Can the tourists stage a fightback to keep the series alive?
Bangladesh suffered yet another defeat in New Zealand as they went down against the hosts in the first T20I by six wickets. The visitors will look to register their first win of the tour when they take on the Kiwis in the second T20I on January 6 at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 PM local time.
Toss
Only one T20 international, which featured New Zealand and Sri Lanka, has been played so far at the Bay Oval. Both the innings saw scores in excess of 175, suggesting that the pitch could be good for batting. New Zealand won that match batting first and we strongly recommend betting on them if they happen to bat first here again.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, odds and match prediction for New Zealand vs Bangladesh 2nd T20I....
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
Team News
The entire team is in good physical condition with no injury to any of the players. The playing eleven from the first T20I can be expected for this match.
Key Players
Kane Williamson, Colin Munro and Corey Anderson will be the key players with the bat. Skipper Williamson has a fifty at the Bay Oval and he also struck an unbeaten 73 in the first T20I. We predict him to top-score for New Zealand. Matt Henry has three wickets at this ground while Lockie Ferguson took three in the last game. We expect these two bowlers to do well here.
Recent Form
New Zealand were convincing enough in their win in the first T20I against Bangladesh. They were good in both the departments - batting and bowling - and they seem to be a tough team to beat at home. This was their seventh win in the last eight T20Is.
New Zealand Predicted XI
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NT Broom, KS Williamson (c), C Munro, CJ Anderson, TC Bruce, C de Grandhomme, L Ronchi (wk), MJ Santner, BM Wheeler, MJ Henry and LH Ferguson.
Bangladesh Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Despite the loss in the first T20I, Bangladesh are unlikely to fiddle with the team combination. No injury issues have been reported in the side as of yet.
Key Players
Top-order batting will depend mainly on Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan. Mahmudullah notched up a fifty in the first T20I and he will be the key in the middle order. Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain and Mashrafe Mortaza will have important roles to play with the ball as the wicket is likely to offer more assistance to seamers than spinners. We predict Mustafizur to be the best Bangladeshi bowler in this match.
Recent Form
Bangladesh have now lost five T20Is in a row and they seem to be struggling in the shortest format of the game. So far on this tour, they have performed well occasionally in parts but have failed to maintain that over a longer period of time.
Bangladesh Predicted XI
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Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Nurul Hasan (wk), Rubel Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman.
New Zealand vs Bangladesh Head to Head in T20
New Zealand have beaten Bangladesh in all the five matches they have played against them in the past, including the one at Napier the other day. This is the first time that the two teams will be facing off in a T20I at the Bay Oval.
New Zealand vs Bangladesh 2nd T20 Betting Odds
Bangladesh are yet to overcome New Zealand in 20-overs cricket and despite losing the last game, there is a slight drop in their match odds from 4.9 to 4.4 at 1xbet and from 4.50 to 4.00 at bet365. New Zealand have lost just one of their past eight T20Is and they haven't for once looked to be in trouble against Bangladesh since the start of the tournament. Once again, the hosts are favorites to win the second T20I at 1.23 with betfair and 1.25 with bet365.
New Zealand vs Bangladesh 2nd T20 Prediction
Bangladesh have been defeated in all the four games they have played so far on this tour and success seems to be eluding them at the moment. And the fact that they have been beaten convincingly by New Zealand in every game is only going to create more doubts in their mind ahead of this contest.
The tourists will also be under pressure as they know that a loss here would mean another series defeat in New Zealand. Batting is what that has been letting them down in these conditions and we don't expect any drastic improvement in this area from them on Friday. So another Bangladeshi defeat seems very likely on the cards.
Final Verdict: Back New Zealand to beat Bangladesh at 1.23 with betfair and 1.25 with bet365.
Jan 06 - Jan 06, 2017
07:30 IST / 2:00 GMT
Bay Oval - Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
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