Rubel's hat-trick bowls the Tigers to a stunning win against the Kiwis

After Shahadat Hossain and Abdur Razzak, Rubel became the third Bangladeshi to take a hat-trick in ODIs. With a hat trick alone, Rubel took six wickets of New Zealand and gave Bangladesh a great victory of 43 runs!

But the beginning of Bangladesh batting was pitiful! Tamim Iqbal, Mominul Haque and Anamul Haque returned to Sajghar for just 25 runs. However, Mominul's exit can be said to be unfortunate. Because of a misunderstanding with Anamul, the left-hander was dismissed by Diamond without playing a single ball. But after that, captain Mushfiq and Naeem Islam stood as a wall with the bat.

Naeem Islam played slowly and took 1 run off 17 balls, but on the other side, captain Noak Mushfiq was rotating the Kiwis with the bat. Without going behind the shell, he was playing in a very striking manner in line with the ball, resulting in the captain picking up a fifty off 54 balls. On the other hand, Naeem Islam gradually opened his hands and started hitting fours, Bangladesh overcame the disaster quite well. Mushfiqur-Naim put on an unbroken stand of 154 runs for the third wicket. Coming to the nervous nineteen, Mushfiqur got out for a personal 90 runs by Neesham. After a while, Nasir Hossain was also bowled by Nisham.

After that, co-captain Mahmudullah and Naeem made another 52-run partnership in the sixth wicket to put Bangladesh in a good position. Bangladesh were 232 for six when Naeem Islam was dismissed for a personal 84. After that, Bangladesh were all out for 265 runs in 49.5 overs without any resistance in the lower order.

Chasing 266 runs, Bangladesh put New Zealand to the test in the beginning. Rutherford was bowled by Sohag Gazi after only 9 runs. After that, Devcich and Elliott put on a 34-run partnership for the second wicket, but Mahmudullah bowled Devcich. Then the rain hit shortly after Taylor was run out by Rubel.

After the rain, New Zealand's target stood at 206 runs in 33 overs using the Darkworth Lewis method. Quite dramatically, the equation tilted heavily in New Zealand's favour. But there was still a ruble surprise! After the rain, Rubel, coming into his over, uprooted the stumps on the third ball and sent back the threatening Corey Anderson for 46 off 31 balls. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum made a catch at backward point on the next ball. Standing in front of the hat-trick, the next ball touched Neesham's glove and went behind the wicket. Mushfiqur Rahim took the catch by leaping brilliantly to the right. Rubel made himself immortal in the history of ODI cricket with a hat trick! A few days ago, however, in the Dhaka Premier League, Rubel probably kept the practice well by scoring a hat trick!

Basically, New Zealand could not stand after that. Rubel also picked up Nathan McCullum and Elliott, who scored 71 runs off 77 balls, and New Zealand scored 162 runs in 29.5 overs! Bangladesh won the first match of the three-match ODI series by 43 runs. In addition to a great hat-trick, Rubel was the match of the match for picking up 6 wickets with 26 runs in just 5.5 overs!

Summary Score:

Bangladesh: 265 in 49.5 overs (Tamim 5, Enamul 13, Muminul 0, Mushfiq 90, Naeem 84, Nasir 1, Mahmudullah 29, Sohag 6, Mashrafe 6, Razzaq 12, Rubel 3*; Neesham 4/42, Saudi 3/34, Anderson 2/46)

New Zealand: 162 in 29.5 overs (Rutherford 1, Devicich 22, Elliott 71, Taylor 8, Anderson 46, Brendon McCullum 0, Neesham 0, Nathan McCullum 10, Southee 0, McClenaghan 1*; Rubel 6/26, Mahmudullah 1/27, Sohag 1/36, Razzaq 1/45)