The Bangladesh Tigers rode on a record 224-run partnership between Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah to overhaul the target of 266 with 16 balls in hand in the Group A game in Cardiff on Friday.
The win, which eliminated the Black Caps from the tournament, came 12 years after Bangladesh famously shocked Australia at the same venue.
Two sparkling centuries have fired Bangladesh to beat New Zealand comfortably by 5 wickets and brighten their chances of playing the Champions Trophy semifinals, bdnews24.com reported.
Shakib smashed his seventh ODI century on way to a swashbuckling 114 while his partner in crime, Mahmudullah was unbeaten on 102.
The duo helped the team survive a shock top order collapse losing three for 12 inside 5 overs.
Their bowlers limited New Zealand to 265 in 50 overs.
The Black Caps, unchanged from their previous match, won the toss and decided to bat after a delayed start due to a wet field in the crucial Group A game.
They rode on Ross Taylor’s 63 and Captain Kane Williamson’s 57, his third consecutive fifty, to finish on 265 for 8.
Offspinner Mosaddek Hossain took 3 for 13 in 3 overs, best bowling figures by a Bangladeshi in Champions Trophy history, to make sure the Kiwis did not take the game beyond.
It was New Zealand looked set for a strong finish but Mashrafe Bin Mortaza brought Mosaddek in the 42nd over.
The move paid off as he claimed the big wickets of Neil Broom, Corey Anderson and James Neesham.
They scored only 62 runs in the final 10 overs and lost 4 wickets in the face of accurate bowling and brilliant captaincy by Mashrafe.
Taylor and Williamson paired for a 83-run stand to raise hopes of taking their team close to 300. But the captain’s gritty 69-ball innings ended when he got run out in a mix-up against the run of play.
Neil Broom (36) then added 49 runs with Taylor whose dismissal derailed the New Zealand innings.
They scored only 62 runs in the final 10 overs losing 4 wickets in the face of accurate bowling and brilliant captaincy by Mashrafe, allowing Bangladesh to claw their way back into the game.
Taskin finished 2 for 43 in his 8 overs while Rubel and Mustafizur took one apiece. – Agency
