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 have also taken a 1-0♕ lead in the five-match series.
After opting to bat, the Blackcaps could not compete against the Tigers bowling attack. On the sluggish track, seamer Mustafizur Rahman took three 🌱for just 13 runs and helped his 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 o💦f the Kiwi batter🐽s 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 Saifuddin 2/7) lost to Bangladesh 62-3 in 15 overs (Shꦜakib Al Hasan 25; Ajaz Patel 1/7) by seven꧟ wickets.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Fi👍rst ever win for Bangladesh in T20Is against New Zealan🎃d.
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers)
Forget Hundred, T20Is in Banไgladesh is a format on its own!!!
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
Congrats Ban for 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.
— NR🧕🇧🇩 (@N__R__NR)
Planning a tour without most of their firs🎃t choice players on Asian soil against is go꧒ing 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 t20 ser🔥ies𒀰 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 2fou🍸rs 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 Frida🌠y in Dౠhaka.
&m🍸dash; �𒁃�𝓸��𝓪𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓭 𝓡𝓸𝓫𝓲𝓾𝓵🌏 (@mix_rimi)
