In the Bangladesh vs New Zealand match, the Bangladesh team came to bat in the first innings. However, seeing the game of the opening batsman of the Bangladesh team really gave me a bad feeling. In today's match, Bangladesh team lost a wicket in the first ball, which I am really sorry to see, because I am a Bangladeshi and watching the game with the support of Bangladesh. But I was not at all prepared to see this poor game performance of Bangladesh. The way they were under pressure at the start of today's match, it may take a long time to overcome this. And Bangladesh team may never match New Zealand if their batting performance continues like this.To win the match against New Zealand, Bangladesh will need to score enough runs which they have shown early on that they will not be able to do. New Zealand's Trent Boult bowling line has been excellent, he has picked up early wickets and boosted his team, may bowl well to take more wickets later on.
There is no improvement in Bangladesh's opening pair. In every match we see the openers of Bangladesh performing poorly. We do not see any exception in today's match. Bangladesh lost Liton's wicket before scoring any runs. And they also lost the wicket of Tanzid for 41 runs. Tanzid was dismissed for 16 runs off 17 balls. A good opening pair is absolutely essential if you want to score descent against big teams. Losing experienced batsmen so quickly, it is very difficult to collect big scores.
New Zealand is a very strong team. The team won by big margin against England and Netherlands. However, I consider Bangladesh's bowling attack stronger than these two teams. Even then, the Bangladesh team will have to accept a shameful defeat if they give a target of less than 300.