It’s another match and another defeat for Bangladesh. After losing against England, Bangladesh faced off New Zealand in their third game in the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup. But New Zealand gave no chance and sealed a dominating victory by 8 wickets on skipper Kane Williamson’s return.
Kane Williamson missed New Zealand’s first two games for his injury. But he has recovered and made his mark in the World Cup today against Bangladesh. However, the captain had a great run to seal their third successive victory in the World Cup.
Toss: Skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl first against Bangladesh.
Top Order Collapsed Again!
The top order is a massive concern for Bangladesh as their batters continue to underperform with the new ball. Liton Kumar Das, who had a decent knock against England, had gone duck in the very first ball of the innings. New batter Tanzid Tamim also failed once again to shine for Bangladesh. Mehedi Miraz looked good but couldn’t continue as he departed after scoring 30. Meanwhile, Nazmul Shanto lost his wicket with 7 runs. As a result, Bangladesh had gone four men down in just 56 runs.
After that, captain Shakib Al Hasan tried to handle the disaster with the experienced Mushfiqur Rahim. Slowly but continuously they were picking runs on the scoreboard. They made a decent partnership of 96 runs to make a basement for Bangladesh.
Shakib was looking good, but Lockie Ferguson picked him up in the 30th over. The captain added 40 off 51 before leaving the crease. However, Mushfiq was also getting runs and hitting boundaries. But he got bowled by Matt Henry’s slower. Mushfiq, known as Mr. Dependable, had to return to the pavilion with the highest 66 runs for the team.
It seemed Bangladesh could lose all their wickets before 200 runs. But Mahmudullah Riyad made a huge contribution in the lower order. With his unbeaten 41 runs, Bangladesh posted a total of 245 runs in 50 overs.
New Zealand comfortably chased the target
Although Bangladeshi pacers put New Zealand under pressure in the beginning, they couldn’t avoid the defeat. Pacer Mustafizur Rahman picked up Rachin Ravindra in the 3rd over, but Devon Conway handled brilliantly with the captain, Kane Williamson.
The two batters were very defensive against the Bangladeshi bowlers. But they didn’t give away their wickets. In addition, they made a partnership of 90 runs, which was the basement for the Kiwi.
However, captain Shakib gave a breakthrough by taking the wicket of Devon Conway, who scored 45 off 59 balls. But the Kiwi captain led the team with Daryll Mitchell. Kane Williamson scored a brilliant 78 runs before going back to the pavilion as a retired hurt. Anyway, Daryll Mitchell successfully chased the target with Glenn Phillips. Mitchel added an unbeaten 89 off 57 to seal the match for New Zealand. With this victory, New Zealand go to the top of the table with six points.
