In the second match of the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, Bangladesh posted 141 for six in 20 overs. Mohammad Naim scored the highest, 39, for the Tigers while Mahmudullah Riyad remained unbeaten scoring 37.  Bangladesh made a good start as Liton Das and Mohammad Naim put up a 59-run stand at the opening. Their stay was a clear indication of a better wicket in Mirpur. Read:  BAN vs. NZ 2021: Bangladesh Clinch Their First T20I Win Against Newzeland But Bangladesh’s progress stumbled when Liton fell prey to Rachin Ravindra, and off the next ball, Mushfiqur Rahim was stumped by a great effort of New Zealand captain Tom Latham.  Shakib Al Hasan also failed to continue on a good run. He fell prey to Cole McConchie scoring 12 of seven balls with two fours. It looked an easy catch for the debutant Ben Sears, but he missed it at the first chance. He managed to get it at the second chance after the ball bounced on his leg.  After Shakib’s dismissal, Afif Hossain also returned to the dressing quickly. He managed to score only three in three balls.  Mahmudullah was firm at the other end of the wicket and remained unbeaten for 37 off 32 balls with five fours. He was accompanied by Nurul Hasan Sohan at the sixth wicket stand when Bangladesh added 32 off 22 balls. Before getting dismissed off the last ball of the innings, Sohan scored 13 off nine balls.  Read:Bangladesh overpower New Zealand on tricky surface For New Zealand, spinner Rachin Ravindra bagged three wickets conceding 22 runs while Ajaz Patel, Cole McConchie and Hamish Bennett took one wicket each.  

Bangladesh have to chase down a target of 170 in 16 0vers to win the second T20I vs New Zealand on Tuesday at Napier after New Zealand’s innings came to an abrupt end when the rain hit the game after 17.5 overs with the hosts posted 173 for five.  Also read:Bangladesh opt to bowl first in 2nd T20 vs New Zealand Bangladesh started chasing before knowing the target officially, and thus the chasing was stopped after at 12/0 in 1.3 overs. After a drama for a few minutes, it was decided that Bangladesh need to score 170 to win the game in 16 overs.  After losing the toss and opted to bowl first, Bangladesh leaked away many runs in the first few overs. But in the fourth over of the game, Taskin Ahmed bagged the first wicket removing Finn Allen for 17 off 10 balls.  In the same over, Finn was dropped by the captain Mahmudullah Riyad. However, in the last ball of the over, Mohammad Naim took an easy catch to dismiss Finn who was playing his second ODI. Also read:Tigers start T20 series vs New Zealand with big defeat  New Zealand lost two more wickets when Martin Guptill and Devon Conway fell prey to Mohammad Saifuddin and Shoriful Islam respectively. While Guptill fell in the last ball of the sixth over by a stunning catch from Taskin, Conway was dismissed off the first ball of the seventh over.  The rain hit the game for the first time in the match during the 13th over when the Kiwis were batting at 102 for four in 12.2 overs. The game was delayed by 10 minutes and no over was lost.  The rain came back when the Kiwis were batting at 173 for five in 17.5 overs and that was the end of their innings with Glenn Phillips scoring the highest— 58 off 30 balls.  Also read: Bangabandhu T20 Cup: playoff begins Monday  For Bangladesh, Mahedi Hasan took two wickets while Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful took one wicket each. 

Bangladesh posted only 136 runs for six wickets in 20 overs in the second match of the three-match series against Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday.