balls.

Jacob Duffy got caught out by Saifuddin on the ball of Mustafizur and made 3 runs on 5 balls.

Fall of Wickets:

1-1 (Rachin Ravindra, 0.3), 7-2 (Will Young, 2.5), 8-3 (de Grandhomme, 3.3), 9-4 (Tom Blundell, 3.6), 43-5 (Latham, 10.5), 45-6 (McConchie, 11.4), 49-7 (Henry Nicholls, 12.6), 52-8 (Ajaz Patel, 14.1), 55-9 (Bracewell, 14.5), 60-10 (Jacob Duffy, 16.5)

Bangladesh Innings:

Mohammad Naim got caught out by Henry Nicholls on the ball of McConchie and made 1 run on 6 balls.

Liton Das got stumped by Latham on the ball of Ajaz Patel and made 1 run on 3 balls.

Shakib Al Hasan got caught out by Latham on the ball of Rachin Ravindra and made 25 runs on 33 balls.

Mushfiqur Rahim remained not out and made 16 runs on 26 balls.

Skipper Mahmudullah remained not out and made 14 runs on 22 balls.

Did not Bat:

Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed

Fall of Wickets:

1-1 (Mohammad Naim, 1.1), 7-2 (Liton Das, 2.5), 37-3 (Shakib Al Hasan, 9.5)

Bangladesh Squad:

Playing:

Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed

Bench:

Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Mosaddek Hossain, Aminul Islam, Shamim Hossain

New Zealand Squad:

Playing:

Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell, Will Young, Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham (c & wk), Henry Nicholls, Cole McConchie, Doug Bracewell, Ajaz Patel, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy

Bench:

Scott Kuggeleijn, Hamish Bennett, Matt Henry, Ben Sears