Sarkar 169 in vain as Nicholls, Young power New Zealand to series win

Soumya Sarkar cracked a career-best 169 out of Bangladesh's total of 291 in the second ODI against New Zealand, but the visitors still fell well short in Nelson. Henry Nicholls hit 95 and Will Young continued his good form by smashing 89, and each of the hosts' other top five batters helped them ease their way to the chase, which was completed with 22 balls and seven wickets in the bank. Accordingly, New Zealand went 2-0 up in the three-match series, having won the primary ODI in Dunedin by 44 sudden spikes in demand for Sunday. Opening the batting on Wednesday, Bangladesh slipped to 80 for 4 in the seventeenth over, with Jacob Duffy having struck two times for New Zealand. Customary wickets had constrained Sarkar to dial back after a fast beginning, during which he had moved to 26 off his initial 23 conveyances, including hitting six limits. Nonetheless, Sarkar joined Mushfiqur Rahim to revive the innings. While Mushfiqur took as much time as necessary to get rolling, Sarkar continued ticking consistently, getting to his fifty from 58 balls with a limit off Josh Clarkson to begin the 21st once again. The two players hit an intermittent limit while keeping the scoreboard moving with singles and twos, preceding Duffy tore the game open. He had Mushfiqur gotten behind for 45 in the 35th over, in this way finishing a stand of 91 out of 18 overs. Be that as it may, Sarkar then, at that point, added 61 with Mehidy Hasan Miraz, in the process getting to his third ODI century off 116 balls toward the start of the 40th over, however he was dropped by Youthful when on 92. Yet, from 102 off 119 balls at one phase, Sarkar hit 67 from his next 32 conveyances in the passing overs. That animosity highlighted nine fours and two sixes - 13 of his different fours had all come before - before Bangladesh lost three wickets to Will O'Rourke in the last finished. However, Bangladesh actually posted their most noteworthy score while batting first away from home against New Zealand, and began the protection of 291 by bowling two tight overs. However, New Zealand finished the powerplay at 61 without misfortune, as Youthful and Rachin Ravindra, new in the wake of stashing his most memorable IPL check, consolidated to hit nine limits. Also, however debutant legspinner Rishad Hossain finished that association at 76 by having Ravindra gotten for 45 in the eleventh over, more difficulty anticipated Bangladesh. Nicholls showed up at No. 3, and joined with Youthful to add 128 at very nearly a run a ball. He oversaw just 3 from his initial 13 conveyances, while Youthful got to his eighth ODI fifty off 51 balls in the seventeenth over. However, the pair kept a reliable speed all through their stand, seldom appearing to be in a rush to chase the all out down, as Nicholls' most memorable limit came exclusively off his seventeenth ball. Youthful rode his karma two times - first on 76, whenever Towhid Hridoy couldn't get a troublesome opportunity at additional cover, and afterward on 83, when he utilized DRS to switch a got down-the-leg-side choice - before at last dying for 89 in the 33rd over. By then, at that point, Nicholls had got to his very own fifty, which he was unable to change over into a century when he pulled Shoriful Isam to midwicket in the 41st over. Nicholls' just ODI century had come very nearly a long time back in January 2019, yet he could never have disapproved of seeing Tom Latham and Tom Blundell wrap the game up for New Zealand. All that, notwithstanding Sarkar's great thump - the second-most noteworthy by a Bangladesh hitter in ODIs - which went to no end.