An all-round performance from the Kiwis both with the bat and ball takes them to a hat trick of wins in this edition of the World Cup as they beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets and more than 6 overs to spare. Boosted by the return of their skipper Kane Williamson, New Zealand will play Bangladesh in their third 2023 ODI World Cup game at Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. The game marked Kane Williamson’s first appearance at the ongoing tournament
This is a better batting surface than the one that India and Australia played on. The ball coming onto the bat nicely. Bangladesh have gifted their wickets away as they lost their top 4 inside the first 15 overs. Lockie Ferguson has been tempting them with short deliveries and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who looked impressive so far in his stay, attempts a hook and Matt Henry pouches the offering at fine leg Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim have stitched together a potential partnership here. Both have absorbed the pressure and are setting up a wonderful platform to post respective total
Lockie Ferguson and the bowlers restrict Bangladesh
Ferguson’s brilliant spell made sure that there was no looking forward for the Bangladesh batsman as he picked up 3 crucial wickets and finished with 3 for 49. Trent Boult had given a dream start for New Zealand by taking a wicket off the first delivery of the innings he used all his variation to keep the batsman in check as he picked up 2 vital wickets and finished with 2 for 45 in his 10 overs
Matt Henry too picked up 2 wickets he finished his spell with 2 for 58 in his 10 overs. Mitchell Santner used his experience and bowled the most economical spell of the innings as he finished with 1 for 31 in his 10 overs giving away just 3 runs per over
Mushfiqur Rahim is the lone warrior for Bangladesh he scored a well-crafted 66 off 75 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes A couple of the 40s from the skipper Shakib al Hassan and Mahmudullah guided Bangladesh to a respective total of 245 for 9 in their 50 overs as the duo scored 40 and 41 respectively.
New Zealand got to a slow start with the bat scoring just 37 runs in the first 10 overs losing Rachin Ravindra the new opening partner of Conway just for 9 runs.
Kane Williamson Daryl Mitchell’s fifties guided the Kiwis home
The statement come back from the New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson as he made a huge impact through his proactive captaincy with his bowling changes on the field according to the batsman on the 22 yards He once again showcased his class with some elegant shorts with absolute timing as he scored a brilliant 78 off 107 balls with 8 fours and six
Williamson and Daryl Mitchell put on a vital partnership for the third wicket as the duo did some sensible batting and gave nothing away to Bangladesh bowlers. they put on a partnership of 110 runs. Daryl Mitchell also played his part actually he was the aggressor in that partnership as he scored 89 off67 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes.
Glenn Philips played a cameo of 16 off 11 balls after Williamson retired hurt to guide them to victory. Devon Conway once again proves that Chennai is his second home with another vital 45 off 59 balls with3 fours choking the pressure in the power play.