It’s the 11th game of ICC ODI CWC23 where BAN are taking on NZ on a turning track of Chennai. BAN who have won 1 out of 2 in their ICC CWC23, India whereas NZ are unbeaten in this tournament till now together with PAK, IND and SA.
Good news for Black Caps as their skipper, Kane Williamson, together with Shakib al Hassan are are down to the middle for the toss. Kiwi Skipper wins and elects to field first in their 3rd match of the ICC Men’s Cricket Worldcup 2023.
Kiwi Skipper Both BAN and NZ Bring one change in their 11. Kiwi skipper returns in place of Will Young whilst Mehadi gives way to Mahmudullah the Hero of WC15 and the first BAN centurion at the WC.
Litton Das and Tanzid Hasan are down to the middle for coping with the Kiwi bowlers: Trent Boult and Matt Henry. The beginning prove a nightmare for Bangladesh as the lose Das on the very first ball. It’s the first golden duck of ICC Men’s ODI Cricket WC23. Litton tries to take on Boult from the very first ball and comes down the track to hit the ball over the midwicket. But he never judges the inswing from Boult and gets caught at fine leg.
Tanzid and Mehidy Hasan Miraz bring 40-runs stand for BAN for the 2nd wicket. Tanzid who looks good against pace gets gives away his wicket on a cracker from Ferguson. He flicks 144 kph and gets caught at square leg. He goes after scoring 16 off 17 at the end of the 8th.
Ferguson doesn’t have to wait for long for his second wicket as Miraz goes after the short ball from Ferguson and finds a man at fine leg. Mehidy goes after scoring 30 off 46 striking at 65 and hitting 4 boundaries.
BAN lose another wicket onthe same scorecard as Glenn Philips strikes on his first ball in the 13th over. Najmul HOssain Shanto plays length ball early and Conwey at midwicket bags an easy one. Shanto goes for 7 off 8 and BAN are 56 for 4 in 12.1
Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib al hasan hold their nerves in this crucial match against NZ. Both batters provide 96-runs stand off 108 balls for the 5th wicket to help Bangladesh post a fighting total at Chennai. Shakib al Hasan tries to pull the short of length ball for his 2nd consecutive six but miscues it and Keeper takes it at point. Shakib goes for his 40 off 51 hitting three 4s and two 6s. BAN are 152 for 5 at the end of 30.
BAN don’t come out of the struggle as this phase also brings forth some more damage to their batting line-up. They add 37 only from 31-40 at 3.70 for the loss of 2 wickets. Conclusively, BAN make 143 for the loss of 5 wickets at 4.77.
Taskin Ahmed sweeps Snatner to deep-backward square where Mitchell bags it in style. He goes after scoring 17 off 19 hitting away 2 massive sixes. BAN are 218/8 at the end of 45.
BAN batting line-up proves a wall of sand in front of mighty Kiwis as Matt Henry picks his 2nd of the evening. This time Mustafiz goes after scoring 4 off 10 as he tries pulling the short ball and it gets skyhigh that lands into Latham’s gloves.
