Kiwis crush Bangladesh by 75 runs at World T20

Kolkata : New Zealand bowled Bangladesh out for a record low of 70 as they cruised to 75-run victory at cricket's World Twenty20 in Kolkata Saturday, maintaining their perfect record at the tournament.

Allrounder Grant Elliott took three wickets for just 12 runs in his four overs while Ish Sodhi also chipped in with three for 21.

The Black Caps, who had already qualified for the tournament's semi-finals, had earlier made 145 for eight at Eden Gardens.

Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday:

Teams:

New Zealand:

H. Nicholls b Mustafizur Rahman         7

K. Williamson b Mustafizur Rahman      42

C. Munro b Hosain                      35

R. Taylor c Mithun b Hossain           28

C. Anderson b Mortaza                   0

G. Elliott c Hom b Mustafizur Rahman    9

L. Ronchi not out                       9

M. Santner b Mustafizur Rahman          3

N. McCullum b Mustafizur Rahman         0

M. McClenaghan not out                  6

Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 1)                 6

Total (for 8 wickets, 20 overs)       145

Did not bat: I. Sodhi

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Nicholls), 2-57 (Williamson), 3-99 (Munro), 4-100 (Anderson), 5-122 (Elliott),6-127 (Taylor), 7-139 (Santner), 8-139 (McCullum)

Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 3-0-21-1, Shuvagata Hom 3-0-16-0, Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-33-0, Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-22-5, Al-Amin Hossain 4-0-27-2, Mahmudullah 2-0-21-0

Bangladesh:

Tamim Iqbal run out (Munro)             3

Mohammad Mithun b McClenaghan          11

Sabbir Rahman c Santner b McCullum     12

Shakib Al Hasan c McCullum b Santner    2

Soumya Sarkar st Ronchi b Sodhi         6

Mahmudullah b Sodhi                     5

Mushfiqur Rahim b Elliott               0

Shuvagata Hom not out                  16

Mashrafe Mortaza lbw b Elliott          3

Mustafizur Rahman c Ronchi b Elliott    6 

Al-Amin Hossain b Sodhi                 0

Extras (lb 5, w 1)                      6

Total (all out, 15.4 overs)            70

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tamim Iqbal), 2-29 (Mohammad Mithun), 3-31 (Shakib Al Hasan), 4-38 (Sabbir Rahman), 5-43 (Soumya Sarkar), 6-44 (Mushfiqur Rahim), 7-48 (Mahmudullah), 8-59 (Mashrafe Mortaza), 9-65 (Mustafizur Rahman), 10-70 (Al-Amin Hossain)

Bowling: McCullum 2-0-6-1, Anderson 2-0-7-0, Santner 3-0-16-1, McClenaghan 1-0-3-1, Elliott 4-0-12-3, Sodhi 3.4-0-21-3

Result: New Zealand won by 75 runs

Toss: New Zealand

Umpires: Johan Cloete (RSA) and Michael Gough (ENG)

TV umpire: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)

Match referee: Andrew Pycroft (ZIM)

Reserve umpire: Vineet Kulkarni (IND)