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Dominant Tigers seal series

Sports Reporter
A professional and concerted performance from Bangladesh saw them continue their home turf dominance as they wrapped up a series win over New Zealand with a 40-run victory in the second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
It was their sixth win on the trot against the Kiwis - all at Mirpur - and their second successive home ODI series victory after last year's 3-2 win over West Indies.
While the first ODI was won on the back of two special performances -Mushfiqur Rahim's 90 and Rubel Hossain's hattrick -the second was won through a consummate team effort.
Over 25,000 turned up at Bangladesh's home of
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cricket in hopes of witnessing a dominant show from the Tigers, and they were not disappointed. Mushfiqur's decision to bat first upon winning the toss left many confused, and fears seemed to be confirmed when Bangladesh fell to 173 for seven before rallying to reach the just-about-par total of 247, with opener Tamim Iqbal hitting a sedate but crucial 58. But the Tigers knew what they were doing all along.
Bangladesh have been showing since the Asia Cup in 2012 that their bowling attack in ODls is a well-oiled machine and with Mashrafe Bin Mortaza back leading the charge, the Tigers put the Kiwis
under pressure from ball one Mashrafe showed the way with the early wicket of Hamish Rutherford in a tight opening spell. Backed up by a fielding unit that ranged from good to spectacular - Mushfiqur's diving effort to his left to dismiss Corey Anderson off Mashrafe and Naeem's diving effort at square leg to send back James Neesham off Shohag Gazi are cases in point - the disciplined bowlers ensured that New Zealand were shut out from the chase long before the final ball was bowled.
Ross Taylor offered the sole voice of resistance for the visitors, but even the star batsman found the going difficult as he took 82 balls to score 45 before holing out to long on off Gazi. That
wicket, New Zealand's eighth in the 40th over with 91 still to get, settled the matter beyond all doubt. The last three batsmen then only laboured to reduce the margin of defeat before Mashrafe made it official by bowling Tim Southee and picking up his third wicket.
The series victory is the latest development of a fantastic home series for Bangladesh, as so far New Zealand have not been allowed to get on the scoreboard - the Test series was drawn 0-0 and the ODI rubber currently stands at 2-0 in Bangladesh's favour. The Tigers will hope to continue the good work in the third and final ODI at Fatullah on Sunday.