NZ vs BAN ICC World Cup 2023: New Zealand win comfortably after Bangladesh’s batting failure
NZ vs BAN ICC World Cup 2023: ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 has started. Each team has already played two matches, now it is the turn of the third match, Bangladesh, and New Zealand will face each other in tomorrow’s big match (NZ vs BAN). The 11th match of the World Cup is being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai where the Indian team faced Australia a few days ago and the Indian team won by six wickets against the Aussies. On the other hand, Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to field first.
NZ vs BAN ICC World Cup 2023: Bangladesh’s batting Lineup finished on 245 runs.
The Bangladesh team came to bat first and faced a disaster. Liton Das returned to the pavilion after playing a big shot in the first ball, then Tanjit was dismissed for 16 runs, Mehidy Hasan Miraz made 30 runs, and Nazmul Hasan Shanto returned to the pavilion with 7 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored for the team with 66 runs in 75 balls, while Shakib Al Hasan scored 41 runs in 50 balls. Moreover, 41 runs came from the bat of Mahomdullah Riyad at the end and the Bangladesh team scored 245 runs in the allotted overs.
A winning start to back to back games in Chennai! @dazmitchell47 (89*) and Kane Williamson (78*) guide the team home to make it 3/3 so far at the @cricketworldcup. Scorecard | https://t.co/aNkBrDiAuv #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/IpRdQRTgxY
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 13, 2023
NZ vs BAN ICC World Cup 2023: New Zealand won the match by 8 wickets.
In reply, in-form Rochin Ravindra had to return to the pavilion off Mustafizur, losing his wicket by 9 runs. Kane Williamson returned to the pavilion as a retired heart after scoring 78 runs. Opener Devon Conway returned to the pavilion with a score of 45 and Darrell Mitchell scored 89 to seal the win for New Zealand.
Lockie Ferguson took 3 wickets for New Zealand. Trent Boult and Matt Henry took 2 wickets each.