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The Tigers lost by a big margin in the first T20 in the procession of batsmen coming and going

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  • 28 March, 2021 11:22:28

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Sports Desk: The toss in the New Zealand tour has not yet gone for Bangladesh. Tamim Iqbal lost the toss in all three matches of the ODI series. This time, captain Mahmudullah Riyadh also lost the toss in the first of the three-match T20 series at Sedan Park in Hamilton.

After winning the toss, the Kiwi batsmen bowled the Bangladeshi bowlers. In the first T20 match at Sedan Park in Hamilton, the Kiwis gave Bangladesh a huge target of 211 runs with the help of Devon Conway's devastating batting. Conway and Glenn Phillips scored 61 runs in the last 5 overs. Batman of Bangladesh could not cross this huge target. Chasing the target of 211 runs of Kiwis, Bangladesh stopped at 144 runs. The visiting Tigers won the first Twenty20 by 6 runs.

The Bangladesh team disappointed the fans from the very beginning by batting on the hill of runs. After the open batting Mohammad Naeem, only Afif Hossain was able to play a significant inning. With the help of this young all-rounder's bat, Bangladesh crossed the 100 marks.

Bangladesh lost 6 wickets for 59 runs. Bangladesh lost the first wicket for 18 runs. Before opening the scoring, opener Liton Das handed over the catch to Ish Shodhi off captain Tim Southee. Then the top and middle order of Bangladesh floated away like a sand dam. Opener Naeem, who was set to bat for 26, also admitted to Ferguson's lbw. After that, when Mithun came down, the majestic government could not ally with him.

Spinner Ish Sodhi returned to the dressing room with a return catch. You can score only 5 runs. Captain Mahmudullah Riyad struck Mithun with one run after playing one ball. This is what happened tomorrow. Mithun became the victim of Ish Sodhi's pair.

He became bold after being defeated in Shodhi's Google. Mithun added 4 runs to the team's collection and walked towards the toilet. In his third over, Ish Shodhi became destructive again. He picked up Mahmudullah and Mehedi Hasan with two balls in a row. Only 11 runs came from Mahmudullah's bat. And Mehedi could not open the runbook. Bangladesh lost 6 wickets for 59 runs on the scoreboard.

In such a situation, Afif put up some resistance with pace all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin. Afif-Saif put on 63 runs for the seventh wicket. Afif lost by 45 runs from 33 balls. He had 4 boundaries and one six in this innings. The highest scorer of today's match returned to the dressing room after being bowled by Ferguson.

Even if Afif was not out, Bangladesh would not have benefited. Because the match is out of hand. Martin Guptill returned Shariful Islam to the dressing room with a superb catch by Hamish Bennett. 6 runs are needed in the last over. Mohammad Saifuddin returned undefeated in a guaranteed match. This all-rounder has scored 30 runs from 32 balls. As a result, visiting Bangladesh could collect 144 runs for 6 wickets at the end of 20 overs.

In other words, Mahmudullah Bahini won the first T20 by 7 runs. Earlier, Kiwi opener Phil Ellen won the toss and elected to bat. Inaugural bowler Nasum Ahmed broke his wicket directly. Nasum also stopped Martin Guptill, a great batsman.

After playing an innings of 35 runs from 26 balls, Guptill caught the ball of Nasum in the hands of Soumya. After losing two openers, the two batsmen at number three and four became devastating. In particular, the ODI series best Devon Conway attacked the Bangladeshi bowlers.

He played 52 balls and scored 92 runs. Will Young, the batsman on the other end, returned to the dressing room with 53 runs off 30 balls. At the end of the allotted 20 overs, New Zealand scored 210 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.

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