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New Zealand opt to bat first in 1st T20I vs Bangladesh

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Update: 2021-09-01 15:58:56
New Zealand opt to bat first in 1st T20I vs Bangladesh

New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first against Bangladesh in the first game of the five-match Twenty20 series in Dhaka on Wednesday.

The match starts at 4:00 pm at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Bangladesh: 1 Mohammad Naim, 2 Liton Das, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Mahmudullah (capt), 6 Nurul Hasan (wk), 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Nasum Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

New Zealand: 1 Rachin Ravindra, 2 Tom Blundell, 3 Will Young, 4 Colin de Grandhomme, 5 Tom Latham (capt&wk), 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Cole McConchie, 8 Doug Bracewell, 9 Blair Tickner, 10 Jacob Duffy, 11 Ajaz Patel

The Tigers so far played 10 matches against the Black Caps in this format and lost all, including the one in 2013 at home ground, where they are simply invincible to the Kiwis as far as the ODI cricket is concerned.

Bangladesh whitewashed New Zealand in 2010 (4-0) and 2013 (3-0) in ODI cricket at home during the Kiwis' last two visits here. 

Sports analyst Saleque Sufi said Bangladesh has so far played 10 T20 International matches against New Zealand and lost all. But they twice in the past Whitewashed them in ODI series in Bangladesh. Circumstances alter cases. Conditions favours home team. But what we understand Black Caps have come better prepared. The series promises to be far better contested than what happened against Aussies. 

He also said: "New Zealand plays far smarter cricket now in all formats. The country of 5 millions only has very well structured domestic cricket formats. They know the winning formula. They have also become masters at reading and preparing for conditions at home. They trained with duke balls before the England Tour and the World Test Championship final. We know how they succeeded. We have learnt that ahead of Bangladesh series, New Zealand simulated spin-friendly conditions during their winter camps in Mount Maunganui and Lincoln. Although they appear to struggle a bit in adjusting with heat and humidity in Bangladesh but they seem far better prepared than the Australian team. But even then, Black Caps would be underdogs in the series."

BDST: 1559 HRS, SEPT 1, 2021
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