Twitter Reactions: New Zealand thrash Bangladesh in the last league game

New Zealand took on Bangladesh in a dead rubber Group 2 game in the World T20 at Eden Gardens. The Kiwi captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first. The Kiwis rested opener Martin Guptill and brought in left-arm spinner Nathan McCullum in place of pacer Adam Milne.

New Zealand lost an early wicket in the form of Henry Nicholls. Kane Williamson then mustered 42 off 32 balls and was supported well by Colin Munro 35 (33) and the experienced Ross Taylor 28(24). However, the Kiwi batting lineup then collapsed from 99/2 to 139/8 courtesy the star Bangladesh bowlers Mustafizur Rahman.

Mustafizur picked up his best T20I figures of 5 wickets for 22 runs in his four overs as he applied the breaks into the New Zealand innings by taking a flurry of wickets. Al-Amin Hossain complemented him well and also picked up 2 wickets.

On the other hand, Bangladesh failed terribly to come upto the task. Their batsmen fell like a pack of cards as the spinners spun a web around the Bangladesh batting lineup. Only 3 players could reach double figures as Bangladesh registered their lowest total in T20 Internationals as they were bowled out for a meager 70 and with that they are done without securing a single victory in the tournament.

Twitter kept everyone entertained right from Mustafizur’s five wicket haul to the floodlights failure at the Wankhede to Bangladesh exit in the WT20. Here are some of the reactions during the New Zealand – Bangladesh game:

https://twitter.com/ssnitcherz/status/713726039373942786

https://twitter.com/ICC_T2O_wCup/status/713725947287998464

https://twitter.com/sabk0/status/713725456369917952

How did the match pan out? – Ban v NZ World T20 Review: New Zealand rout Bangladesh by 75 runs