New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 1st ODI: Rotobash Fantasy Cricket Tips

Bangladesh has never won a match against New Zealand in New Zealand.

Published - 12 Feb 2019, 13:13 IST | Updated - 12 Feb 2019, 13:13 IST

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The Bangla Tigers will start their tour of New Zealand on 13th February, starting with 3 ODI’s following with 3 Test ending on 28th March. It is going to be a long tour for the visitors so they will be looking to assess the squad before the World Cup as they will get similar sort of conditions in the World Cup. On the other hand, the Kiwis will be looking to take some positives out of the T20I series win against India as they were completely outdone by the Men in Blue in the One-Day Series.

Last time when Bangladesh visited in NewZealand in 2016-17, they were clean swept by the host in all the formats, so they would be hoping for some redemption as their players are coming off with a good season of BPL.

Bangladesh have dealt with a major blow before the start of the series, experienced all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the series due to finger injury while the pace bowler Taskin Ahmed will also be unavailable for the whole tour. Shafiul Islam has been named in the 15 men squad for the ODI’s because of some consistent performance in BPL while, uncapped Ebadat has been roped in the Test squad.

New Zealand have released 14 men squad for the first 2 ODIs. Opener Martin Guptill is back in the squad while Colin Munro has been omitted for the first 2 ODI, he will be available for the last ODI as Kane Williamson replacement.

Match Details:

New Zealand vs Bangladesh 1st ODI

Date: 13th February 2019

Time: 6:30 am IST

Venue: Mclean Park, Napier

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Pitch Report

The last match that was played in Napier was against India, New Zealand were bundled out for 157 runs. The average score in this pitch is around 240 runs, so expecting a good contest between bat and ball.

Average First Inning score: 241 runs

Highest Chase: 289 runs

Team News:

Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of this series.

Ish Sodhi has been removed from the 14 men squad.

Taskin Ahmed has been ruled out of the series and Shafiul Islam has been named as his replacement.

Colin Munro has been omitted for first 2 ODI.

Martin Guptill fitness will be assessed before the match but he is likely to play this match.

Probable XI

New Zealand:

Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Colin de Grandhomme, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson/Todd Astle.

Bangladesh:

Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Nayeem Hasan/Shafiul Islam

Power Picks:

Tamim Iqbal has been in amazing form in this Bangladesh Premier League, he also scored an unbeaten 141 runs in the final of the BPL. With some valuable runs under his belt, he’d be a confident individual entering this match.