NZ VS BAN - 3rd T20I, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand, 2023

The Bangladeshi players can hold their heads high. They lost the first two ODIs but showed terrific character post that. They won their first ODI on New Zealand soil and then won their first T20I game in New Zealand as well. They also fought till the end in the final T20I but couldn't get across the line due to a lacklustre batting performance. New Zealand, on the other hand, were not at their best in this series. They would be pleased though as they have finished 2023 on a high with a win. On that note, we are signing off and we wish you all a Happy New Year in advance. Keep following Cricbuzz for fascinating cricket updates all around the globe. Till then, goodbye and cheers!

Shanto and Santner have been presented with the trophy as the series ended level on 1-1. Big smiles on their faces as they pose for the cameras

Najmul Hossain Shanto: Bowlers did a great job but the batsmen didn't get the runs today. The batters got starts but didn't take it deep, that is the mistake we did today.

Shoriful Islam has been awarded the Man of the Series award for his brilliant performance with the ball. He took 6 wickets in the series and is definitely a rising star for Bangladesh

Mitchell Santner | Player of the Match: It was nice to get the win. I was changing my pace and got good assistance from the pitch, the seamers were brilliant in the powerplay. The pacers used the wind and bowled really well. The bowlers did the job upfront.

16:18 Local Time, 03:18 GMT, 08:48 IST: The rain hasn't relented and the match has been officially called off. New Zealand win the game by 17 runs according to DLS method and level the series. A briliant bowling performance from the hosts enabled them to bowl out Bangladesh for 110. Santner was the pick of the bowlers for them as he controlled the runs and took a 4-fer. It seemed as if it will be a walk in the pak for New Zealand but it was not to be. Mahedi bowled in probing channels and provided a couple of important breakthroughs to his side. He first got rid of Seifert and then outsmarted Mitchell. Another wicket fell in the powerplay as Shoriful knocked Phillips over with a jaffa. A collision mid-pitch between Allen and Chapman resulted in the latter sacrificing his wicket. Allen was looking good but Shoriful once again produced the goods to nip him out. At 49/5, the Kiwis were behind on DLS as the dark clouds were building up. But, Neesham and Santner got together and kept the scoreboard ticking. They struck a few timely boundaries with the former taking the role of the aggresor. That was good enough to push the Kiwis 17 runs ahead on DLS when the rain arrived. And that was the game as the players couldn't return to the playing field. Stick around for the presentations...

16:00 Local Time, 03:00 GMT, 08:30 IST: The rain has arrived and the groundsmen rush in with the covers. New Zealand are 17 runs ahead on DLS. It has gone very dark and it's a sharp spell of shower as well. Thunder and lightning accompany the rain. If the rain doesn't relent, New Zealand will win the game. Stick around for further updates...

Shoriful Islam to Neesham, no run, a slower yorker on middle, Neesham is alert to it and digs it out down the track

Shoriful Islam to Neesham, wide, a bouncer around off, Neesham ducks under it in a jiffy. Wide called as it's too high

Shoriful Islam to Santner, 1 run, skiddy back of a length ball outside off, punched past the dive of backward point for a single

Shoriful Islam to Santner, no run, off-pace length ball on off, Santner has no room to work with and can only push it back to Shoriful Islam

Shoriful Islam to Santner, 2 runs, back of a length ball angling in, tucked in the gap through mid-wicket and Santner rushes back for the second run

Shoriful Islam [3.0-0-13-2] is back into the attack

Shoriful to bowl his last over. Can he do something magical?

Rishad Hossain to Santner, 1 run, on a back of a length outside off, slapped to sweeper cover to retain strike

Rishad Hossain to Neesham, 1 run, Neesham uses his feet and hits it down to long-off for a run

Rishad Hossain to Neesham, SIX, NZ are well and truly in the driver's seat now! A dragdown from Rishad Hossain, attempted the googly but it didn't came out well. Neesham stands tall and pulls it with aplomb over deep mid-wicket for a maximum

Rishad Hossain to Santner, 1 run, shorter in length outside off, Santner cuts it through backward point. The fielder in the deep moves to is right to cut it off. A single taken

Rishad Hossain to Santner, no run, quicker through the air on off, Santner can only push it to covers

Rishad Hossain to Santner, no run, spinning in from a back of a length, Santner is cramped for room and chops it to extra cover