Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Runs haven’t been easy to come by for Bangladesh
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Towhid Hridoy, Bangladesh’s centurion from their first match against India, looked set to do yet another rebuilding job, this time with captain Najmul Hossain Shanto at the other end, but he fell trying a big shot in the 21st over. New Zealand have applied the squeeze on Bangladesh after taking two early wickets.…Read More
New Zealand earlier won the toss and chose to bowl first in Rawalpindi. Captain Mitchell Santner announced two changes to the squad – Daryl Mitchell is ill and so Rachin Ravindra returns in his place while Kyle Jamieson also makes a comeback after a lengthy spell on the sidelines with injury.
Currently in good form, New Zealand are one step closer from progressing to the semi-finals of the ongoing 2025 Champions Trophy. The Black Caps began their campaign with a convincing 60-run victory over hosts Pakistan, and now take on Bangladesh in their second fixture. On the other hand, Bangladesh lost to India by six wickets in their opener, and need a win to get their campaign back on track.
If New Zealand win in Rawalpindi on Monday, then their place in the semi-finals will be confirmed, along with Group A opponents India. Bangladesh have been in poor form lately, and their top-order batters Soumya Sarkar and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto were dismissed for ducks against India. They would not have got to 228, if it wasn’t for Jaker Ali’s 68, and he was dropped in the first ball by Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, Towhid Hridoy got his maiden ODI ton, but will be disappointed that it didn’t result in a win. Meanwhile, Mahmudullah, who missed out the clash vs India due to a hamstring injury, is expected to return to the playing XI.
The Bangladesh team management will also hope for a better performance from their bowling department. Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hossain and Mehidy Hasan Miraz have failed to dominate, and Nahid Rana hasn’t lived up to his potential.
For the Black Caps, Glenn Phillips will be key, and he perfectly showed it with his sensational catch to dismiss Mohammad Rizwan in the previous fixture. His presence down the order will be crucial as New Zealand will look to accelerate, and he is also handy as an offspinner who can get wickets. Rachin Ravindra was rested against Pakistan, after receiving a forehead injury in the recent tri-series. In his absence, Devon Conway has opened with Young, who got a ton in the previous game. Meanwhile, Conway has registered scores of 97, 48 and 10 as an opener.
The pitch in Rawalpindi is usually batting-friendly, and also provides a little bit of help to pacers (if the ball is new and shiny). Meanwhile, the weather is not expected to play spoilsport, and it will be a cloudy affair.
Here are some pointers to Bangladesh vs New Zealand from the Champions Trophy:
– Michael Bracewell got the first wicket for New Zealand with the wicket of Tanzid Hasan
– New Zealand have brought back Rachin Ravindra and Kyle Jamieson, playing his first international in over a year
– New Zealand won the toss and chose to field first
Follow all the updates here:
Feb 24, 2025 4:15 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: A half-century that has come in 71 balls. Whether this will be a good innings or not really depends on whether Shanto can kick on from here.
Feb 24, 2025 4:14 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Wicket No.3 for Bracewell. The Bangladesh batters are thinking they can hit him anywhere they want and he is loving it.
Feb 24, 2025 4:13 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Mushfiqur is off the mark but two pieces of fielding pretty much sums up how New Zealand are squeezing Bangladesh at the moment. Santner bowls the fourth ball full outside off, Shanto doesn’t quite nail the cut shot. Will Young dives to his left full stretch at short third to stop the ball from going past the infield. Then Glenn Phillips at midwicket dives to stop the next ball from going through. Two dot balls entirely due to determined fielding. This pitch, by the way, is an absolute road and so Bangladesh are staring at a rather humiliating defeat if they can’t accelerate.
Shanto is on 48 off 68, Mushfiqur Rahm on two off two.
Feb 24, 2025 4:02 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Bracewell gets another and it is Hridoy, the centurion from the game against India. Fantastic catch there by Williamson. Third ball of the 21st is full from Bracewell outside off, Hridoy backs away and tries to loft it over the off side. It goes up in the air, Williamson runs back from cover, dives and completes the catch.
Hridoy c Williamson b Bracewell 7 (24)
Feb 24, 2025 4:01 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Bangladesh’s run rate has now dipped below five. Everything they are hitting seems to be going to a fielder. Hridoy on seven off 12, Shanto on 45 off 61.
Feb 24, 2025 3:38 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The Bangladesh captain has got off to a good start here. Just one run in that 15th over from Michael Bracewell and Shanto is on 34 off 44, Towhid Hridoy, the tragic hero from Bangladesh’s last game, has scored one in eight balls.
Feb 24, 2025 3:28 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Well that is tame. Miraz tries to somehow play the last ball of the 12th above leg side somewhere, ends up giving the mid-on fielder catching practice. Wonder if the Bangladesh top order batters have been told that they are top order players and this is not yet the last 10 overs of the innings.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz c Santner b O’Rourke 13 (14)
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Feb 24, 2025 3:27 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Mehidy Hasan Miraz has walked in at No.3 and reeled off 13 runs off just 11 balls. Najmul Hossain Shanto has also picked up pace at the other end, he is on 23 off 31. Bracewell just bowled his second over while Will O’Rourke was introduced in the 10th. He continues now for the 12th.
Feb 24, 2025 3:12 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: He had got off to a good start against India as well and fell in Axar Patel’s very first over. Now he falls to Michael Bracewell in his very first over. Bracewell tosses up the second ball, Tanzid goes for a big haymaker across the line. Miscued and a straightforward catch for Williamson at midwicket.
Tanzid Hasan c Williamson b Bracewell 24 (24)
Feb 24, 2025 3:05 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The two players are batting on two different planets at the moment. Henry goes short fourth ball of the seventh over, Tanzid smashes it over midwicket and the ball lands right on the boundary cushion. Wide down the leg side next ball and then two runs off the fifth.
Tanzid on 24 off 22, Shanto on eight off 20.
Feb 24, 2025 2:52 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Just two runs given in the second over. Shanto is under all kinds of pressure already. He is unable to rotate strike and his barren recent form doesn’t help either. Tanzid at the other end ticking along nicely.
Shanto is on three off 11, Tanzid on 13 off 13.
Feb 24, 2025 2:45 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Indian fans would remember from the 2019 WTC Final just how difficult it is to score of Kyle Jamieson but this is first international in over a year and so he is a little rusty. Jamieson pitches up the fourth ball of the second over, Tanzid flicks it away behind square. The next ball is nicely on the pads and Tanzid sends it sailing over deep midwicket for a six.
Tanzid on 13 off 10, Shanto on none off two.
Feb 24, 2025 2:36 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Not the greatest of atmospheres at the Pindi Stadium, understandably. The hosts are not playing and home fans may not have too much hopes of them getting a favourable result today. Even if they did, Pakistan’s performances in the two matches they have played were underwhelming to say the least. Anyhow, it’s a hot Monday as well, let’s hope the crowd builds up later in the day. Matt Henry steaming in, Tanzid Hasan facing up with captain Shanto at the other end.
Feb 24, 2025 2:25 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: All right the two captains have led their teams out and the players are standing shoulder to shoulder with the officials between the two sides. Their mascots standing in front of them. First comes New Zealand’s national anthem and then Bangladesh’s.
Feb 24, 2025 2:19 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Najmul Hossain Shanto says that Bangladesh are bringing in the fiery Nahid Rana and Mahmudullah back into their squad. Soumya Sarkar and Tanzid Shakib are out.
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Mustafizur Rahman
Feb 24, 2025 2:12 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Big pacer Kyle Jamieson returns to play his first international match since February last year. Rachin Ravindra also plays for the first time since he horrifically took that ball in his face while fielding in the tri-series before this tournament. Dary Mitchell is ill and so Ravindra could be playing as a middle order batter today.
New Zealand: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William O’Rourke
Feb 24, 2025 2:05 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: New Zealand have won the toss and chosen to field first in Rawalpindi
Feb 24, 2025 1:58 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The great man could score just one run in the tournament opener against Pakistan and 34 against the same opponents in the tri-series final before that. Don’t be fooled by that, though. Before that Williamson went on a run of eight innings in which he failed to go past 50 just once. The last two innings in that run came more than a year after the previous one and yet, Williamson returned to the format with scores of 58 and 133 not out.
Feb 24, 2025 1:54 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Since 2015, New Zealand is the side Bangladesh have faced the most in ODIs. And yet, they have faced each other just twice in the Champions Trophy. New Zealand won the first match by 167 runs in Colombo in 2002 while Bangladesh won the second in Cardiff in 2017.
Feb 24, 2025 1:48 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Bangladesh did a lot of things right in their match against India but you can’t possibly hope to win any ODI after losing five wickets in the first powerplay. Head coach Phil Simmons has a simple message for the team, do better in the batting powerplay. “We lost in batting in overs one to ten, and the same in bowling. We have to make sure we win in those areas,” Simmons said ahead of the New Zealand game. “We need to assess and put together our batting better in the first ten overs. The middle and lower order have done really well so it is up to our top-order batsmen to put things together in the first ten or 15 overs, especially.”
Feb 24, 2025 1:35 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The comprehensive win they suffered against India has left Pakistan on the brink. New Zealand currently sit second on the Group A table with two points and a defeat for them today would keep them within reach of Pakistan, as they themselves have one game left to play against Bangladesh. They still have to beat Bangladesh by a good margin to stay clear of a mess of NRR equations but Pakistan’s hopes of a miracle start with Bangladesh beating New Zealand today.
Feb 24, 2025 1:22 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: He has been the perpetual stop gap for New Zealand in the top order, mostly for Kane Williamson and now for Rachin Ravindra in this tournament. Ravindra could be elligible to play today but can New Zealand really keep Young out of the squad again today? It was a surprise that he still wasn’t considered a started after what he did in the Test series in India last year and now, he has responded to being Ravindra’s replacement by scoring a masterful century in New Zealand’s opening match against Pakistan. Surely, surely New Zealand would find it impossible to drop a player after he has scored a century like that in the first match of a tournament.
Feb 24, 2025 1:13 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: It could be overcast in Rawalpindi today for large parts of the match.
Feb 24, 2025 12:58 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Bangladesh had lost as many as five wickets in the first nine overs of their opening game of the tournament against India. And yet, they managed to nearly play their full quota of 50 overs and scored 228 runs. That is because of a 154-run stand put up for the sixth wicket between Jaker Ali and Towhid Hridoy, which ensured India got no wickets between the ninth and 43rd overs.
Feb 24, 2025 12:44 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Bangladesh had a dream first half of 2024 which was topped off by them whitewashing Pakistan in a Test series in Pakistan. Both those matches were played in Rawalpindi. Now they are back at the venue of their greatest-ever triumph, although they are arguably facing a team so superior to Pakistan that it becomes a different ball game altogether.
Feb 24, 2025 12:36 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The former Bangladesh captain missed out on the match against India due to a niggle. Bangladesh sorely missed his services as a spinner and as a middle-order enforcer. Mahmudullah’s hamstring is what kept him out of the first game as he injured himself during training. He batted in the nets in Rawalpindi though and so things are looking quite positive.
Feb 24, 2025 12:21 PM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: They are perennially underrated but it would be pretty daft to not consider New Zealand among the favourites to win this tournament. In the solitary match they played against Pakistan in this tournament, and in the three they played in the tri-series before that, New Zealand showed they have got that key aspect all champion sides need to have – immaculate fielding.
Feb 24, 2025 11:59 AM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: In their previous Champions Trophy meeting, Bangladesh beat New Zealand by five wickets, and reached the semis in that tournament in Cardiff. While chasing 266, they were at 33/4, before match-winning tons from Shakib and Mahmudullah.
Feb 24, 2025 11:49 AM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The last time Rawalpindi held ODIs was in April 2023, when Pakistan chased down targets of 337, 289 with ease vs New Zealand. Since 2010, the venue has hosted five ODIs, and it has overseen seven individual tons in that period. So expect some big knocks today, we could see more centuries too! Also, three of the last five ODIs in Rawalpindi have been won by the side batting first, while one match has ended in a draw.
Feb 24, 2025 11:33 AM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William ORourke, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy
Feb 24, 2025 11:23 AM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nahid Rana
Feb 24, 2025 11:04 AM IST
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Live Score, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Hello and welcome everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today’s Champions Trophy showdown between Bangladesh and New Zealand. Bangladesh need a win to get their campaign back on track, after losing to India in their opener. But they face a confident NZ side, who beat hosts Pakistan in the tournament opener.
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