Shoriful Islam and Tanzim Hasan Sakib teamed up to dismiss New Zealand’s openers Finn Allen and Tim Seifert. Bangladesh’s captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second T20I at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, on Friday. In a change for Bangladesh, Litton Das got injured in the first T20I, which Bangladesh won by five wickets. Shamim Hossain took his place in the playing XI. New Zealand stuck with the same lineup, fielding an unchanged XI.

The playing XIs are as follows:

New Zealand (Playing XI):Tim Seifert(w), Ben Sears,Mitchell Santner(c),Dary Mitchell, Finn Allen, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Mark Chapman, Adam Milne, Tim Southee.

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Rony Talukdar(w), Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Towhid Hridoy,Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman,Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain.