Bangladesh win toss, opt to bowl first against New Zealand

The Tigers have won the toss and decided to bowl first in their first T20 against New Zealand at Napier on Wednesday (December 27).

Brief score: 
New Zealand: 17/3 (3.3/20 ov).

Tanzim Hasan Sakib made his debut in T20 through this game. Bangladesh have opted for the offspin of Mahedi Hasan and the legspin of Rishad Hossain, alongside the right-arm quick bowling of Tanzim and two left-arm seamers.

Bangladesh XI: Litton Das (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Rony Talukdar, Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman.

New Zealand XI: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears.