Toss New Zealand selected to bat vs Bangladesh
New Zealand captain Tom Latham opted to bat first in opposition to Bangladesh within the first ODI in their three-match collection in Dhaka on Friday morning.
There used to be a extend within the toss as a result of Bangladesh trainer Phil Simmons needed to move on a modified workforce sheet to captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz. This used to be later published to be Mustafizur Rahman being changed by way of Shoriful Islam. It later emerged that the last-minute alternate used to be as a result of Mustafizur had picked up a knee damage.
That intended a three-pronged fast-bowling assault of Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana and Shoriful.
New Zealand, in the meantime, are having to play with 8 adjustments since their final ODI, in opposition to India in January. Latham best has Henry Nicholls, Will Younger and Jayden Lennox from that recreation. Latham himself is returning to the ODI facet after a substantial hole. His final look within the layout used to be in November 2025.
It’s because the boys’s A facet is these days in Sri Lanka to play top quality and one-day suits, and there are 18 New Zealand gamers mixed within the IPL and PSL.
Bangladesh: 1 Saif Hassan, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Towhid Hridoy, 4 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 5 Litton Das (wk), 6 Afif Hossain, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (capt), 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Nahid Rana
New Zealand: 1 Henry Nicholls, 2 Will Younger, 3 Nick Kelly, 4 Dean Foxcroft, Tom Latham (capt, wk), 6 Muhammad Abbas, 7 Josh Clarkson, 8 Nathan Smith, 9 Blair Tickner, 10 Will O’Rourke, 11 Jayden Lennox