Bangladesh team manager Rabeed Imam reminded all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz to check the honours board at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday, as the latter was waiting to face the media in the Mixed Zone following their Champions Trophy game against New Zealand.
It was not only about the number of wickets Bracewell picked up. The poor shot selection of Bangladesh batters, coupled with great fielding display by New Zealand, cost the Tigers dearly in this crucial match.
On Monday morning, right in front of the main entrance of the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, a few local hawkers were selling flags of Bangladesh and New Zealand – the two participating teams in today’s crucial Group A match – and of course of hosts Pakistan.
It’s make or break for Bangladesh as they take on New Zealand in their second Group A match of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium today.
“Bangladesh’s got a good bowling attack, that’s what I like about them. But big concern is about the batters,” Pakistan’s head curator Tony Hemming said this yesterday when asked about Bangladesh’s chances in today’s match against New Zealand.
Despite being in such a comfortable environment, the pressing question remains: can Bangladesh rise to the occasion against New Zealand?
Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam has been rewarded for his pivotal role in the Tigers’ maiden Test victory against New Zealand at home in December 2023 with a nomination for the ICC’s Player of the Month award for the month of December.
Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam's latest exploits with the ball in the three-match T20I series in New Zealand have seen him surge 32 places in the bowling rankings.
A new-look Bangladesh, under the leadership of Najmul Hossain Shanto, have managed to break barriers by clinching their first-ever ODI and T20I wins on New Zealand soil against the hosts.
New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi lauded Bangladesh skipper Liton Das for calling him back after Tigers pacer Mankaded him in the first innings of the second ODI of the three-match series between the two sides at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi picked up his maiden ODI five-wicket haul to help crush Bangladesh by 87 runs in the second of the three-match ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Bangladesh batter Mahmudullah Riyad's 76-ball 49-run knock saw him just one run away from reaching 5,000 ODI runs which would've made him only the fourth Bangladesh batter to achieve the feat but the 37-year-old, who held the key in Bangladesh chasing down New Zealand's 254, got dismissed in the 36th over to leave the Tigers at 149 for seven.
New Zealand Ish Sodhi picked up his maiden five-wicket haul to reduce Bangladesh to 136 for six following the completion of the 30th over as the Tigers are in pursuit of the Blackcaps' 254-run target in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Bangladesh have lost half of their batters before reaching three figures in their chase of 255 against New Zealand in the second and penultimate ODI in Mirpur today.
New Zealand posted their highest total at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday when they were bundled out for 254 after opting to bat first against Bangladesh in the second ODI of the three-match series between the two teams.
Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud castled New Zealand batter Tom Blundell to leave the visitors six down for 167 after 34 overs in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
New Zealand batter Tom Blundell hit a fifty while putting together a 95-run stand with Henry Nicholls to dig out the Blackcaps from a precarious position that saw them lose three wickets for 36 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed has marked his ODI debut with his maiden wicket when he dismissed New Zealand batter Chad Bowes in the eighth over of the innings in the second ODI of the three-match series between the two teams at the She-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.
Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman struck twice in the Powerplay to leave New Zealand two down for 32 runs after seven overs in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.
