By Sports Desk, The CNN :
Bangladesh lost to New Zealand by 17 runs in the last match of the three-match T20I series due to rain. On Sunday (December 31), the hosts sent Bangladesh to bat after winning the toss at McLean Park in Napier.
Batting first, Bangladesh suffered a batting disaster in the Santner-Sodhi spin. The visitors were bowled out for 110 four balls before the scheduled over. Shanta’s personal best in the wicket-taking competition was 17 runs off 15 balls. Apart from this, Tawhid Hriday scored 16 runs off 18 balls and Afif Hossain scored 14 runs off 13 balls. Besides, no one got any runs to speak of. Santner took maximum 4 wickets for 16 runs for Kiwis. Apart from this, Southee, Milne and Sears took 2 wickets each. Although Sodhi did not get a wicket, he bowled in a controlled manner. In the second innings with a target of 111 runs, New Zealand lost 5 wickets after playing 8 overs 3 and collected 49 runs.
Chasing the target of 111 runs set by the Tigers, New Zealand scored 91 runs after losing 5 wickets after playing 14 overs. After that, the ball started to rain and did not roll on the field. As a result, the hosts won by 17 runs by DLS method. The three-match series has been drawn at 1-1. Another match was abandoned due to rain.
