Series level hai, mahol tight hai aur Chattogram ka maidan ek final fight ke liye taiyaar hai. Jab baat series decider ki ho to har move ek Masterclass honi chahiye. New Zealand ke captain Tom Latham ne toss jeeta aur is baar script badal di. Pichle do matches mein batting chunne wale Latham ne is baar pehle bowling karne ka faisla kiya hai. Idhar Bangladesh ne bhi apne sabse bade weapon Mustafizur Rahman ko maidan mein utaar diya hai.
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Is teesre ODI mein dono teams ne tactical changes kiye hain jo gamechanger sabit ho sakte hain. New Zealand ne left-arm quick Ben Lister ko squad mein jagah di hai, jiske liye Blair Tickner ko bench par baithna pada. Latham ko umeed hai ki Lister ki swinger Chattogram ki conditions mein early breakthroughs dilayegi. Wahi dusri taraf, Bangladesh ne apne bowling attack ko experience aur variation ka tadka diya hai. Taskin Ahmed aur Rishad Hossain ko bahar karke Mustafizur Rahman aur Tanvir Islam ko laya gaya hai. "The Fizz" ka aana Kiwi batters ke liye tension ki baat hai, kyunki unka slow cutter is pitch par bura fasa sakta hai.
Pichle match ki baat karein to Nahid Rana ne 5-32 lekar New Zealand ki batting line-up ko taash ke patto ki tarah bikher diya tha. Uske baad Tanzid Hasan ki breezy half-century ne chase ko halwa bana diya. Lekin New Zealand ko halke mein lena bewakoofi hogi, kyunki unhone pehle ODI mein Dean Foxcroft aur Nathan Smith ke dum par apni Dominance dikhayi thi. Ye match sirf ek trophy ka nahi, balki T20 series se pehle psychological advantage lene ka bhi hai.
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- Nahid Rana: Pichle match mein 32 runs dekar 5 wickets lekar unhone Bangladesh ki umeedon ko zinda rakha tha.
- Tom Latham: Toss luck inka zabardast hai, series ke teeno matches mein toss jeeta hai.
- Tanzid Hasan: Unka 199 runs ke chase mein breezy 50 plus score momentum set karne ke liye kaafi tha.
- Mustafizur Rahman: Is champion bowler ki wapsi death overs mein Bangladesh ko solid edge deti hai.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Bhale hi New Zealand ki ye B-team ho, lekin unka discipline hamesha world-class rehta hai. Bangladesh ko agar series jitni hai to unhe apne middle-order collapse se bachna hoga jo humne pehle ODI mein dekha tha. Mustafizur ki entry Bangladesh ke liye ek bada boost hai, lekin Tom Latham ka pehle bowling karne ka faisla dikhata hai ki unhe apne bowlers par pura bharosa hai ki wo Tigers ko low score par rok lenge. Hume ye dekh kar thoda sukoon mil raha hai ki kam se kam yahan to cricket ka level maintain hai, warna hamare padosi Pakistan mein to pitch badalne se lekar captain badalne tak ka circus chalta rehta hai par performance zero hi rehti hai. Chattogram mein aaj asli cricket hone wala hai!
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