From EPSN STAR
I think to all Indian journalists, Bangladesh winning provides them a shock. I wonder what magnitude of a shock went through them went Bangladesh beat India in the last world cup. Acutally come to think of it the Indiann media got shocked by the Indian cricket team.
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Siddique fires Bangladesh to shock win
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Junaid Siddique produced a career-best 85 to help Bangladesh to their first ever one-day international win against New Zealand in Mirpur.
Siddique had only managed 62 runs in his eight previous ODIs - at an average of just seven - but showed great temperament in his match-winning 139-ball knock.
The 20-year-old left-hander fell with his team just seven runs short of overhauling New Zealand's 201 for nine, leaving captain Mohammad Ashraful (60 not out) to guide his side to a comfortable seven-wicket win with 27 balls to spare.
The victory was set up by the home bowlers, who restricted New Zealand to their lowest-ever total against Bangladesh.
Mashrafe Mortaza was the destroyer-in-chief with four wickets, including three as the New Zealand top order crashed to 79 for six.
Jacob Oram (57) and captain Daniel Vettori steadied the ship with a 70-run stand, but ultimately it was not enough to prevent Bangladesh taking a 1-0 lead in the three-game series.
New Zealand skittled their opponents for just 98 in Queenstown late last year but Bangladesh are now a much-changed side after losing 14 players due to Indian Cricket League commitments.
Any prospect of the new-look hosts succumbing in the same manner were quickly dispelled in a confident 67-run stand between Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim for the second wicket. The 20-year-old pair showed patience until the 24th over when, with his score on 30, Rahim skied a catch to Jesse Ryder on the mid-wicket boundary off Scott Styris. Siddique almost followed soon after, but Styris failed to hold onto a return catch.
Siddique and Ashraful then set about taking the game away from the Kiwis in a 109-run stand that was only ended when Mark Gillespie had the left-hander caught by Oram just short of the victory target.
However, it was not long before the victory was sealed, Bangladesh's first in 27 games against Test-playing opposition, when Shakib Al Hasan (six not out) pushed Gillespie for the winning single.