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  • 26 March, 2021 14:50:08

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Sports Desk: It was hoped that Bangladesh would win the last match of the series in Wellington on the golden jubilee of independence. At the beginning of the day, seeing the cannons of the Tigers pacers, it seemed so. But the Kiwis stood in front of the flying bowling of Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed. They put up a huge collection of 316 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs.

A lot of hope ended there. Because, to win, Bangladesh has to set a record. The mountain-like score of 316 runs will have to be surpassed. And if you can do it, it will be the record of winning by chasing the highest run in this field. Earlier in 1989, New Zealand had a record of 254 runs. Still, it was hoped that even if they lost, at least a respectable score would be seen on the board. But what the batsmen did, maybe the Kiwi bowlers didn't even think about. What do the host pacers have to do with the wickets themselves? However, Bangladesh has crossed the quota of one and a half hundred. In the 43rd over, Nisham came and hammered the last nail in the coffin of Bangladesh. Haral with a huge margin of 164 runs. After chasing 319 runs given by New Zealand, the team lost 6 wickets in 72 runs and the fear of all out arose before the century. However, Mahmudullah put up some resistance against Taskin and the team crossed the century mark. Mahmudullah then hit a half-century off 4 fours and 2 sixes off 64 balls to stop the Tiger innings at 154 runs. Mahmudullah remained unbeaten on 7 off 63 balls. Seeing the chase of Tamim-Liton-Soumya-Mithun in the morning, no other batsman wanted to stay on the field.

No one could get out of that shell after the start. Sometimes some tried to settle down, but could not pass the test of patience. Seeing them coming and going, it seemed that they were not in a hurry to run, they were in a hurry to return to the pavilion. However, the Tigers had to set a record to win. After the team's century, however, Taskin left with 9 runs. Mahmudullah and Rubel Hossain are now trying to put some coating on the burning coffin of Bangladesh. At the time of writing, Bangladesh had scored 129 runs for 6 wickets in 39 overs. Mahmudullah, meanwhile, picked up four fours and two sixes in 64 balls. In the third over of the innings, Matt Henry's ball touched the edge of Tamim's bat and Tamim was caught behind the wicket. He returned to the dressing room with a personal 1 run. After 1 over, Saumya opened the run record of the same amount and said goodbye. This time it was Henry. The batsman was caught by Trent Bolt while trying to pull the ball with his short length. Henry returned Liton who scored 21 runs in the seventh over of the match. Henry got Bolt's help again. While going to the pool, the ball got stuck in the edge of the bat - Liton was caught when he was caught in the third man area. And at the end of the 16th over, Kyle flew to Jamison and was caught by Santner and returned to the pavilion. After Liton returned to the toilet, Mushfiqur and Mithun tried to form a pair. The pair can add only 22 runs. Mithun was caught by Mitchell Santner while trying to hit the ball with a square leg by Kyle Jamieson at the head of the team's 48 runs. After Mithun, Mahmudullah Riyadh came down to accompany Mushfiqur. But these two experienced batsmen could not do much by opening the bag of their experience. Only 29 runs were added to the pair. Mushfiqur was caught and bowled by Jimmy Nisham in the 23rd over. Mushfiqur caught the bowler's hand while going to the pool. Mushfiqur's innings ended with 21 runs off 43 balls.

Nisham caught Mehedi Hasan Miraj with one ball break. Conway took a great catch by pushing the point. The spin all-rounder left without opening the run record. Mehedi Hasan was the victim of Nisham's next over. He made his way to the dressing room with 3 runs with a catch in Latham's hand. Bangladesh lost 6 wickets to collect 72 runs. Then Taskin returned for 102 runs. After that, when Rubel Hossain left in the first ball of Nisham's 43 overs, Mustafiz came to the crease. After the three balls of the LB trap Mustafiz bid farewell to the Tigers innings of 153 runs. Nisham took 5 wickets for 26 runs in just 6.4 overs for New Zealand. In addition, Henry took 4 and Jamison took 1 wicket. Earlier, the Tiger bowlers got off to a great start in the last match of the series in Wellington after playing on the Independence Golden Jubilee. Bangladesh was advancing at a fast pace with the flying bowling of Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed. New Zealand lost three wickets for just 56 runs. But as the saying goes, the morning sun does not always give the right message. The Kiwi batsmen showed his example. Devon Conway and Dryel Mitchell put up resistance for the fourth wicket. With their pair of 159 runs, the Kiwis put up a huge collection of 316 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. In order to win, the Tigers will have to score 316 runs. And if you can do it, it will be the record of winning by chasing the highest run in this field. Earlier in 1989, New Zealand had a record of 254 runs.

Martin Guptill and Henry Nichols, the two Kiwi opening batsmen, got off to a great start by winning the toss and choosing to bat. However, Taskin Ahmed did not allow the opening pair to be too big. Henry Nichols (16) was caught by Taskin at the hands of Liton Das for 44 runs. However, Mushfiqur Rahim caught Henry before the ball. Rubel Hossain got the ball for the first time in the next over. Rubel slapped Martin Guptill (28) on the palm of Liton Das. The Kiwis lost two wickets for 49 runs. After two overs, Rubel Hossain came back with the ball in the 11th over of the innings.

The ruble made Ross Taylor, who came down to play the first ODI of the series at the end of the over, lock Mushfiqur's palm behind the wicket. Taylor made just 6 runs before being dismissed. Then the majestic government made captain Tom Latham (18) his first victim. The Kiwis were losing 4 wickets for 120 runs, when Devon Conway and Dryel Mitchell came to their rescue. He made a great pair of 159 runs for the fifth wicket. Devon Conway scored 127 off 110 balls in 16 fours while returning from being a victim of Mostafizur Rahman. The Kiwis had 269 runs on the scoreboard.

In the end, New Zealand's collection stood at 316 runs for 6 wickets in the stormy century of Dryel Mitchell. Rubel Hossain took maximum 3 wickets for Bangladesh. Besides, Mostafiz, Taskin and Soumya took one wicket each. Phiz has scored 6 runs in 10 overs, which is the record for most runs in his career.

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