Tigers beat the visiting Kiwis by seven wickets in the first game of the five-match Twenty20 series in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Earlier New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first in the match against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

The host, however, restricted the visitors to 60, joint-lowest T20I score for the Kiwis.

The last time they got the same taste against Sri Lanka in Chattogram in the 2014 T20 World Cup.

Mustafizur picked up three wickets while Shakib, Nasum, Saifuddin took two wickets each and Mahedi got one.

In response to the small target, Bangladesh scored 62 for 3 with 30 balls remaining.  

Shakib Al Hasan, who scored the highest 25 off 33 balls, was made player of the match.

BDST: 1850 HRS, SEPT 1, 2021
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