Mehdi broke the tie by eating a six, the game is closed in the rain

Sports Desk: Sheikh Mehdi Hasan spent 6 runs in his first over. Mahmudullah Riyad attacked him again in the 12th over with a break of three overs. Will digested the first ball of the over but sent the fourth ball to the dressing room Will Young, who was struggling for a run. Young hit a six off Mehdi's first ball straight over the bowler's head. He could not make any run from the next two balls. Young missed the ball line when he came forward to play a big shot in the fourth ball.

The ball went to wicketkeeper Liton Das. Liton didn't make a mistake, Young went back after being stamped, Mehdi got his first wicket. However, at the end of the over, Mehdi digested the six again. This time Glenn Phillips blew him with an extra cover boundary. New Zealand's team century was filled with these sixes. However, after Taskin Ahmed bowled two balls in the next over, the game was stopped due to rain.

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad has decided to bowl before winning the toss in the second match of the T20 series in Napier. Bangladesh bowled before losing the toss in the first match of the series. On that day, New Zealand made a huge collection of 210 runs. However, Bangladesh sent them to bat earlier today. After losing the toss, openers Martin Guptill and Finn Allen continued to play hard from the start. Nasum Ahmed made 9 runs in the first over with two fours, Saifuddin made 6 more runs in the next over. In his second over, Nasum digested the boundary with the first ball but did not give more than 4 runs.

Mahmudullah changed the bowling for the first time in the fourth over of the innings. Saifuddin was replaced by Taskin Ahmed. Allen hit a huge six with deep midwicket off his first ball. Taskin did not take the time to turn around. Opportunity creates the next ball. Allen dropped the mid-catch in an attempt to play very aggressively. Mahmudullah could not get it under the ball. Guptill hit the second six of the innings with a long-on in the fourth ball of that over.

However, Taskin did not give up, did not compromise with speed and bounce. Get the fruit in hand. Allen also took a big shot for a six in the last ball of his over. But due to the timing, it went up in the sky. Naeem Sheikh did not allow the captain to repeat his mistake from the square leg. Allen, who scored 18 off 10 balls at the farewell bell with his safe hand. In the next over, Mahmudullah also removed Nasum from the attack and handed the ball to another young Shariful Islam.

Shariful made a great over with great speed and bounce. However, New Zealand took 6 runs from that over even though they did not get any boundary. Despite getting wickets in his first over, the Bangladesh captain did not give Taskin two overs in a row. Saifuddin was attacked again in the sixth over. Saifuddin digested a pair of fours in the first five balls and scored 12 runs. But in the end, Taskin's great catch ended the over well. Guptill played hard with the delivery on Saifuddin's feet.

The ball goes to the inside of the bat and goes to the fine leg. From there, Taskin jumped to the left and palmed the ball with one hand. Guptill, who scored 21 off 18 balls, had to return to the dressing room. Bangladesh, who took two wickets in the first power play, put more pressure on the hosts with the next ball. In the first ball of the seventh over of Shariful's innings, Devon Conway, the hero of the previous match, tried a big shot on the side.

But after becoming the top edge, the ball went straight to Mithun who was sticking to the square. Thanks to which Shariful got the first wicket in international cricket. Conway, who played a match-winning inning of 93 runs in the previous match, could not score more than 15 runs this time. At the time of writing, New Zealand had scored 102 for 4 at the end of 12.2 overs before the rain stopped. Glenn Phillips, who is unbeaten on 30 off 16 balls, is on his way to bring a big collection to the team.