The last innings of the Tigers with only 131 runs The fear of collapse arose before the century

Image source](https://google.com/), As the saying goes, ‘The morning sun does not always give an accurate forecast of the day’. Bangladesh's innings was a shining example of that. After losing the toss against hosts New Zealand in Dunedin, Tamim Iqbal opened the scoring for the team and himself by hitting a hard six off the third ball of the first over of the innings by Trent Bolt. But then the irresponsible shots of the batsmen covered the sun in the clouds. Bangladesh's innings was reduced to 131 runs in 41.5 overs due to the failure of the top-order batsmen. Batting first, Tamim Iqbal opened the scoring with a six off the third ball of Trent Bolt's first over. After that he was playing slowly. However, the Tiger captain could not stay on the wicket for too long. Tamim returned with 13 off 15 balls after becoming the LB in the first ball of Bolt's third over. The Tigers lost the first wicket by 19 runs.

After Tamim's return, Soumya Sarkar came to bat in the top order and took only three balls. The catch was given by Bolt. Devon Conway's great catch returned Saumya with zero runs. In the third wicket, Mushfiqur Rahim was running slowly but Liton Das was showing hope. He also gradually settled on the wicket. However, in the second ball of the 14th over, Liton had to return after being caught by Trent Bolt off James Neesham for 42 runs. Liton made 19 off 36 balls before being dismissed Experienced Mushfiqur Rahim took the helm of the team this time and returned to the Tiger camp with some relief. The wicketkeeper-batsman kept the team on the path to a respectable collection after overcoming the initial setback. However, Mushi could not do justice to the name. Martin Guptill, who was on the slip, returned with a catch after playing an innings of 23 off 49 balls at the head of the team's 69 runs. Tiger took the wicket of this batsman James Neesham. After that only three runs were added to the scoreboard of the team and Mohammad Mithun had to return after being run out. When Mithun returned with 9 runs from 26 balls, the Tigers lost the fifth wicket.Mehdi Hasan Miraj, who came in after Mohammad Mithun, could not stay on the wicket for very long. He left the leg stamp a little too much with Mitchell Santner's ball. As a result, he had to return bold after hitting the ball on that leg stamp. Before returning, Miraj was able to add only one run off 10 balls.

After the sixth wicket fell, another Mehdi Hasan came to the wicket, and Mitchell Santner hit the over boundary with the second ball. Mehdi Hasan also made some arrangements after the storm started. However, he could not stay on the wicket for long. Mitchell Santner was bowled out for 14 off 20 balls by Henry Nichols. The Tigers lost the 8th wicket for only 96 runs. Riyadh then formed a long-term partnership with fast bowler Taskin Ahmed. Although the number of runs is only 26, if the ball is counted, it stands at 51. The Tigers were hoping that Riyadh would at least be able to build a respectable score. However, Riyadh got a great catch from Mitchell Santner when he blew Matt Henry off the first ball of the batting power play. And in that moment of danger he had to return after playing an innings of 26 runs from 54 balls.

After that, the Kiwi bowlers did not give much time. Hasan Mahmud was bowled by Trent Bolt in the third ball of the 42nd over and Takkin Ahmed returned with a catch in the 5th ball. Earlier, Taskin played an innings of 10 runs from 32 balls. His partnership with Mahmudullah is the biggest partnership of the Tigers' innings.

On the other hand, Trent Bolt is the highest wicket taker for the Kiwis with 4 wickets. He took the wickets of Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Hasan Mahmud and Taskin for just 26 runs off 7.5 overs. Short scorecard:

Bangladesh: 131/10, 41.5 overs, (Tamim 13, Liton 19, Soumya 0, Mushfiqur 23, Mithun 9, Mahmudullah 28, Miraj 1, Mehedi Hasan 14, Taskin 10, Mahmud 1 and Mostafizur 1 *); (Bolt 8.5-0-26-4, Henry 9-1-28-1, Nisham 6-1-26-2, Santner 6-0-23-2, Kyle Jamieson 6-1-25-0)