Ish Sodhi grew to become the primary New Zealand spinner to assert six wickets in a one-day worldwide to information the aspect to an 86-run victory Saturday within the second match of the three-match collection in opposition to Bangladesh.
Sodhi contributed a vital 35 runs when batting to go along with his career-best 6-39 as New Zealand registered its first victory in Bangladesh since 2008. The primary match was washed out.
Within the forty sixth over, tempo bowler Hasan Mahmud ran Sodhi out backing up on the non-striker’s finish when on 17 however Bangladesh captain Liton Das known as him again.
He then helped the aspect publish 254 earlier than being all out in 49.2 overs and ran by way of Bangladesh’s high order in a gem of leg-spin.
Wicketkeeper Tom Blundell made a team-high 68 off 66, with six fours and one six, and Henry Nicholls scored 49. Blundell and Nicholls placed on a 95-run partnership for the fourth wicket to set the platform.
Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman diminished New Zealand to 26-2 after the guests opted to bat first. He eliminated Will Younger, who made 58 within the first match, for a duck after which claimed the wicket of Finn Allen for 12.
Debutant Syed Khaled Ahmed (3-60), received into the act with the wicket of Chad Bowes for 14, as New Zealand slumped to 36-3 within the eighth over.
Nicholls and Blundell received the aspect again on observe, enjoying with warning and aggression. Nevertheless, Khaled broke the harmful partnership as Nicholls edged behind after hitting six fours.
Blundell then unleashed his attacking batting to maintain the scoreboard ticking as he introduced up his fifty off 54 balls, driving left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed’s flighted supply to long-on for a single. However Hasan Mahmud gave Bangladesh a lift when he uprooted Blundell’s stump with a yorker.
The Bangladesh spinners then took the cost and claimed some fast wickets earlier than Sodhi propelled the aspect previous 250 runs. He hit three sixes in his knock earlier than being the final batter out.
Pacer Kyle Jamieson eliminated Liton for six after the batter was reprieved by DRS within the first over of the chase. However Tamim Iqbal, who returned to the aspect after recovering from again ache, saved the aspect on observe however introduced up boundaries at common interval.
With Tanzid Hasan additionally discovering the boundaries with ease, Bangladesh seemed to be the clear favorite. However Sodhi sparked the collapse as Bangladesh was diminished to 92-5 from 60-1 in simply eight overs.
He began with the wicket of Tanzid (16) after which took the essential wicket of Tamim, who was out for 44 when making an attempt to brush in opposition to a googly. Sodhi additionally eliminated Soumya Sarkar, who performed his first match in two years, for a duck and received the higher of Towhid Hridoy for 4.
Mahmudullah and Mahedi Hasan resisted, sharing a 42-run stand earlier than Sodhi knocked out the latter for his maiden five-for. Offspinner Cole McConchie had Mahmudullah caught by Finn Allen at brief high quality leg after he made a team-best 49.
Nasum Ahmed scored 21 however that solely diminished the margin of the defeat.
The third and ultimate ODI is on Tuesday.
