BAN beat NZ, 1st T20: Bangladesh defeat New Zealand for first time

BAN beat NZ, 1st T20: Mustafizur Rahman’s three-wicket haul and Mushfiqur Rahim’s unbeaten 16-run knock helped Bangladesh defeat New Zealand by seven wickets in the first T20I of the five-match series here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.

With this win, Bangladesh has taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. The next match will be played on Friday. Chasing 61, Bangladesh got off to a bad start as openers Mohammad Naim (1) and Liton Das (1) were dismissed with the score being just 7.

BAN beat NZ, 1st T20: Bangladesh defeat New Zealand for first time in T20 cricket

However, experienced campaigners Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim got together to put 30 runs on the board. However, in the 10th over, this stand came to an end as Rachin Ravindra dismissed Shakib (25), reducing Bangladesh to 37/3.

In the end, Mushfiqur (16*) and Mahmudullah (14*) guided Bangladesh to a seven-wicket win with 30 balls to spare.

Earlier, a spirited bowling performance from Bangladesh bowlers helped the hosts bundle out New Zealand for just 60 inside 17 overs.

Opting to bat first, New Zealand got off to a bad start as the side lost its first four wickets with just nine runs on the board. Rachin Ravindra (0), Will Young (5), Colin de Grandhomme (1), and Tom Blundell (2) all failed to leave a mark with the bat and Bangladesh spinners came into their own pretty early on.

Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls put on 34 runs for the fifth wicket but Bangladesh stormed right back as Saifuddin and Shakib dismissed Latham (18) and Cole McConchie (0), reducing New Zealand to 45/6 in the 12th over.

No Kiwi batter was able to stay at the crease for a long haul and in the end, the visitors were bowled out for 60 inside 17 overs.

BAN beat NZ, 1st T20: Bangladesh defeat New Zealand for first time in T20 cricket

Match results
Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	10 wickets	Hamilton	Feb 3, 2010	T20I # 131
Bangladesh	New Zealand	New Zealand	59 runs	Pallekele	Sep 21, 2012	T20I # 267
Bangladesh	New Zealand	New Zealand	15 runs	Dhaka	Nov 6, 2013	T20I # 333
Bangladesh	New Zealand	New Zealand	75 runs	Kolkata	Mar 26, 2016	T20I # 550
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	6 wickets	Napier	Jan 3, 2017	T20I # 574
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	47 runs	Mount Maunganui	Jan 6, 2017	T20I # 575
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	27 runs	Mount Maunganui	Jan 8, 2017	T20I # 576
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	66 runs	Hamilton	Mar 28, 2021	T20I # 1139
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	28 runs	Napier	Mar 30, 2021	T20I # 1140
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	65 runs	Auckland	Apr 1, 2021	T20I # 1141
Bangladesh	New Zealand	Bangladesh	7 wickets	Dhaka	Sep 1, 2021	T20I # 1243

Over 15: Bangladesh wins by 7 wickets! Mushfiqur Rahim hits the winning run for the home side as they chase down the total with 30 balls to spare.

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Naim Sheikh	c HM Nicholls b CE McConchie	1	6	0	0	16.67
Liton Das	st Tom Latham b AY Patel	1	3	0	0	33.33
Shakib Al Hasan	c Tom Latham b R Ravindra	25	33	2	0	75.76
Mushfiqur Rahim	Not out	16	26	1	0	61.54
Mahmudullah (C)	Not out	14	22	2	0	63.64
Extra	5 (b 0, w 5, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	62/3 (15)
Yet To Bat	Nurul Hasan, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, M Saifuddin

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Ajaz Patel	4	7	1	1.75
Cole McConchie	4	19	1	4.75
Rachin Ravindra	4	21	1	5.25
Jacob Duffy	1	3	0	3.00
Doug Bracewell	1	3	0	3.00
Blair Tickner	1	9	0	9.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
N Sheikh	1-1	1.1
Liton Das	2-7	2.5
Shakib Al Hasan	3-37	9.5

Over 14: Nine runs off the over with a four in it. Just six runs are required now. Bangladesh 55/3 after 14 overs.

BAN vs NZ Live Score 1st T20: Bangladesh 46/3 (13)

Over 13: Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim cautiously rotating strike. Just 15 required off 42 deliveries now.

Over 12: Four runs off the over. Bangladesh 43/3 after twelve over, needs 18 of 48.

BAN vs NZ Live Score 1st T20: Bangladesh 37/3 (10)

Over 10: Just when Shakib Al Hasan and M Rahim were taking Bangladesh slowly towards the target, debutant Rachin Ravindra dismissed Shakib Al Hasan. Bangladesh is three down now.

Over 9: Five off the over, Bangladesh now needs 24 runs in 62 deliveries

Over 7: Three runs off the over, Bangladesh 25/2. Needs 36 runs off 76 deliveries.

Over 6: 10 runs off the sixth over. Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim take charge of the run-chase. Bangladesh slowly recovering from early blows. Bangladesh 22/2 after six.

BAN vs NZ Live Score 1st T20: Bangladesh 11/2 (4)

BAN vs NZ Live Score 1st T20: Bangladesh 4/1

Over 2: WICKET! McConchie takes wicket on his first delivery, sends Naim back.

Over 1: Just one run from the over as New Zealand begin with spinner.

BAN vs NZ Live Score 1st T20: 60 all out in 16.5 ovs

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tom Blundell	b Nasum Ahmed	2	6	0	0	33.33
Rachin Ravindra	c & b Mahedi Hasan	0	1	0	0	0.00
Will Young	b Shakib Al Hasan	5	11	1	0	45.45
Colin de Grandhomme	c N Sheikh b Nasum Ahmed	1	4	0	0	25.00
Tom Latham (WK/C)	c Nasum Ahmed b M Saifuddin	18	25	1	0	72.00
Henry Nicholls	c Mushfiqur Rahim b M Saifuddin	18	24	1	0	75.00
Cole McConchie	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib Al Hasan	0	3	0	0	0.00
Doug Bracewell	c Mahedi Hasan b Mustafizur Rahman	5	7	0	0	71.43
Ajaz Patel	b Mustafizur Rahman	3	6	0	0	50.00
Blair Tickner	Not out	3	9	0	0	33.33
Jacob Duffy	c M Saifuddin b Mustafizur Rahman	3	5	0	0	60.00
Extra	2 (b 2, w 0, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	60/10 (16.5)
Yet To Bat

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Mahedi Hasan	4	15	1	3.75
Nasum Ahmed	2	5	2	2.50
Shakib Al Hasan	4	10	2	2.50
Mustafizur Rahman	2.5	13	3	4.59
Mahmudullah	2	8	0	4.00
Mohammad Saifuddin	2	7	2	3.50

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
R Ravindra	1-1	0.3
WA Young	2-7	2.5
C Grandhomme	3-8	3.3
TA Blundell	4-9	3.6
Tom Latham	5-43	10.5
CE McConchie	6-45	11.4
HM Nicholls	7-49	12.6
AY Patel	8-52	14.1
DAJ Bracewell	9-55	14.5
JA Duffy	10-60	16.5