Bangladesh registered their first win over New Zealand in T20 internationals on Wednesday, skittling out the Tom Latham-🌟led side for a paltry 60﷽ at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan hit 25 off 33 as Bangladesh chased down the set target in 15 overs with seven wickets in hand. With this win, the hosts h♓ave also taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match ser🌳ies.
After opting to bat, the Blackcaps could not compete against the Tigers bowling attack. On the sluggish track, seamer Mustafizur Rahman took thre♎e for just 13 runs and helped hi🌺s side in restricting New Zealand for their joint-lowest T20I total.
Lowest T20I totals for New Zealand:
- 60 vs Bangladesh, Dhaka in 2021
- 60 vs Sri Lanka, Chattogram in 2014
- 80 vs Pakistan, Christchurch in 2010
- 81 vs Sri Lanka, Lauderhill in 2010
Skipper Latham and Henry Nicholls scored 18 each while the rest of the Kiwi batters🦩 failed to reach double digits.
New Zealand 60 in 16.5 overs (Tom Latham 18, Henry Nicholls 18; Nasum Ahmed 2/5, Shakib Al Hasan 2/10, Mustafizur Rahman 3/13, Mohammad Sa🔜ifuddin 2/7) lost to Bangladesh 62-3 in 15 overs (Shakib Al Hasan 25; Ajaz Patel 1/7) by seven wickets.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
First ever win for Bangladeꩵsh in T20Is against New🐭 Zealand.
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers)
Forget Hundred, T🍎20Is in 🧸Bangladesh is a format on its own!!!
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
Congrats Ban forꦇ winning the first T-20I match against NZ & that 🌌too for the first time. They won it by 7 wickets. Good bowling by the bowlers. Hope to win all matches.
— Nasreen🧕🇧🇩 (@NA__SR__EEN3)
Pl𒊎anning a t⛎our without most of their first choice players on Asian soil against is going to make this their disastrous campaign
— Prishi kumar (@tweetprishi)
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Congrats Tigers 🐅 🎉🎊👏👏.
— Sugam Chakma (@sugam_chakma)
What is the point of this t🍸20 series on compitation POV!
Its like Young Boys played against .
— RaFi (@ChunkOfCoal9)
have now won against every opposition (except South Africa) whom they've played at least two T20Is.
— AHM Nayeem (@AhmNayeem49)
2 wickets for 10runs with ball and 25runs from 33 balls with 2fours and won MOM♛ ❤️❤️
— Shakhawat Hossain Jiqu (@shakhawatjiqu)
Bangladesh win by 7 wickets to lead 1-0! This is Bangladesh's first win over New Zealand in men's T20Is.
— Mɽ Saŋgram🇮🇳 (@TheSangram18)
Well played . Adjustments to be made ahead of T20I 2 on Friday in Dhaka.♐
— 𝓜𝓸𝓱𝓪𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓭 ���🥀�𝓫𝓲��𝓵🌏 (@♐mix_rimi)
