Rain spoiled Mitchell Santner's hard work, Bangladesh won the third T20I, the series ended on a draw

NZ vs BAN 3rd T20I: These days New Zealand team is playing the T20 series against Bangladesh. The New Zealand team won the toss in the third T20 and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the Bangladesh team set a target of 110 runs. Due to rain, the New Zealand team could score only 95 runs in 14 overs due to DLS. Due to this, the series was drawn 1-1.

Dec 31, 2023 - 13:57
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Rain spoiled Mitchell Santner's hard work, Bangladesh won the third T20I, the series ended on a draw

These days the New Zealand team is playing the T20 series against Bangladesh. The New Zealand team won the toss in the third T20 and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Bangladesh set a target of 110 runs for New Zealand.

The team lost its first wicket in the form of Soumya Sarkar for 1 run in the first over. After this, the team lost the second wicket for 31 runs. Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto scored the maximum 17 runs for the team. Tauheed Hridoy scored 16 runs and Afif Hussain scored 14 runs.

Apart from this, Ronnie Talukdar and Rishad Hussain scored 10 runs each. Apart from this, no batsman could cross the double figure. In bowling, Mitchell Santner took 4 wickets for 16 runs. Apart from this, Tim Southee, Adam Milne and Ben Sears took 2-2 wickets.

The New Zealand team, which came to chase 110 runs, lost its wicket for 16 runs. Finn Allen scored the maximum 38 runs for the team. Apart from this, James Neesham scored 28 not out and captain Mitchell Santner scored 18 not out. With this, 4 batsmen of the team returned to the pavilion in 1 run.

The New Zealand team could score only 95 runs after losing 5 wickets in 14.4 overs. Mahedi Hasan and Shoriful Islam of Bangladesh took 2 wickets each. Bangladesh once again achieved a spectacular victory in the third match due to DLS due to rain. In such a situation, Bangladesh won the third match and drew the series. The second match was tied due to rain. The first match was won by New Zealand.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Writer