New Zealand Beat Bangladesh in 2nd ODI of series,2016-17

Bangladesh was scheduled to play a 3 Match ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL Series in New Zealand in 2016-17. This series was important as both teams were playing very good cricket and it would be great to witness them playing in bilateral series. The 2^nd ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL Match was to be played on Saxton Oval, Nelson, New Zealand on 29th Dec, 2016. New Zealand already leads the series 1-0.

Bangladesh won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Bangladesh team and 11 was looking like in this 2^nd ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL Match: Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riad, Imrul Kayes, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Taskin Ahmed, M Rahman

And New Zealand team and 11 was looking like this in this 2^nd ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL match: Tim Southee, Luke Ronchi (wk), Neil Broom, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson (c), Colin Munro, Trent Boult, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson

New Zealand started well and aggressively and was only able to make total of 251 runs 50 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and top scored by N Broom who made 109 runs in 107 balls with 8 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 102 runs in 100 balls.

And Luke R who made 35 runs in 38 balls with 4 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 92 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh was needed to score 251 runs in 50 over’s to win this 2^nd ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL Match and to level the series 1-1 in 3 match ODI series.

Bangladesh batted poorly and kept losing wickets at regular intervals and was bowled out for only 184 runs in only 42.4 over’s and top scored by Imrul K who made 59 runs in 89 balls with 6 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 66 runs in 100 balls and S Rahman who made 38 runs in 49 balls with 2 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 78 runs in 100 balls.

New Zealand won the match by 67 runs and leads the series 2-0.

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