New Zealand Win Toss, Opt to Bat First against Bangladesh

New Zealand won toss and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the third game of the ongoing five-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday, reports media.

The match starts at 4:00 pm and is being telecast live on T Sports.

The Tigers are currently leading the series 2-0 after winning the opening two matches over the Kiwis.

Bangladesh defeated the visitors by seven wickets in the series opener before registering a nervy four-run win in the second game after they were made to work much harder despite posting a decent 141-6 on board on Friday.

Mahmudullah will achieve a new personal milestone in today’s match as he is all set to become the first Bangladeshi cricketer to play in 100 T20Is, only eighth overall in the list.

Mushfiqur Rahim is second in the Bangladesh top list with 88 T20Is while Shakib Al Hasan is in the third spot with 86 matches.

All-rounder Shakib also can move to the top position in taking the highest number of T20I wickets if he can take two wickets during the third T20I against New Zealand.

He currently has 106 T20I wickets, only one wicket short of Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, who holds the top position in the list.

NZ: 1 Finn Allen, 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Will Young, 4 Tom Latham (capt&wk), 5 Colin de Grandhomme, 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Tom Blundell, 8 Cole McConchie, 9 Scott Kuggeleijn, 10 Jacob Duffy, 11 Ajaz Patel

Bangladesh: 1 Mohammad Naim, 2 Liton Das, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Mahmudullah (capt), 6 Nurul Hasan (wk), 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Nasum Ahmed.