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Bangladesh could not score enough runs to fight against poor batting. Shakib Al Hasan’s team could not even compete with the capital of 137 runs. The hosts New Zealand beat Bangladesh with a laugh. Bangladesh lost 8 wickets against New Zealand in their second match. With two consecutive losses, Bangladesh’s chances of survival in the series have faded.

Bangladesh lost the toss at Hugli Oval in Christchurch and lost wickets at the start. Mirage was caught by Adam Milne in the fourth ball of the second over of Tim Southee’s innings. He scored 5 runs before getting out. The second wicket gave a glimpse of good things to the pair but Lytton was dismissed for 15 off 16 balls off Bracewell. Opener Shanto was dismissed for a personal 33 runs in the next over. Ish Sodhi got the taste of one hundred wickets in T20 International by returning this batter to Tiger. Sodhi returned Mosaddek (2) when Shanta returned.

Yasir Ali, the highest scorer of the previous match, could not last long after that. He was caught by Adam Milne off the first four balls. Michael Bracewell dismissed him for 7 runs. Afif Hossain played 26 balls to score 24 runs. Shakib Al Hasan dropped to number seven. The captain needed to storm the wicket according to the needs of the team. But by scoring 16 runs in 16 balls, he also took the path to the pavilion. 2 runs come from Taskin’s bat. Nurul Hasan Sohan, who dropped to number eight, scored 25 runs off 12 balls with 2 sixes and 1 four.

Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee and Mitchell Bracewell and Trent Boult took maximum two wickets each for New Zealand.

Two Kiwi openers, Finn Allen and Devon Conway, made a slow start after going down to bat for a target of 138 runs. But after Allen returned with 16 runs from 18 balls, Conway made a pair of 85 runs with Williamson. After Williamson returned, Conway left the field with an unbeaten 70 from 51 balls to give the team victory. The Kiwi skipper scored 30 runs off 29 balls with a four before being dismissed.

Shariful and Hasan took one wicket each for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh XI: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Liton Das, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Shariful Islam, Nazmul Hossain.

New Zealand XI: Devon Conway, Finn Allen, Kane Williamson (captain), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.