A rain-soaked Tigers’ elusive series win drew 1-1 against New Zealand
In a challenging pursuit of a ﷽modest target, the host faced a setback aไgainst the Tigers as Shoriful Islam and Mahedi Hasan both took two wickets, leaving New Zealand at 49-5.
December 31, 2023
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A rain-soaked Tigers’ elusive series win drew 1-1 against New Zealand
In a challenging pursuit of a modest target, the host faced a setback against the Tigers as Shoꩲriful Islam a🃏nd Mahedi Hasan both took two wickets, leaving New Zealand at 49-5.
In a challenging pursuit of a modest target, the host fa𓂃ced a setback against the Tigers as Shoriful Islam and Mahedi Hasan both took two wickets, leaving New Zealand at 49-5.
Mahedi Hasan removed Tim Seifert (1) and Daryl🔯 Mitchell (1), while Shoriful claimed the crucial wickets of Finn Allen (38) and Glenn Philips (1).
Neesham and Santner’s resilient partnership of 46 runs steadied New Zealand, reaching 95-5 in 14.4 overs before rain interrupted play. Neesham (28) and Santner (18) remained unbeaten.
Santner earlier took four wickets, limiting Bangladesh to 110 runs. Bangladesh struggled from the start, losing top-order batsmen in the powerplay. Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto t♚op-scored with 16 runs.
Soumya Sarkar (4) was the first to depart, trapped leg-before by Tim Southee. Shanto and Rony Talukdar tried to rebuild, but Santner’s four-wicket haul disrupted their efforts. Towhid Hridoy (16), Afif Hossain (14), and Shamim Hossain (9) couldn’t rescue Bangladesh.
The visitors won the 🐲opening T20I by 5 wickets, securing their first-ever T20I win in New Zealand. The second match was washed out. Despite losing the ODI series 1-2, Bangladesh bounced back to claim a historic ODI win on New Zealand soil in the final match, led by Najmul Hossain Shanto.
