In the third and last ODI of the ongoing Bangladesh tour of New Zealand, the Asian side has managed to salvage some pride. In the first two games, the Green Brigade didn’t win although they did well in patches. Ahead of the third match, the Tigers needed to win to avoid a clean sweep. In this game, the visitors won the toss and elected to bowl first.
They had a great start after taking two wickets for 22 runs with the wickets of Rachin Ravindra and Henry Nicholls. At this stage, the likes of skipper Tom Latham and Will Young put together 36 runs for the home team. After this partnership was broken, the team was bowled out for 98 runs as they kept losing wickets. For the visitors, Shoriful Islam, Soumya Sarkar, and Tanzim Hasan took three wickets each.
Bangladesh avoids clean sweep
In reply, the Green Brigade lost Sarkar as he got retired hurt. Apart from this, the team only lost one wicket and chased down 99 runs in just 15.1 overs. With this win, the Tigers Men’s team has managed to win their maiden ODI game in the island nation. Now, both teams will play a three-match T20I series, starting on December 27.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Jacob Duffy, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee
Bangladesh squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Litton Kumer Das, Rony Talukdar, Tawhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Vice Captain), Shak Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
1st T20I: Wednesday, December 27 in Napier at 11:40am.
2nd T20I: Friday, December 29 in Mount Maunganui at 11:40am.
3rd T20I: Sunday, December 31 in Mount Maunganui at 5:30am.
This is how Twitter reacted
98 all out by NZ, brilliant performance by Bangladesh cricket team?
— Kirkett (@bhaskar_sanu08) December 23, 2023
Congratulations ban?? pic.twitter.com/vRsBU0HPQI
— Zubair Ghaffary???? (@ZubairGhaffary) December 23, 2023
Brilliant win by Bangladesh
— Hriday Singh (@hridaysingh16) December 23, 2023
The underdogs. Well played Bangladesh.
— Aarushi Joshi (@Aarushijoshii) December 23, 2023
Congratulations??? Bangladesh??
Well played ?
Well bowled by Baller— Ajay Gautam (@gautam_ajay007) December 23, 2023
Moye moye pic.twitter.com/w0D9ZeJBKR
— The Photoshop Guy (@PhotoshopGuy_) December 23, 2023
What’s Bangladesh cooking???? ?
— ADIfications (@adi_fications) December 23, 2023
What a dominant display from Bangladesh!??
— ?????? ???? ?? (@SalmanAsif2007) December 23, 2023
The great comeback of Saumya Sarkar in the NZ ODI series is the positive news for the Bangladesh Cricket ??
— Anish Verma (@anishverma1985) December 23, 2023
Well player Bengal tigers ?
— Berlin ?? (@AsnanSays) December 23, 2023
