The Tigers lost wickets in clusters and at regular intervals, leaving them at 97 for five in the 15th over. Bangladesh looked to be in a difficult position but Liton and Mahedi helped the team win by hitting consecutive boundaries.
Shanto said that chasing a target in such conditions against a team like New Zealand is always challenging but he is hopeful that the players will support him in completing the task.
Overall, both the teams played 18 matches in this format, out of which New Zealand won 14 and Bangladesh won only four.
Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain (captain), Liton Das, Ronnie Talukdar, Tauheed Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Mehdi Hasan Miraj (vice-captain), Shak Mahedi, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmood, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir. Islam, Tanzeem Hasan
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Jacob Duffy, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.