NZ vs BAN T20: New Zealand-Bangladesh T-20 series draw, victory in the last match

Pudhari Online Desk: New Zealand leveled the three-match series by defeating Bangladesh by 17 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rules in the third T20 match. The 46-run partnership between Kiwi Vijayat Mitchell Santner and Jimmy Neesham was important.

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner decided to bowl first at Nanfeek Jinkoon. His decision was that the Kiwi bowlers qualified and Bangladesh’s team got 19.2 sixes and 110 runs and all out. A single batsman from Bangladesh did not score 20 runs. Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto made maximum 17 raids. Tauhid scored 16 runs, Afif Hussain scored 14, and Rishad Hussain and Ronnie Talukdar scored 10 each. Shamim Hussain scored nine runs in the pavilion and Tanveer Islam scored eight runs. Soumya Sarkar and Mehdi Hasan got only four runs each.

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New Zealand’s goalies performed brilliantly in Mount Maunganui. Team Saudi, Ben Sears and Adam Milne took one wicket each in the beginning. After that Captain Santner killed Dhumakul and took four casualties. In between, he scored only 16 runs with four sixes. Saudi, Sears and Milne ultimately emerged victorious with one kill each.

While chasing the target of 111 runs, New Zealand scored 95 runs at 14.4 and lost 5 wickets. After this, the game could not go ahead due to rain and New Zealand faced 17 runs on the basis of Duckworth-Lewis rule. Finn Allen scored the maximum 38 runs for the Kiwis. James Neesham remained unbeaten on 28 runs and Mitchell Santner on 18 runs. Team Seifert, Darryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman and Glenn Phillips each scored one run. Mehdi Hasan and Shariful Islam from Bangladesh took two kills each.