The visitors also donated a T20I maiden captain to Shoriful Islam left-wing sailor and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed
New Zealand choose bat vs. Bangladesh
Tim Southee won the toss and opted to bat against Bangladesh in the first series of three T20I games in Hamilton.
“It was a great one-day series but it’s a change of shape and a change of manpower,” said Southee at the start when New Zealand gave Finn Allen and Will Young their first T20I chance. with Devon Conway taking over the wicket-keeping duties.
Bangladesh also handed over a T20I maiden captain to Shoriful Islam left-wing sailor and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed. Meanwhile, Mushfiqur Rahim missed out due to a shoulder injury.
“I would have bowled first because it looks like a dry wicket,” said their captain Mahmudullah. “A different form could change our fortunes but then we have to play well. “
Bangladesh have yet to beat New Zealand in the T20Is, having lost all seven games they played against New Zealand.
New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Finn Allen, 3 Devon Conway (wk), 4 Will Young, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Mark Chapman, 7 Daryl Mitchell, 8 Tim Southee (capt), 9 Ish Sodhi, 10 Lockie Ferguson, 11 Hamish Bennett
Bangladesh: 1 1 Liton Das (wk), 2 Mohammad Naim, 3 Soumya Sarkar, 4 Mohammad Mithun, 5 Mahmudullah (capt), 6 Afif Hossain, 7 Mohammad Saifuddin, 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Nasum Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
Hemant Brar is sub-editor of ESPNcricinfo