Bangladesh 137 for 5 (Litton 42*, Sarkar 22, Southee 1-16, Santner 1-16) beat New Zealand 134 for 9 (Neesham 48, Santner 23, Shoriful3-26, Mahedi 2-14) by five wickets

The reason for Bangladesh’s comfortable T20I win against New Zealand in New Zealand, though, was largely their bowlers, who restricted New Zealand to a below-par total on a slightly two-paced, but demon-free Napier surface. Shoriful Islam’s two wickets in the second over of the game earned him returns of 3 for 26, while Mustafizur Rahman’s variations got him 2 for 15 in four overs.

Mahedi starred with both ball and bat, starting New Zealand’s batting collapse with a wicket in the first over and then Daryl Mitchell’s later. He also hung around with Litton – just when Bangladesh appeared to be capitulating – to finish on an unbeaten 16-ball 19 including hitting the winning shot for four.