ODI Cricket: New Zealand defeated Bangladesh by 7 and took a decisive lead in the ODI series.
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field first.
The highlight of Bangladesh’s innings was the brilliant batting of Bangladeshi opener Soumya Sarkar.
He scored 169 runs on behalf of Bangladesh from 151 balls with the help of 22 fours and 2 sixes.
The opening batsman, who provided strong support to Bangladesh at one end, did not get enough support from the other end.
Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim scored 45 runs.
Apart from them, none of the batters could perform better.
The entire team of Bangladesh was out by scoring 291 runs at the end of the 50th over.
To achieve the target, Will Young and Richan Ravindra started the innings on behalf of New Zealand.
Both of them scored 76 runs in the first wicket partnership.
The New Zealanders faced the Bangladeshi bowlers.
Opener Will Young got out after scoring 89 runs while Richan Ravindra scored 45 runs.
Henry Nickels also could not complete his century by only 5 runs.
New Zealand achieved the target of 292 runs in the 47th over.
Earlier, Bangladesh was also defeated by 44 runs in the rain-affected first ODI.
With this win, New Zealand has taken a decisive 2-0 lead in the ODI series.
Bangladesh’s tour of New Zealand consists of a series of three ODIs and three T20 matches.
After the ODI series, a series of 3 T20 matches will be played between the two teams.
The English team that visited the West Indies is also slowly trying to restore its lost reputation in the World Cup.
5 English team players have succeeded in keeping the hope of winning the series alive by achieving success in the fourth match of the T20 series.
In the fourth match of the series of 5 T20 matches, West Indies won the toss and invited England to bat first.
The English openers faced the West Indian bowlers in a confident manner.
Phil Salt made a century with the help of 7 fours and 10 sixes.
While captain Jos Buttler also completed his half century.
Batting first, England scored 267 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at the end of the allotted 20 overs.
West Indies used 7 bowlers while bowling.
In pursuit of the target, the West Indian team was under pressure from the beginning.
The West Indies team got out after scoring 192 runs in the 16th over.
England has won the match and leveled the series at 2-2.
Phil Salt was named Man of the Match for his best performance.
The West Indies team has already won the 3 ODI series.
The final of the series of 5 T20 matches will be played on Friday.
On the other hand, during the visit of the World Cup runner-up Indian team to South Africa, South Africa has defeated India by 8 wickets in the second ODI.
South Africa won the toss and decided to field first.
India soon lost the opener.
The Indian team failed to set a big target under the leadership of Rahul who lost the first wicket at the score of 4.
And the whole team got out after scoring 211 runs in the 47th over.
The opening pair from South Africa provided the best start.
Reza Hendricks completed his half century.
And Tony De Zorzi scored the first ODI century of his career.
The left-handed batsman, playing the fourth ODI of his career, hit 9 fours and 6 sixes in his maiden century.
South Africa achieved the target of 212 runs in the 43rd over for the loss of 2 wickets.
After the victory in the second ODI match, South Africa has leveled the series of 3 ODI matches one by one.
The third ODI between the two teams will be played tomorrow.
Earlier, after the first match of the 3-match T20 series was rained out, both teams won one ODI match each and leveled the series.
Both teams will also play two Test matches at the end of the ODI series.
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