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04/20 08:19 CDT Nahid Rana takes five wickets as Bangladesh beats New Zealand
to level ODI series
Nahid Rana takes five wickets as Bangladesh beats New Zealand to level ODI
series
MIRPUR, Bangladesh (AP) --- Pace bowler Nahid Rana claimed 5-32 to help
Bangladesh win the second ODI against New Zealand by six wickets and level the
three-match series on Monday.
The second five-wicket haul in Nahid's brief career was instrumental in bowling
out New Zealand for 198 in 48.4 overs, giving Bangladesh a strong chance to
level the series.
Opener Tanzid Hasan then struck a fluent 58 ball 76 and Najmul Hossain Shanto
made a patient 50 before retiring hurt, taking Bangladesh to the winning target
of 199-4 with 87 balls remaining.
New Zealand captain Tom Latham opted to bat first but his side struggled to
deal with Nahid's express pace on a slow surface.
Opener Nick Kelly hit 83 off 102 balls, including 14 fours to register his
maiden fifty-plus score and push the visitors close to the 200-mark.
However, he received little support from the rest of the batting lineup, with
no other batter crossing 20.
New Zealand began cautiously on a sluggish pitch where the ball frequently kept
low, making stroke-play difficult.
Nahid made the early breakthrough, clocking 144.7 kph to dismiss Henry
Nicholls. He struck again in his next over to remove Will Young, before Latham
edged one behind to wicketkeeper Litton Das, giving Soumya Sarkar his only
wicket after returning to the side in place of Afif Hossain.
Despite Kelly's resistance, Nahid continued to rip through the middle order
with pace and aggression.
Shoriful Islam eventually removed Kelly with a short-pitched delivery and later
dismissed Blair Tickner to finish with 2-32.
Nahid completed his second ODI five-wicket haul by clean bowling Jayden Lennox
for a duck.
He nearly had a sixth when Will O'Rourke survived a review but Taskin Ahmed
dismissed him to wrap up the innings.
Pacer Nathan Smith removed Saif Hasan and O'Rourke dismissed Soumya in
single-digit figures, leaving Bangladesh at 21-2 in the fourth over, giving New
Zealand glimmer of hope.
Tanzid and Shanto then shattered that hope, adding 120-runs for the third
wicket. Left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox broke through by sending back Tanzid and
also removed Litton, who was playing his 100th ODI, for 7.
A muscle cramp forced Shanto to retire just after he reached his 12th fifty,
his first since February 2025, but Bangladesh had already taken the complete
control of the game.
The series-deciding ODI is on Thursday in Chattogram.
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