Bangladesh Tour of New Zealand: Bangladesh vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Match Preview

Hosts New Zealand are 2-0 up. They will be looking for a clean sweep when they face Bangladesh in the final ODI of their three-match series on Saturday. The visitors will be looking to snap the Black Cap's winning streak. A victory for the Tigers in Napier would make history as they would become the first Bangladesh team to win a match in New Zealand.

Ahead of the three upcoming T20s, Bangladesh will be hoping for a confidence-building win in the final match of the ODI series. They did make a bit of a fist of it in Nelson. But even a magnificent 169 from Soumya Sarkar couldn't secure their first win, as New Zealand cantered to a 7-wicket victory.

The Black Caps have convincingly won both ODIs. They will be looking to close out the series with another win, keeping the pressure on. Barring something extraordinary, we see New Zealand making it 3-0.

On the back of Soumya's knock, Bangladesh scored 291 in 49.5 overs. The southpaw was also involved in a partnership of 91 runs for the fifth wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim, who scored 45 off 57.

Jacob Duffy and William ORourke picked up three wickets apiece. Adam Milne, Josh Clarkson, and Adithya Ashok picked up one wicket apiece.

The Black Caps then chased down the target with 22 balls to spare. Will Young carried on from where he left off in Dunedin and scored 89 runs off 94 balls. Henry Nicholls bagged a duck in the series opener but racked up 95 runs off 99 balls with eight fours and a six.

Date and Time: December 23, 2023, 03:30 am IST

Venue: McLean Park, Napier

Pitch Report: The average score in Napier is 250, which means that a fairly high-scoring match is on the cards. Chasing teams have won 24 out of 44 matches and hence, batting second should be the way forward.

Weather Report: Playing conditions will be cloudy, but there is no chance of rain for the time being. Temperatures will be around 22 degrees Celsius. The humidity will be in the mid and high 70s.

Head to Head: New Zealand and Bangladesh have faced each other 44 times in ODIs. The Kiwis have dominated with 33 wins to their name.

New Zealand vs Bangladesh Probable XIs New Zealand Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Henry Nicholls, Tom Latham (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, William ORourke

Bangladesh Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Litton Das, Anamul Haque, Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam