After the crushing defeat in the opening T20 International, Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah had urged the team’s youngsters to step up for a team that’s missing the services of veterans Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim (shoulder injury). The visitors lost all three One-Day Internationals and were blown away in the opening T20I and are in desperate need of a win to salvage some pride.
Teams –
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Will Young, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Southee (c), Ish Sodhi, Hamish Bennett, Adam Milne
Bangladesh: Liton Das (wk), Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed
