BAN-L vs NZ-L Highlights: NewZealand-Legends win by 8 wickets: New Zealand Legends secured an easy 8-wicket victory over Bangladesh Legends in the Road Safety World Series. Chasing a competitive target of 99 in 11 overs following 2-hour rain delay, Ross Taylor and Jamie How and Dean Brownlie made short work of Bangladesh Legends bowling, chasing the target with 1.3 overs to go. Follow RSWS 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
Bangladesh Legends have set a competitive 99-run target in 11 overs in the rain affected match. Although Bangladesh Legends off to a poor start losing 3 early wickets, Alok Kapali and Dhiman Ghosh added an unbeaten 83-run stand to take Bangladesh-Legends to 98/3.
BAN-L vs NZ-L Highlights: Brownlie & Taylor power NewZealand-Legends to 8-wicket win, Check RSWS 2022 Highlights
Chasing a target of 99 in the 11 overs, the Kiwi Legends overhauled it in just 9.3 overs with 9 balls to spare as captain Ross Taylor finished it off in style.
In the run chase, NZ Legends didn’t get the best of start as their opener Anton Devcich was dismissed for 2 by all-rounder Abdur Razzak in the third over when the scorecard read 14. Meanwhile, Dean Brownlie and Jamie How looked unfazed and shared a stand of 41 off 18 balls and the Kiwis were 55 for two in 5.3 overs. Bangladesh all-rounder Alok Kapali – who did well with the bat – ended the threatening partnership as he deceived How (26 runs off 17 balls) with his leg-spin and clean bowled him.
The fifth over bowled by Dolar Mahmud yielded 21 runs to the NZ Legends and gave the chasing side the required momentum. Riding upon the fine start by top-order batters, the BlackCaps kept motoring along. Captain Ross Taylor – who walked in at two down – posted an unbeaten 30 off 17 deliveries and finished the game for New Zealand with two consecutive maximums and a double off Kapali. While Brownlie remained unbeaten on 31 off 19 balls.
BAN-L vs NZ-L Highlights: Brownlie & Taylor power NewZealand-Legends to 8-wicket win, Check RSWS 2022 Highlights
Earlier, put in to bat first, Bangladesh – who were being led by Mohammad Sharif in this game – were off to a disastrous start in the powerplay. But an unbeaten fourth-wicket stand of 83 runs off 51 between Dhiman Ghosh and Alok Kapali helped Bangladesh post a respectable total of 98 for three in 11 overs.
Kapali smashed a 21-ball 37 (not out). At the same time, wicketkeeper-batsman Dhiman Ghosh scored an unbeaten 41 off 32 deliveries as they dominated Kiwi bowlers in the middle overs of the match was curtailed to 11 overs per innings due to wet outfield.
Opener Nazimuddin was the first wicket to perish as the right-handed batter was caught at point by Anton Devcich off Kyle Mills on the second ball of the innings for a duck.
In the next over, right-arm medium pacer Hamish Bennett dismissed the second opener Mehrab Hossain by getting caught at deep third man and Devcich pouched the ball in his hands.
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Aftab Ahmed cleared his intentions as the right-handed middle-order batter scored a quickfire 13 off 9 balls before Mills made him his second victim. Ahmed hit a six and a boundary before getting caught by Scott Styris in the third over of the innings.
BAN-L vs NZ-L Highlights: Brownlie & Taylor power NewZealand-Legends to 8-wicket win, Check RSWS 2022 Highlights
From 15/3, the duo of Kapali and Ghosh steadied the ship for the Bangladesh Tigers and it was their partnership which helped the Men in Green post a fighting total for their bowlers. While Kapali was the aggressor in the stand of 83, Ghosh played the anchor’s role. The duo together smashed six fours and three sixes in their union and punished the loose deliveries from every Kiwi bowler in between the 4th and 11th over.
For New Zealand Kyle Mills was the pick of the bowlers as the right-arm quick returned with impressive figures of 2/11 from two overs.
New Zeland Legends Scorecard:
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Devcich | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Jamie How | 26 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 152.94 | |
| Dean Brownlie | 31 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 163.16 | |
| Ross Taylor (C) | 30 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 176.47 | |
| Extra | 10 (b 0, w 8, nb 2, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 99/2 (9.3) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | GJ Hopkins, SB Styris, NT Broom, KD Mills, Hamish Bennett, Jason Spice, JEC Franklin | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdur Razzak | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Mohammad Sharif | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Elias Sunny | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Alok Kapali | 1.3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 14.67 |
| Abul Hasan | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| AP Devcich | 1-14 | 2.2 |
| JM How | 2-55 | 5.3 |
Bangladesh Legends Scorecard:
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nazimuddin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Mehrab Hossain | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Aftab Ahmed | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 144.44 | |
| Alok Kapali | 37 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 176.19 | |
| Dhiman Ghosh (WK) | 41 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 128.13 | |
| Extra | 6 (b 0, w 3, nb 1, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 98/3 (11) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Khaled Mashud, Abdur Razzak, Elias Sunny, Abul Hasan, Mohammad Sharif, Dolar Mahmud | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Mills | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
| Hamish Bennett | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6.67 |
| James Franklin | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Anton Devcich | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Jason Spice | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Nazimuddin | 1-0 | 0.2 |
| Mehrab Hossain | 2-9 | 1.5 |
| Aftab Ahmed | 3-15 | 2.3 |
Bangladesh Legends Playing XI: Nazimuddin, Mehrab Hossain, Aftab Ahmed, Khaled Mashud, Alok Kapali, Dhiman Ghosh(w), Abdur Razzak, Elias Sunny, Abul Hasan, Mohammad Sharif(c), Dolar Mahmud
New Zealand Legends Playing XI: Jamie How, Anton Devcich, Dean Brownlie, Ross Taylor(c), Gareth Hopkins(w), Scott Styris, Neil Broom, Kyle Mills, Hamish Bennett, Jason Spice, James Franklin
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