Twitter Reactions: New Zealand complete Bangladesh's annihilation with a thumping win in 3rd T20I

Bangladesh ended their tour of New Zealand in the worst way possible. The Blackcaps team won the third and final T20I at Eden Park in Auckland on Thursday by 65 runs. In a shortened game, the Bangladesh team under the captaincy of Liton Das, who stood for the injured Mahmudallah, didn’t get going at all as the hosts dominated another match. 

The match was reduced to a 10-over affair. Das won the toss and elected to bowl first. With the short boundaries on all the sides of the wicket, the New Zealand batters took the opposition bowlers to the cleaners. Before Bangladesh could recover from the opening assault and pick a wicket, the hosts had already piled up 85 runs from 5.4 overs. Martin Guptill scored 44 runs off just 19 balls to give the hosts a terrific start. 

His partner, Finn Allen showed why he has been one of the most highly-rated batsmen coming out of the New Zealand domestic cricket. Playing only his third T20I match, Allen smashed the Bangladesh bowlers all over the park. His 71 run-knock came off just 29 balls and broke the spirits of the bowlers. His innings included 10 fours and three sixes in it. 

Cameos from Glenn Philips (14 runs off 6 balls) and Daryl Mitchell (11 runs off 6 balls) eventually helped New Zealand reach a total of 141/4 from their allotted 10 overs.

Todd Astle and Tim Southee share seven wickets with the ball

In reply to this daunting total, Bangladesh started poorly losing Soumya Sarkar and Das in the first over of the innings. And from there on, the New Zealand bowlers took complete control. As a matter of fact, Sarkar and his opening partner, Mohammad Naim along with Mosaddek Hossain were the only three players who could enter double digits.

Naim was the highest among them with a score of 19. None of the Bangladesh batters could manage a substantial score, including their stand-in-skipper Das who bagged a golden duck. As far as New Zealand bowling is concerned, Todd Astle starred picking up four wickets. His captain Tim Southee picked up three, while Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson and Philips got a scalp each to bowl out Bangladesh for just 76 runs in 9.3 overs. Bangladesh will return home, having lost both the T20I and ODI series by 3-0. 

Here are the Twitter reactions to New Zealand’s win:

Beat WI in T20 (2-0)
Beat WI in Test (2-0)
Beat PAK in T20 (2-1)
Beat PAK in Test (2-0)
Beat AUS in T20 (3-2)
Beat BAN in ODI (3-0)
Beat BAN in T20 (3-0)

New Zealand won all the series at home this summer – Domination at home continues. #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/h34qdnZUIO

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 1, 2021

So Bangladesh concludes their sixth tour to New Zealand shores and the wait for their maiden win continues – they have lost every single game they played against NZ in New Zealand.

9 Tests | 9 defeats
16 ODIs | 16 defeats (one in WC 2015)
7 T20Is | 7 defeats#NZvBAN

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) April 1, 2021

New Zealand have made big progress on their T20 XI over the last few months – much better-placed to challenge in the T20 World Cup than a year ago.

This would be a tasty XI:
Allen, Guptil, Williamson, Conway, Phillips, Neesham, Santner, Jamieson, Sodhi, Boult, Ferguson

— Tim Wigmore (@timwig) April 1, 2021

4,4,4,6,1 by Finn Allen – this is clean hitting from youngster along with some reverse sweep. #NZvBAN

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 1, 2021

21-year-old Finn Allen has just hit his maiden international fifty for New Zealand – off just 18 balls.

One to keep an eye on. #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/z5Tg2Z3sX5

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) April 1, 2021

Not a tour to remember for Bangladesh but they have got two big positives with Mohammad Naim and Shoriful Islam. #NZvBAN

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 1, 2021

"I was nervous" – Finn Allen certainly didn't show it as he smashed 71 off 29 on @sparknzsport 🖥#NZvBAN #CricketNation pic.twitter.com/lrhPzT1PAG

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) April 1, 2021

Bangladesh lose by 65, bowled out for 76 in 9.3

The chase was in effect over as early as the 5th over, rather than focus on reaching a respectable 100+ score, B’desh continued to chase the impossible & lose wkts. An odd approach to cap a dreadful tour.#NZvBAN @captainshanky

— Sight Screen Cricket Journal (@SightScreenCJ) April 1, 2021

Scored 140+ and then bowled out their opposition inside 10 overs. Bully stuff from New Zealand. #NZvBAN

— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) April 1, 2021

Bangladesh lost 10 wickets within 10 overs, just because the number of overs were reduced to 10 per innings. #NZvBAN

— Fake Daniel Alexander Tweets (@danielTweets30) April 1, 2021