Soumya Sarkar may gift a victory to Bangladesh today. But the interesting thing is that he hardly got any support from the other batsmen. Apart from his 169, the next top score was 45 from the no.6 batsman Mushfiqur Rahim. And it's not like the New Zealand bowlers were wayward. They bowled with tight line and length, especially Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy and William O’Rourke. Adithya Ashok, on his ODI debut did a decent job as well. Still, a Bangladesh win is not confirmed yet. The pitch looks good for batting.
This is a common image of Bangladesh in general. When a batsman bats well, if another batsman can provide good support, then the team score is likely to be bigger. Only Soumya Sarkar played an innings of 169 runs in this match but then not a single batsman could help him in such a partnership. This can be seen as the consistent failure of Bangladesh's top order batsmen.
But one thing was better if Bangladesh could have won today's match then Soumya Sarkar's innings of 169 runs would have been the best match of her career. But New Zealand's innings got off to a good start as they have already scored 90 runs for the loss of one wicket. Although Bangladesh's target of 292 is not bad, this target is not a difficult target for New Zealand at the New Zealand venue.