BDESH 12/0 (2 ov, Tamim Iqbal 11*, Liton Das 0*, Matt Henry 0/5)

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10:54am Under six minutes to the start. My colleague Isam has this for us: “Last time New Zealand had three debutants was also in Dunedin against Zimbabwe in 2012. Dean Brownlie, Andrew Ellis and Tom Latham were the debutants.”

Istiak Alif: “Really can’t believe Saifuddin isn’t there in the XI. He’s the best all-rounder Bangladesh currently has after Shakib. Strange and controversial one”

Mahneel: “Vettori in the broadcast mentioned Mushi and Tamim as men to look out for but he missed out Mahmudullah who has some great innings against New Zealand!”

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Liton Das, 3 Soumya Sarkar, 4 Mohammad Mithun, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Hasan Mahmud, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Taskin Ahmed

A debut for Mahedi Hasan then, top-order batsman in domestic cricket who bowls offspin. Taskin and Mustafizur will lead a fast bowling line-up that Tamim Iqbal – birthday boy and captain – suggested is Bangladesh’s best one ever in…

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