Mirpur, Sep 23: Ish Sodhi became the first New Zealand spinner to claim six wickets in a one-day international to guide the side to a 86-run victory Saturday in the second match of three-match series against Bangladesh.
He contributed a crucial 35 runs when batting to go with his career-best 6-39 as New Zealand registered its first victory in Bangladesh since 2008. The first match was washed out.
In the 46th over, pace bowler Hasan Mahmud ran Sodhi out backing up at the non-striker’s end when on 17 but Bangladesh captain Liton Das called him back.
He then helped the side post 254 before being all out in 49.2 overs and ran through Bangladesh’s top order in a gem of legspin.
Wicketkeeper Tom Blundell made team-high 68 off 66, with six fours and one six, and Henry Nicholls scored 49. Blundell and Nicholls put on a 95-run partnership for the fourth wicket to set the platform.
Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman reduced New Zealand to 26-2 after the visitors opted to bat first. He removed Will Young, who made 58 in the first match, for a duck and then claimed the wicket of Finn Allen for 12.
Debutant Syed Khaled Ahmed (3-60), got into the act with the wicket of Chad Bowes for 14, as New Zealand slumped to 36-3 in the eighth over.
Blundell then unleashed his attacking batting to keep the scoreboard ticking as he brought up his fifty off 54 balls.
Later, Hasan Mahmud gave Bangladesh a boost when he uprooted Blundell’s stump with a yorker.
The Bangladesh spinners then took the charge and claimed some quick wickets before Sodhi propelled the side past 250-run. (AP)
