Bangladesh on Wednesday claimed a historic five-wicket victory over New Zealand after their quick bowlers dismantled the hosts within the first sport of the three-match T20I collection in Napier. This was Bangladesh’s first T20I triumph on New Zealand soil. The goal of 135 was tough for Bangladesh at first, however opener Litton Das held his nerve to anchor the chase and helped Bangladesh take a 1-0 lead over New Zealand. Litton was the cautious Bangladesh hitter as he witnessed his batting teammates achieve begins and lose wickets early.

Defending a mere whole of 134, with early wickets of Bangladesh high order Rony Talukdar and Najmul Hossain Shanto, the Black Caps spinners gave residence followers some hope of a victory. Litton mixed with Soumya Sarkar and Towhid Hridoy to guide Bangladesh to 96-4 after 13 overs. The guests had been struggling at 97-5 after dropping three wickets in a row when Afif Hossain was caught for one run in six deliveries.

The No. 7 batter Mahedi Hasan then joined Litton and took no additional possibilities. Litton relieved a few of the stress by smashing Adam Milne for a leg-side 4 within the sixteenth over, adopted by 10 runs off Ben Sears within the 18th, together with a lofted drive that Ish Sodhi caught within the deep however stepped past the boundary line.

That 14-run in an over launched by Sears broke New Zealand’s tenuous grip on the sport, and Mahedi completed it by slicing Milne for six over cowl, then drawing two within the deep, adopted by a chip over the off aspect for a tempting 4.

Earlier, put to bat first New Zealand made a dismal begin, dropping three wickets earlier than reaching 134 for 9 after 20 overs.

Brief rating: New Zealand 134/9 (James Neesham 48, Mitchell Santner 23; Shoriful Islam 3-26) vs Bangladesh 137/5 (Litton Das 42*, Soumya Sarkar 22; James Neesham 1-7).

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