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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and paceman Kyle Jamieson have been withdrawn from the squad to face Bangladesh in a three-match Twenty20 International series, the country's cricket board (NZC) said on Friday (Dec 22).
Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar has broken legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's 14-year-old record during the second ODI match against New Zealand in Nelson on Wednesday. Soumya played a 169-run knock from 151 balls with a strike rate of 111.92. The left-handed batter slammed 22 fours and 2 sixes against the Kiwi bowling attack in the first inning. The 30-year-old's knock against New Zealand helped him to surpass Tendulkar's milestone for the highest runs in ODIs by a player from the sub-continent in New Zealand.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pulled off a huge bargain at the ongoing IPL Players Auction as the defending champions acquired the services of young New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra for Rs 1.8 crore. Coming to Rachin, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings went after the youngster, but the MS Dhoni-led side got the services of the all-rounder for Rs 1.5 crore. struck once again as they acquired Shardul Thakur in the next five minutes for Rs 4 crore. CSK also splashed Rs 14 crore for Ravindra's Kiwi teammate Daryl Mitchell.
Kane Williamson will captain New Zealand as they get their preparations for the Twenty20 World Cup underway with a three-match series against Bangladesh in the final few days of the year.
New Zealand gave themselves a perfect boost ahead of the World Cup by whitewashing Bangladesh in the three-match series 2-0, with a seven wickets win in the final one-day international in Dhaka on Tuesday. Will Young and Adam Milne starred with bat and ball respectively, with Young hitting 70 off 80 balls to guide New Zealand to 175-3. Milne's 4-34 restricted the hosts to 171 in 34.3 overs at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Stand-in skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto scored highest with 76 runs for Bangladesh, but was unable to give the hosts a competitive score with a lack of support from the other end after he opted to bat first.
Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim got dismissed in a bizarre manner that left the social media stunned during the third one-day international against New Zealand at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday. During the 16th over of the Bangladesh innings, Mushfiqur chopped a delivery from Lockie Ferguson towards his stumps and in desperation to stop himself from getting dismissed, he decided to kick the ball away. However, before he could complete the save, the ball crashed into the stumps and he ended up disturbing them even more with his boots. There was slight confusion regarding the nature of the dismissal but it was given bowled by the umpires.
Batter Kane Williamson made his return to the New Zealand side as the Blackcaps announced their squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India from October 5 onwards on Sunday night. In the pursuit to go one better than their Final appearance in 2019, New Zealand have named their 15-player group for this year's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. New Zealand confirmed the group at Papatoetoe High School in Auckland on Monday, the alma mater of leg-spinner Ish Sodhi, who was named in the squad.
Kane Williamson will lead New Zealand at next month's one-day World Cup and Trent Boult will spearhead the pace attack but opener Finn Allen and fast bowler Adam Milne have missed out on the squad for India.