Twitter Reactions: Bangladesh beat New Zealand for the first time in an away ODI

We are certainly in for a few surprises with the current bunch of boys playing for the Bangladesh cricket team. The tigers shocked the entire cricketing fraternity by qualifying for the elite ICC Champions Trophy ahead of West Indies. The ‘once upon a time’ mighty West Indies have not qualified for the ‘mini World Cup’. The cricket fraternity got another shock when Bangladesh defeated New Zealand at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin.

Though many regulars were missing the New Zealand roster but it does not take away credit from Bangladesh to beat them in conditions they are not very familiar with. Winning the toss, Mashrafe Mortaza decided to let the Kiwis bat first. The Black Caps lost Luke Ronchi early but captain Tom Latham and Neil Broom steadied their innings.

Latham played the captain’s knock scoring 84 runs in 92 balls. Broom gave him solid support by scoring 63 runs. Ross Taylor scored a quickfire 60 to take New Zealand’s total to 270. The spinners for Bangladesh – Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain bowled well and picked up two wickets each. Captain Mashrafe was the other bowler to get two scalps.

Coming into bat, Bangladesh lost Soumya Sarkar early. Sarkar was dismissed by Jeetan Patel for a golden duck. But Sabbir Rahman and the experienced Tamim Iqbal set up a good partnership which helped Bangladesh cruise towards the target. After Sabbir’s dismissal, Saikat was not able to cement the innings. Neither was Shakib, but wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah played a good hand in securing the victory for the team.

Rahim was just 5 runs short of his half ton while Mahmudullah scored quickfire 46 at a strike rate of over 125. His innings comprised of 6 boundaries and a lone six. After this victory, the fans are flooding Twitter with tweets regarding the match. After this win, the Bangladesh fans are confident about their team’s campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy.

Here are some tweets regarding the match

Bangladesh beat New Zealand for the 1st time in an away ODI, Sri Lanka's @CHathurusinghe & @SamTilan doing wonders. Congratulations #NZvBAN

— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) May 24, 2017

It's not any more Upset, Bangladesh Beat NZ by 5 WKTS while chasing 270+ in Truncation tournament in IreLand #NZvBAN

— AMJAD MAHMOOD FALKI (@AMFALKI) May 24, 2017

Bangladesh ?? ✌? #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/rdG7BrcApP

— Chaity (@farjanaschaity) May 24, 2017

Bangladesh are playing for a victory against NZ!They are going to be the dark horse of Champions trophy! Don't underestimate them ! #NZvBAN

— Saiganesh (@im_saiganesh) May 24, 2017

Bangladesh against New Zealand outside home in Internationals:
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L W (today)#BANvNZ

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 24, 2017

The only thing missing in this victory is Athar Ali saying "Mahmudullah, two fantastic centuries at the WC, my Word!".#NZvBAN

— Ashiquzzaman Akash (@ashiqakash) May 24, 2017

Mahmudullah is now the 5th @BCBtigers player to compile 3000 ODI runs. #NZvBAN

— Salman Imtiaz (@salman_2295) May 24, 2017

Steady victory for @BCBtigers
Must be top order overseas series win for them.. All Bangladeshis perfored very well #TriSeriesWin #NZvBAN

— Pratipalsinh Zala (@impratipalsinh) May 24, 2017

Thick Irish-accented cricket commentary is mint #NZvBAN

— Alex Hill (@mintsauce23) May 17, 2017

@mushfiqur15 man of the match ? great innings under pressure ☺ congratulations #BanvNZ #NZvBAN

— বাংলার ছেলে ?? (@iSoumikSaheb) May 24, 2017

Bangla won First ODI against
New Zealand
They perform better day by day.
??#BanvNZ #NZvBAN

— Shazziya Mehmood (@shaziyaaM) May 24, 2017

Bangaladesh beats NZ ? #NZvBAN

— Srivatsa Ramesh?? (@srivatsa224) May 24, 2017

One Match & Lot Of Good News!
✔️World Cup Ticket
✔️6th In ICC ODI Ranking
✔️First Win Against NZ in Abroad

Well Done ?? #NZvBAN

— wahid ahmed (@bewahid) May 24, 2017