CWC23: New Zealand choose to bowl first against Bangladesh
October 13, 2023 01:47 pm
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson won the toss and chose to bowl first against Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh in the 11th match of the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, played at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday (Oct. 13).
After winning the toss, Williamson said New Zealand will bowl first, and that it is a good surface. “Nice to take part in those warm-up games and nice to be standing here. I am coming for Will Young.”
Meanwhile, Al Hasan said he was “a bit confused (about what to do), but we don’t mind batting first. We didn’t start well with bat and ball in the last 2 games and these are the two areas we are looking to improve.”
With two wins from two outings, New Zealand are aiming to maintain their unbeaten start to the World Cup. After thrashing reigning champions England, New Zealand made lightwork of the Netherlands to zoom to the top of the table.
The Blackcaps have received a massive boost ahead of this encounter as captain Kane Williamson has confirmed that he will feature against Bangladesh.
He could replace Mark Chapman in the playing XI. Bangladesh, on the other hand, have a mixed result so far with one win and a defeat.
In terms of overall head-to-head stats in ODIs, the Kiwis hold an edge as they’ve won on 30 occasions, while Bangladesh won 10 times.
New Zealand playing XIs: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young
Bangladesh playing XIs: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mehidy Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman/Nasum Ahmed
-Agencies
