Goodbye! That wraps up an exciting second ODI, leaving this thrilling series perfectly balanced at 1-1! Everything now comes down to a winner-takes-all decider on Thursday, April 21st at 5 am GMT. Be sure to tune in and join us for all the early build-up as we get ready for the grand finale. Until then, take care and cheers!
Bangladesh captain – Mehidy Hasan Miraz says that he is proud of his team’s strong comeback after losing the first match. He gave special credit to his fast bowlers, Rana, Shoriful, and Taskin, for doing a fantastic job in difficult conditions. Says that he was impressed by the brilliant 100-plus run partnership between Tanzid and Shanto, which saved the team after losing two early wickets, and he said that Shanto is steadily improving his game.
Nahid Rana is the Player of the Match for his five-wicket haul.
New Zealand captain – Tom Latham says that their total of 198 wasn’t enough after Bangladesh’s early pressure stopped them from building solid partnerships. He praised Nick Kelly for a brilliant 83 on a tricky, slow pitch but felt the team missed out on an extra 30 to 50 runs due to a lack of support from the rest of the batters. Although they managed a couple of early wickets during the chase, Bangladesh’s aggressive approach quickly took the game away. Ends by saying that his team are fully focused on the upcoming series decider in Chattogram, where they hope to adapt quickly to the new ground and put up a strong fight.
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Tanzid and Shanto were exceptional – Cometh the hour, cometh the men! Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto completely steadied the ship and took the game right away from the Kiwis. They batted beautifully, putting together a massive match-winning partnership of 120 runs. Tanzid scored a superb 76, while Shanto played the perfect anchor role with a solid 50. By the time they were dismissed, the heavy lifting was done. The rest of the batters comfortably chased down the target to seal the win and level the series 1-1.
Bangladesh felt the heat early on as well – Chasing 199 was never a simple walk in the park, and Bangladesh felt the heat right away. The New Zealand bowlers came out swinging, looking for early breakthroughs to defend their modest total. They got exactly what they wanted when they sent Saif Hassan and Soumya Sarkar packing early. Inside the first four overs, the hosts were wobbling at 21/2, and the crowd was suddenly feeling very, very tense.
Kelly fought hard – Just when the ship looked like it was sinking, Nick Kelly stepped up to the crease with a brilliant, fighting knock. He quietly and cleverly smashed 83, but the moment Kelly was dismissed, the trapdoor opened. The real star of the innings was young pace sensation Nahid Rana, who came out roaring and ripped through the Kiwi lineup to claim a stunning 5/32. The visitors completely lost their momentum at the death and were bundled out for a below-par 198.
A sticky start for the Kiwis – New Zealand won the toss and decided to put runs on the board, but the Bangladesh bowlers were breathing fire right from the word go. The pitch was slow and runs were incredibly hard to come by. Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam tied the openers down, keeping them to just two runs off the first three overs. The visitors were left gasping at 28/2 by the end of the first Powerplay.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 199/4 (35.3 overs)
Dean Foxcroft to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, A single and that will do. Fuller and around off. Mehidy Hasan Miraz whips it to mid on for a quick single. Bangladesh win by 6 wickets and level the series.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 198/4 (35.2 overs)
Dean Foxcroft to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Too full and on middle, Mehidy Hasan Miraz flicks it to mid-wicket.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 198/4 (35.1 overs)
Dean Foxcroft to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Flat and tailing on the pads, Mehidy Hasan Miraz tucks it to square leg.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 198/4 (34.6 overs)
Score after
35
overs
198 – 4
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz 7 (22)
- Tawhid Hridoy 30 (31)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Angling onto the pads. Mehidy Hasan Miraz helps it to short fine leg for a single.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (34.5 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Drops it full and on middle. Mehidy Hasan Miraz punches well but to cover.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (34.4 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Flights it full and on off. Mehidy Hasan Miraz knocks it to point.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (34.3 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, This is full and around off, Miraz punches it to cover.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (34.2 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Fuller ball, around off. Mehidy Hasan Miraz punches it to cover.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (34.1 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Spinning onto the pads, fuller delivery. Mehidy Hasan Miraz keeps it out on the leg side.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (33.6 overs)
Score after
34
overs
197 – 4
- Tawhid Hridoy 30 (31)
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz 6 (16)
Dean Foxcroft to Tawhid Hridoy, Flights it full and on middle and leg. Hridoy flicks it to mid-wicket.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (33.5 overs)
Dean Foxcroft to Tawhid Hridoy, Flat and outside off, slower in the air. Hridoy chops it to point.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (33.4 overs)
Dean Foxcroft to Tawhid Hridoy, Tossed up, around off. Hridoy punches it to cover.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 197/4 (33.3 overs)
Dean Foxcroft to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Angling on the pads. Mehidy Hasan Miraz nicely flicks it to square leg for a single.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 196/4 (33.2 overs)
Dean Foxcroft to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Flights it full and around off, Mehidy Hasan Miraz eases it back to Dean.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 196/4 (33.1 overs)
Dean Foxcroft to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Tossed up on middle and leg. Mehidy Hasan Miraz leans and defends it out.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 196/4 (32.6 overs)
Score after
33
overs
196 – 4
- Tawhid Hridoy 30 (28)
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5 (13)
Jayden Lennox to Tawhid Hridoy, Flighted full and around off. Hridoy drives it to mid off.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 196/4 (32.5 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Tawhid Hridoy, Flatter delivery, just outside off. Hridoy goes back and punches it through point for a couple of runs. Just 3 runs needed.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 194/4 (32.4 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Tawhid Hridoy, Flat and comes with the arm on middle. Hridoy stays back to defend.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 194/4 (32.3 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Tawhid Hridoy, Floats it full and around off. Hridoy prods and blocks.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 194/4 (32.2 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Tawhid Hridoy, Tossed up, full and around off. Hridoy pushes it to point.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 194/4 (32.1 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Tawhid Hridoy, FOUR! Uppish and in the gap. A bit short and around off. Hridoy goes back and cuts but outside edges it to the left of short third man for a boundary.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 190/4 (31.6 overs)
Score after
32
overs
190 – 4
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5 (13)
- Tawhid Hridoy 24 (22)
Nathan Smith to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Short of a length, around off and nipping in. Mehidy Hasan Miraz looks to punch but misses it.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 190/4 (31.5 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, This is full and around off. Hridoy steps down and works it to square leg for a single.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 189/4 (31.4 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, FOUR! MORE! Nathan Smith keeps it short, on middle. Hridoy hops and gets over the bounce to pull it away through mid-wicket for a boundary.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 185/4 (31.3 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, FOUR! Past the fielder! Back of a length on middle. Hridoy pulls it hard and along the ground. The fielder at deep square leg runs to his right but fails to stop.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 181/4 (31.2 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, Short in length, around off. Hridoy hops and taps it back to the bowler.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 181/4 (31.1 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, Back of a length, on middle and leg. Tawhid Hridoy nudges it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 179/4 (30.6 overs)
Score after
31
overs
179 – 4
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5 (12)
- Tawhid Hridoy 13 (17)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jayden Lennox bowls it full and on middle. Mehidy Hasan Miraz leans and turns it to mid-wicket.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 179/4 (30.5 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, This is full and in line of the off pole. Mehidy Hasan Miraz blocks it solidly.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 179/4 (30.4 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Fuller and around off, turning away. Mehidy Hasan Miraz again defends well.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 179/4 (30.3 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Flat and angling on middle. Mehidy Hasan Miraz hangs back and keeps it out.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 179/4 (30.2 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Tossed up, around off. Mehidy Hasan Miraz blocks.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 179/4 (30.1 overs)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Serves it very full and around off. Mehidy Hasan Miraz defends.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 179/4 (29.6 overs)
Score after
30
overs
179 – 4
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5 (6)
- Tawhid Hridoy 13 (17)
Nathan Smith to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hard length, around off, Mehidy Hasan Miraz pushes this through covers and takes a single.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 178/4 (29.5 overs)
Nathan Smith to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Good length, around off, Mehidy Hasan Miraz defends this towards point.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 178/4 (29.4 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, God length, around off, Tawhid Hridoy dabs this to deep third for a single.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 177/4 (29.3 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, Good length, around off, Tawhid Hridoy keeps it out.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 177/4 (29.3 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, WIDE! Short and down the leg, Tawhid Hridoy leaves it. Wided.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 176/4 (29.2 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, FOUR! Short-pitched delivery, around off, Tawhid Hridoy gets up on his toes and pulls this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 172/4 (29.1 overs)
Nathan Smith to Tawhid Hridoy, Short and around off, Tawhid Hridoy dabs this to point.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score : 172/4 (28.6 overs)
Score after
29
overs
172 – 4
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz 4 (4)
- Tawhid Hridoy 8 (13)
Jayden Lennox to Mehidy Hasan Miraz, FOUR! A boundary from the bat of Miraz. Full and around off, Miraz has a slash at it. Miraz gets an outside edge that goes past the fielder at first slip for a boundary behind the stumps.
BAN vs NZ, 2nd ODI Highlights: Bangladesh delivered a dominant all-round performance to outclass New Zealand with ease. The hosts’ bowlers laid the foundation, with Nahid Rana’s stunning five-wicket haul restricting the visitors despite Nick Kelly’s fighting 83.
Chasing the modest target, Bangladesh suffered early setbacks but recovered through a fluent 120-run stand between Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Najmul Hossain Shanto. Tanzid’s explosive 33-ball fifty set the tone before Shanto added stability with a composed half-century. Though a few wickets fell, Towhid Hridoy’s brisk unbeaten knock ensured Bangladesh completed the chase comfortably, sealing victory with 87 balls to spare.
