New Zealand v Bangladesh 2nd ODI – 23/03/2021

New Zealand  v Bangladesh 2nd ODI – Cricket Betting Tips, Latest Odds, Team News, Predictions – 23/03/2021

New Zealand secured a comfortable success in the first match and are now looking to wrap up the series.

Bangladesh will need to offer more with both bat and ball to cause an upset.

Discover our free ODI cricket betting tips for this fixture.

New Zealand v Bangladesh 2nd ODI – Match Preview

New Zealand have a good record at this ground in ODI cricket. They have lost just once in the last eight matches here.

They will be confident of securing an unassailable series lead with victory.

Where: Hagley Oval, Christchurch

When: Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Start time: 06:30 IST (01:00 GMT)

Pitch conditions: The Hagley Oval pitch can offer plenty of help for fast bowlers. There is no clear advantage to batting first or second.

Weather conditions: It should be a bright day in Christchurch but there will be some cloud cover. Rain is unlikely but temperatures will be below 10 degrees.

New Zealand v Bangladesh 2nd ODI – Latest Odds

Hosts New Zealand are the short-priced favourites at 1.10 with Parimatch.

Bangladesh can be backed at 6.60 with the same betting site.

New Zealand v Bangladesh 2nd ODI – Team News

• Ross Taylor – The experienced batsman will again miss this contest. He is still recovering from the hamstring injury that also forced him to miss the 1st ODI.
• Henry Nicholls – The New Zealand opener hit an unbeaten 49 in the first ODI and will want more runs in this one. He was in good form in the Ford Trophy and carried that into the previous clash.
• Trent Boult – The bowler bagged another four wickets in the last match and has a fine record at this venue. Expect more wickets to fall in this one.
• Mushfiqur Rahim –  The Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman did well with the bat against the West Indies and made 23 in the first match of this series. He will want to build on that.
• Tamim Iqbal – The skipper will likely open the batting alongside Liton Das once more. He fell early in the previous contest when trapped LBW by Boult.

New Zealand v Bangladesh 2nd ODI – Betting Tips and Prediction

This looks like being another New Zealand victory if the 1st ODI is anything to go by.

The hosts looked far too strong for their visitors and will be keen to get the series success in the bag with one more to play.

Given New Zealand’s short outright winner price, checking other markets is the way to go for this one.

Back Boult For Top Bowler

Trent Boult was too hot to handle in the first ODI and it could pay to back him to get more wickets in this match.

He took four in the previous game and his record at this venue gives him a great chance of being his team’s top bowler again.

Boult has 17 ODI wickets to his name in Christchurch and his price of 3.0 with 1xBet looks a good bet.

Nicholls to Star with the Bat

There was a lot to like about Martin Guptill’s quick-fire 38 in the previous game and he tops the market to be New Zealand’s best batsman.

However, Henry Nicholls’ well-measured 49 alongside him was just as impressive and backing him to be his team’s top batsman could be a decent bet at the prices.

The 29-year-old left-hander made some big scores in the Ford Trophy for Canterbury and wasted no time in adding more on the international stage.

His price of 4.5 with bet365 looks worth a go.

Mushfiqur Can Shine for Bangladesh

Mushfiqur Rahim did well when Bangladesh hosted the Windies prior to this series.

He hit 64 in the final ODI and then continued to bag runs in the Test series that followed.

The whole team put in a poor batting performance in the 1st ODI but Mushfiqur can bounce back in this game.

If his side’s openers struggle against the pace of Boult and Henry then he might be the one to take the fight to New Zealand.

He is priced at 5.0 with bet365 to be Bangladesh’s top batsman.

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