Twitter Reactions: Bangladesh go down fighting against a stuttering New Zealand
The Tigers didn't give up despite being pushed on the backfoot and kept fighting.
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The match between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Kennington Oval in London turned out to be an absolute nail biter. The game wasn’t a high-scoring one by any stretch of the imagination but had every ingredient of keeping everyone at the edge of their seats. Eventually, after loads of twists and turns, the Kane Williamson-captained team came out trumps by a couple of wickets with 17 balls to spare.
The Tigers strain to a fighting score
Despite the results of both encounters at the venue going against the chasing teams, the Kiwis elected to field first after winning the toss. Both sides went unchanged for the match under overcast conditions. Tamim Iqbal’s approach was subdued and he got out to Lockie Ferguson. Soumya Sarkar entertained with some scorching strokes but played one shot too many as Matt Henry rattled his woodwork.
Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim manoeuvred the field and put on 50 runs together. Unfortunately, the latter had to go owing to a run-out. The wicketkeeper scored a 35-ball 19. Shakib, playing his 200th ODI, scored a well-crafted half-century. However, Colin de Grandhomme found his outside-side and he perished after scoring a 68-ball 64. Henry nipped out Mohammad Mithun at the score of 26 off 33.
Mahmudullah, who has a couple of tons against the Kiwis in ICC tournaments, had a torrid time as well. He could only manage 20 off 41. Mosaddek Hossain also had pretty less idea about proceedings and he got a 22-ball 11. The Tigers didn’t seem to gather much momentum in the death overs. Mohammad Saifuddin churned out some big strokes and scored 29 off 23 to take his team to 244 in 49.2 overs.
Tigers fight their heart out
The New Zealand openers- Colin Munro and Martin Guptill- came out firing on all cylinders. However, both got out in quick succession after cameos of 24 and 25 respectively. Both the wickets were picked up by Shakib Al Hasan. The Tigers created quite a few chances in the outfield, but a few sloppy works in the outfield didn’t help their cause. Both Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson got a lucky break each.
The duo didn’t allow the pressure to mount and stitched together a stand of 105 runs that put the Black Caps on the driver’s seat. Taylor was the more dominating partner in the stand and he brought up a half-century off 40 balls. Williamson also looked solid, having scored 40 off 72. Unfortunately, Mehidy Hasan Miraz accounted for his wicket. Miraz delivered another blow as he got rid of Tom Latham for a duck.
Nevertheless, it was Mosaddek, who gave Bangladesh the big breakthrough with Taylor’s wicket, caught by Mushfiqur down the leg side. Taylor scored 82 off 91. James Neesham and Colin de Grandhomme went after 25 and 15. Saifuddin castled Henry in the 47th over to pick up the seventh wicket. In the end, Mitchell Santner hit Mustafizur Rahman for a four to bring the curtains down on the encounter.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the cliffhanger
You don’t have to score 380 in and ODI to make it interesting.. 244 will do .
— Nasser Hussain (@nassercricket) June 5, 2019
Bangladesh going to be trying doubly hard to beat England now… ???? #CWC19 #BanvNZ
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) June 5, 2019
If you close your eyes at the Oval right now, you’d think you have come to Mirpur on a balmy October evening. #cwc19
— Mohammad Isam (@Isam84) June 5, 2019
An hour ago, we were talking about Kane Williamson batting too slowly and sacrificing a Net Run Rate boost. Last five minutes were just shots of Trent Boult looking like he was about to burst into tears. What a passage of cricket. #CWC19
— Ben Jones (@benjonescricket) June 5, 2019
Nothing quite like a 250-250 thriller in ODIs. #BANvNZ
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) June 5, 2019
Athar Ali Khan when ever BD takes wicket. pic.twitter.com/WQGP4uy2IF
— Abdul Ghaffar (@GhaffarDawnNews) June 5, 2019
Do you know what is brilliant?
Cricket. It’s brilliant.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) June 5, 2019
& NZ survives. Spirited effort by BD. Never down without a fight.
— Abdul Ghaffar (@GhaffarDawnNews) June 5, 2019
Bangladesh teams of the past would have been beaten easily by New Zealand, but not this current lot. They are going to give all opponents a hard time and nobody is going to fancy playing against this Bangladesh team #CWC19 #BANvNZ
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) June 5, 2019
What a game. NZ won !! Feeling really sad for the Desh. You are playing well boys. Keep it up. Support u always. #NZvsBAN #BANvNZ #CWC19 #CricketKaCrown @StarSportsIndia
— Cricket ENTHUSIASTIC (ICTian????????) (@Kaushik22121210) June 5, 2019
So close, yet so far, just a bit far away .. well played @BCBtigers … congrats to @BLACKCAPS for the hard fought win. #BANvNZ
— Rabiul Alam (@rabiul81) June 5, 2019
Mushfiqur’s prematurity costs Bangladesh a thriller at a global event… where have we heard this before ???? #BANvNZ #CWC19
— Yash Jha (@jhayash) June 5, 2019
What a match ????????
Thanks to Bangladesh bowlers for taking it deep by continuously taking wkts and making it a special one ✌
Nerves! Pressure!
This is WC is all about
Santner handled it well at the end
What an all-rounder he’s turning out to be ????#BANvNZ— ????⚽???? (@AfjalHu37225061) June 5, 2019
This Bangladesh side is one heck of a team. Tough luck today.#BANvNZ
— Hasham (@TheHashu) June 5, 2019
Great fight @BCBtigers . Congrats NewZealand . Bangladesh have a captain with good cricketing acumen . Another good game @cricketworldcup
— Salman Butt (@im_SalmanButt) June 5, 2019
Oops, tense last few moments down at the Oval. New Zealand vs Bangladesh
— ian bishop (@irbishi) June 5, 2019
Oh boy .. oh boy .. The Desh are at it again #CWC2019 #NZvsBAN They just need another moment … that’s all. It’s a great game!!!!
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) June 5, 2019
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