New Zealand Vs Bangladesh 2nd ODI: New Zealand beats Bangladesh by 5 wickets to take 2-0 series lead

Tom Latham hammered unbeaten 110 runs to help the Kiwis chase down the target of 272 runs. Devon Conway also played greatly to contribute to New Zealand’s victory with his 72 runs.

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An extraordinary batting performance from Tom Latham and Devon Conway helped New Zealand to defeat Bangladesh by 5 wickets and take a 2-0 series lead in the 3-match ODI series. For Bangladesh, Mehdi Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman took two wickets each.

Earlier, Bangladesh batting first scored 271 runs losing 6 wickets in 50 overs with Mohammad Mithun and Tamim Iqbal scoring a half-century each in the 2nd ODI against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval on Monday.

Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal scored 78 runs and paced the innings as he was followed by Mohammad Mithun, who scored a quick 73 runs facing just 57 balls to help Bangladesh post a competitive total. Bangladesh faced a lot of tight bowling in the early and middle overs by New Zealand bowlers.

New Zealand started greatly as Matt Henry dismissed Liton Das for a duck in the 2nd over. Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal tried to score some runs but tight bowling kept them at backfoot as runs were hardly being scored. Only Tamim Iqbal was successful in finding the gaps to some extent.

Tamim Iqbal survived twice as first, he was given out for an edge. But Tamim was quick enough to take the DRS and was given not out through the review as the ball touched the pad and not the bat. After this, again in the 16th over, Kyle Jamieson caught and bowled Iqbal but the third umpire gave him not out controversially as he deemed that the bowler was not in control of the catch as the ball touched the ground.

However, Tamim's fabulous innings finally came to an end in the 31st over after he was run-out by Jimmy Neesham. After this, Mohammad Mithun took the fight to Kiwi bowlers, scoring a quickfire 73 runs off 43 balls to keep Bangladesh in the contest. In the end, Bangladesh scored 271 runs in 50 overs.