Glenn Phillips turned up for the occasion again by scoring an unbeaten 40 runs off 48 balls in the fourth innings to help New Zealand chase down a 138-run target with four wickets remaining. A win also helped Kiwis to jump to third position in the WTC points table.
Injury to several star players like Lockie Ferguson, Michael Bracewell and Matt Henry among others has forced New Zealand to name a young squad for the home series against the Bangla Tigers.
Bangladesh are going to treasure the victory for a very long time. They had previously defeated New Zealand once in the longest format of the sport in January 2022 in the Mount Maunganui Test.
Barring Ajaz Patel none of the other Kiwi bowlers have managed to pick a wicket in the second innings. Ish Sodhi has looked fairly ordinary and hasn't been able to make the kind of impact that was expected of him.
Bangladesh and New Zealand are currently engaged in a two-match Test series which is a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. This is the first series for both teams in the ongoing cycle.
Bangladesh had a performance to forget at the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. They finished the tournament in the eighth position on the points table with four points in nine games. Two of their wins came against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh and New Zealand began their World Test Championship campaign in the first of the two-match Test series in Sylhet on Tuesday (November 28). After opting to bat, the hosts put up a decent show with the bat in testing conditions posting 310 runs for the loss of nine wickets.
BAN vs NZ Pitch Report: Bangladesh lost against Zimbabwe in the only Test match player at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on November 18 which turned out as a low-scoring fixture with both pacers and spinners dominating the playing conditions.
Mitchell Marsh registered his highest ODI score and Steve Smith, David Warner smashed brilliant fifties to help Australia chase down a 307-run target in Pune. With seven wins in nine matches, Australia finished the World Cup 2023 group stages in the third position.
MCA Stadium Pitch Report: Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is set to host its last match of the ICC World Cup 2023 which will be played between the five-time champions Australia and eliminated Bangladesh on Saturday morning.
Sri Lanka have crashed out of the ongoing showpiece event but will be desperate to finish in the top seven after the end of the round-robin stage to earn qualification for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. They will take on New Zealand in their last game in Bengaluru.
BAN vs SL Pitch Report: Knocked-out Bangladesh will target a consolation win when they take on a struggling Sri Lankan side in a crucial World Cup 2023 match at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium. The venue is set to host its last game of the tournament on Monday, November 5.
Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will take on each other at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi with the city battling a significant rise in air pollution levels due to several reasons including stubble burning in the neighbouring states.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh clash in the very crucial World Cup 2023 match at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday (November 6) but both teams cancelled their training session due to increased air pollution.
Pakistan have climbed to the fifth spot on the points table and are now behind India, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. They defeated Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to claim a one-sided victory and end their four-match-long losing streak.
Pakistan are totally off-colour at the moment and will be desperate to put an end to their four-match-long losing streak. Skipper Babar Azam is under a tremendous amount of pressure and is facing criticism from all corners.
Bangladesh are ninth on the World Cup points table with just a solitary win and have a Net Run Rate (NRR) of -1.338. The Bangla Tigers are on the cusp of getting knocked out of the marquee tournament.
Star wicketkeeper batter Scott Edwards played a captain's knock by top-scoring with 68 runs off 89 balls to help Netherlands score 229 runs while batting first in the first World Cup 2023 match at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.
Bangladesh have a few days off before they play a couple of games in Kolkata in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023. Bangladesh became the first team to be eliminated in the tournament after suffering their fourth loss against South Africa in Mumbai.
South Africa hammered defending champions England in their last game whereas Bangladesh lost to hosts India in their previous game playing at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune.
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