Bangladesh cricket team fails to avoid the whitewash

Despite scoring a century, Sabbir Rahman could not save his team from being whitewashed by the host New Zealand in the recently concluded 3-match ODI series. Once again the top-order batsmen failed to make some resistance with the bat. As a result, the Bangladesh cricket team lost the third and final ODI match by 88 runs at University Oval, Dunedin on Wednesday (February 20). They also lost the previous two matches by eight wickets.

Batting first, New Zealand scored 330 runs losing 6 wickets in their allotted overs. Henry Nicholls, Ross Taylor and Tom Latham scored 64, 69 and 59 runs respectively, while Neesham and Colin Grandhomme scored 37 runs each. Because of their collective effort, the home team could put on a mammoth chasing total for the opponent team.

Bowling 10 overs, Mustafizur Rahman took two wickets conceding 93 runs. Mashrafe Mortaza, Rubel Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin and Mehidy Hasan Miraz are other bowlers who claimed one wicket each.

Coming to chase New Zealand’s 331-run target, the touring team was bowled out for 242 in 47.2 overs. Sabbir Rahman played an innings of 110-ball 102 with 12 fours and two sixes. Mohammad Saifuddin and Mehidy Hasan Miraz also played two handy innings of 44 and 37 runs respectively. Their innings helped the Tigers to avoid a shameful defeat.

For New Zealand, Tim Southee was the most successful bowler. He alone grabbed six wickets for 65, and for his performance he was later declared the Man-of-the-match. Trent Boult and Colin De Grandhomme took 2 and 1 wickets individually. 

Martin Guptill was named the Player-of-the-series.

The three-match Test series between New Zealand and Bangladesh will kick off from February 28.

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