Cricket lovers all around the world are eagerly waiting to see the high voltage 1st T20 International between New Zealand and Bangladesh which will be played on January 03, 2017 at the Mc Lean Park, Napier. The game will begin at 11.30 AM IST.
As the pitch in Mc Lean Park is pacer friendly, the skipper who wins the toss will most likely bowl first.
Final scorecard
New Zealand 143/4 (18/20 overs) New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
Bangladesh 141/8 (20/20 overs)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first
The match is expected to be watched by millions, and cricket fans will be quite eager to know the live telecast information in their respective countries.
Live Telecast Info in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan
In these three Asian countries, cricket is considered as a religion. Unfortunately, this match between Bangladesh and New Zealand will not be shown live in India by any of the channels. Still, cricket lovers in India can visit sites like ESPN Cricinfo and Cricbuzz to know the live scores.
In Bangladesh, the match will be shown live on BTV, Gazi TV and Channel 09.
PTV Sports, the television channel owned by the Government of Pakistan will be telecasting this match live in the country. For the live streaming, do visit the official website of PTV Sports, but make sure that your IP address is located in Pakistan.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand 1st T20: Channel Nine, GTV live streaming and score Ban vs NZ 1st T20
— PanAsiaBiz (@panasiabiz) January 3, 2017
Watch here --> https://t.co/FJ9lc1xy0S pic.twitter.com/gZ9yIZ7lfy
How to watch the match live in the United States and New Zealand?
Most of the cricket matches will be shown live in the United States by the Willow TV, and this time too, things are no different. In New Zealand, the match will be shown live on Sky Sports.
Kane Williamson's highest ever T20I score of 73 powered New Zealand to a thrilling 6 wicket win in Napier https://t.co/4pXjiKm1Oj #NZvBan pic.twitter.com/eHjO4ujXLB
— ICC (@ICC) January 3, 2017
Match preview
For Bangladesh, coming to the winning track is quite essential, as they were being whitewashed by the Kiwis in the One Day International series.
The pathetic form of Bangladesh batting lineup is the major concern for the visitors. The bowling department seems well settled under the leadership of skipper Mashrafe Mortaza.
Three T20Is will be started from 3rd January 2017.#BDvNZ pic.twitter.com/6J4q3QOvA5
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) January 1, 2017
On the other hand, New Zealand is a well-settled side, and their morale has reached a whole new level, after defeating Bangladesh in all the one-day International matches. Kane Williamson is quite a happy man, as he himself and the team have been delivering some quality cricket for the past couple of months.