New Zealand vs Bangladesh :
13/10/2023 Today’s match to be played in Chepauk is very special because the teams of New Zealand and Bangladesh are going to face each other today. New Zealand has won both its matches so far and Bangladesh has won one and lost one, both the teams will enter the field today with the intention of winning and would like to continue this World Cup journey with victory.
New Zealand’s first two matches :
New Zealand will face Bangladesh in ODI 11 of the ongoing 2023 World Cup in Chennai on Friday. New Zealand are currently unbeaten, having defeated England in the first match and looking to bounce back against the Netherlands as well. Runners-up from the last edition, New Zealand began their World Cup 2023 journey with a nine-wicket lead against England in Ahmedabad.
Chasing a target of 283, they reached283/1 in36.2 overs thanks to unbeaten centuries from Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra. Conway scored 152 * runs in 121 balls and Ravindra scored 123 * runs in 96 balls. Meanwhile, Sam Curran took one gate for England. principally, Matt Henry taking three lattices helped New Zealand defend 282/9 in 50 overs. Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner took two lattices each.
Also, New Zealand won against Netherlands by 99 runs to win two out of two matches. Chasing the target of 323 runs, Netherlands were all out for 223 runs in 46.3 overs. Mitchell Santner was in tremendous form and took five wickets for New Zealand. Meanwhile, Matt Henry completed his feat of taking three wickets.
Colin Ackerman scored 69 runs in 73 balls for the Dutch. Basically, New Zealand scored 322/7 in 50 overs thanks to Will Young’s 70 off 80 balls. Meanwhile, Tom Latham (53) and Ravindra (51) also scored half-centuries. For the Netherlands bowling department, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren and Aryan Dutt took two wickets each independently.
Bangladesh’s first two matches :
Bangladesh, on the other hand, have been erratic and started World Cup 2023 with a six-wicket loss against Afghanistan. Chasing the target of 157, Bangladesh reached 158/4 in 34.4 overs as Nazmul Hossain Shanto (59*) scored a crucial half-century and Mehdi Hasan (57) did the same.
For Afghanistan, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Naveen Ul-Haq and Azmatullah Omarzai took one wicket each. Earlier, with the help of Mehdi’s three wickets, Afghanistan team was all out for 156 runs in 37.2 overs. Shakib Al Hasan and Shoriful Islam took one wicket each for Bangladesh.
But at the same time Bangladesh had to face a heavy defeat by 137 runs against England in their upcoming tournament. Chasing 365, they were all out for 227 in 48.2 overs, despite half-centuries from Liton Das (76) and Mushfiqur Rahim (51). Reece Topley took four wickets for England. England scored 364/9 in 50 overs, with Dawid Malan (140) scoring a century, Joe Root (82) and Jonny Bairstow (52) scoring important half-centuries. For Bangladesh’s bowling department, Mehdi took four wickets, with Shoriful taking three wickets.
