December 29, 2023 12:08 pm | Updated 12:08 pm IST – MOUNT MAUNGANUI (New Zealand)
Bangladesh’s Shoriful Islam (C) celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand’s Finn Allen throughout the second Twenty20 cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on December 29, 2023.
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Bangladesh has received the toss and chosen to bowl Friday, December 29, 2023 in the second Twenty20 worldwide against New Zealand at Bay Oval.
At the time of publishing the report, New Zealand scored 41 for one in 5 overs. Opener Finn Allen was out for two off the supply of Shoriful Islam. Tim Seifert and Daryl Mitchel have been at the crease.
The vacationers lead the three-match sequence 1-0 after profitable Wednesday’s first match by 5 wickets, Bangladesh’s first T20 win over New Zealand in New Zealand.
Bangladesh additionally received the third match of the one-day worldwide sequence between the groups, its first win in New Zealand in that format.
New Zealand named an unchanged lineup, resisting the temptation to bolster its batting after current top-order failures.
Bangladesh might be with out Litton Das, its match-winner on Wednesday, who’s injured.
New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (captain), Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears.
Bangladesh: Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Rony Talukdar, Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman, Shamim Hossain.
Umpires: Shaun Haig and Kim Cotton, New Zealand.
TV umpire: Wayne Knights, New Zealand. Match referee: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand.
