New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 1st T20I: Bangladesh complete another historic win in New Zealand

Bangladesh's seamers ran riot as the tourists completed another historic win in New Zealand beating the Blackcaps for the first time in a T20I, on Wednesday in Napier.

Asked to bat by Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, the hosts lost three wickets for just one run before James Neesham offered resistance by hitting 48.

Having dismissed New Zealand for 98 in Saturday's third one-day international in losing the series 2-1, the Bangladesh bowlers picked up where they left off as Mahedi Hasan bowled Tim Seifert in the opening over.

Shoriful Islam was the pick of the Bangladesh bowlers with 3-26, including having Finn Allen caught and Glenn Phillips trapped lbw in consecutive balls.

Daryl Mitchell hit consecutive fours before falling for 14 to leave New Zealand 20-4.

Mark Chapman hit 19 off as many balls before being caught with the score on 50-5. 

Captain Mitchell Santner and Neesham put on 41 before Soumya Sarkar made his second catch to dismiss Santner, having also caught Allen in the slips.

Neesham fell two runs short of his fifty, holing out at deep cover point, and Tim Southee was caught on eight.

Adam Milne hit a towering six off the final ball to finish 16 not out.

In the run chase, Bangladesh completed another historic win in New Zealand, beating the Blackcaps for the first time in a T20I, by 5 wickets. Litton Das 42* (36) led the tourists charge with the bat.

New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 1st T20I, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand

New Zealand 134/9 (20 ov)

Bangladesh 137/5 (18.4 ov)

Result - Bangladesh won by 5 wickets

SCORECARD

Match Stats

New Zealand Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tim Seifert - 0.4 ov), 2-1 (Finn Allen - 1.2 ov), 3-1 (Glenn Phillips - 1.3 ov), 4-20 (Daryl Mitchell - 4.4 ov), 5-50 (Mark Chapman - 9.2 ov), 6-91 (Mitchell Santner - 14.3 ov), 7-110 (Jimmy Neesham - 16.3 ov), 8-124 (Tim Southee - 18.3 ov), 9-127 (Ish Sodhi - 19.4 ov)

Bangladesh Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Rony Talukdar - 1.4 ov), 2-38 (Najmul Hossain Shanto - 4.6 ov), 3-67 (Soumya Sarkar - 8.4 ov), 4-96 (Towhid Hridoy - 13.3 ov), 5-97 (Afif Hossain - 14.3 ov)

Playing XIs

New Zealand: 

• Tim Seifert(WK)
• Finn Allen
• Daryl Mitchell
• Glenn Phillips
• Mark Chapman
• Jimmy Neesham
• Mitchell Santner(C)
• Adam Milne
• Tim Southee
• Ish Sodhi
• Ben Sears

Bangladesh: 

• Soumya Sarkar
• Litton Das(WK)
• Najmul Hossain Shanto(C)
• Rony Talukdar
• Towhid Hridoy
• Afif Hossain
• Mahedi Hasan
• Mustafizur Rahman
• Tanzim Sakib
• Shoriful Islam
• Rishad Hossain

Match Details:

Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 06:10

Venue: McLean Park, Napier

Toss: Bangladesh elected to bowl