NZ vs BAN 1st T20I: Fan2Play Fantasy Cricket Tips, Prediction, Playing XI and Pitch Report

Match Details

The first game of the three-match T20I series between New Zealand and Bangladesh will be played at the Seddon Park in Hamilton on 28th March 2021.

The match will start at 6:30 AM IST. The live streaming will be available on the FanCode app.

Preview

After being clean-swept 3-0 in the ODI series, Bangladesh will be keen to improve their dismal record in New Zealand. Keeping aside the second ODI, where the visitors showed some fight against the home team by putting up a fighting total of 271/6 after batting first, there was not much that went their way. Rattled by Trent Boult’s pace, they were tumbled for 131 in the first game before New Zealand completed the chase in merely 21.2 overs.

In the second game too, despite managing a good total, Bangladesh’s bowlers were unable to restrict the Black Caps, who went on to chase the total on the back of stand-in skipper Tom Latham’s century. Centuries from Devon Conway and debutant Daryl Mitchell in the third game took New Zealand to a score (318) that eventually proved way too much for Bangladesh’s reach, who fell short by a whopping 164 runs as they failed to open their account in the land of Kiwis once again. In the shorter format, they would want to pick themselves up and show some fight.

Probable Playing XIs for NZ vs BAN

New Zealand

Predicted XI: Martin Guptill, Finn Allen/Hamish Bennett, Glenn Phillips (WK), Will Young, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Southee (C), Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi

Bench: Finn Allen/Hamish Bennett, Todd Astle

Bangladesh 

Predicted XI: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar/Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Bench: Al-Amin Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Soumya Sarkar/Mohammad Mithun, Mosaddek Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shoriful Islam

Captaincy picks for NZ vs BAN

Martin Guptill (New Zealand)

Martin Guptill found his lost form ever since his aggressive 50-ball 97 in the third T20I against Australia in the five-match series, that New Zealand won 3-2 recently. After a lean patch in T20 cricket, Guptill lit up the home series with 218 runs at 43.60 and a strike rate of 159.12.

Mahmudullah (Bangladesh)

While not too many of the Bangladesh batsmen were able to find success in the ODI series, Mahmudullah showed his class with an impressive knock of 76* at the Basin Reserve in the final ODI. With two major players in Tamim Iqbal and Shakib al Hasan missing from the Bangladeshi ranks, Mahmudullah will have the added responsibility of carrying his side.

Fan2Play Fantasy Cricket Tips

2-Player Team

Mahmudullah, Martin Guptill (c)

3-Player Team

Mahmudullah (c), Ish Sodhi, Finn Allen

4-Player Team

Devon Conway (c), Lockie Ferguson, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das

Disclaimer: This team is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.