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Twitter Trolls Bangladesh Pitches As New Zealand Falls Prey To Their Slow Surfaces

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As Bangladesh wrapped around their series opener in style against New Zealand, a lot of questions were asked surrounding the surface. The Blackcaps were bundled out for a paltry 60 which is their joint-lowest score in the format.

Mustafizur Rahman spearheaded the Bangladeshi bowling unit with a haul of three wickets, while Shakib, Nasum Ahmed and Mohammad Saifuddin claimed a brace each.

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Bangladesh’s latest victory against New Zealand

New Zealand was off to a stunning start with the ball in the hand that gave Bangladesh early jitters, with the team losing two wickets within 7 runs. However, a controlled knock from Shakib Al Hasan helped the hosts to reach their target without much damage. Bangladesh won the opener by 7 wickets with 30 balls to spare.

They were also sublime against the formidable Australians, imposing a 4-1 defeat on the visitors. The last match of the series saw Australia crumbling for a humiliating 62 in response to Bangladesh’s 122.

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The fuss about the surfaces in Bangladesh

Despite the home advantage of Bangladesh, the world has been left stunned at the new development that brought down two formidable cricketing forces to its knees.

Several questions have been asked about the surface on which it was made possible for the Bangladeshis to witness the downfall of the reckoning forces.

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In a tweet by Grant Eliott, the last ball of the 10th over of the Bangladesh innings was shown and it exhibited a sharp turn and an extraordinary bounce that tended to drift away from Mahmudullah.

After the fall of Shakib in the preceding delivery, the new batsman had no intentions of hitting big and just wanted to block the delivery. However, he had no clue of what was unfolding ahead of him and the ball left the slip fielder and the keeper stunned.

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Twitter has expressed unhappiness about the pitches in Bangladesh that they claim to be doctored in wake of Australia’s and New Zealand’s downfall.

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