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Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hazan was the top scorer with 25
First Twenty20 international, Mirpur New Zealand 60 (6.5 overs: Latham 18, Nicholls18 Bangladesh 62-3 (15 runs: Shakib Bangladesh won by seven wickets Scorecard
New Zealand was bowled out by New Zealand for 60, their lowest Twenty20 total. Bangladesh won the first match of their five-match series with seven wickets.
Mirpur: The visitors won the toss and chose to bat. However, their top four runs fell for only nine runs.
Henry Nicholls and Tom Latham, both 18-year-olds, were the only two players to reach double figures.
Bangladesh lost both openers before Mushfiqur Rahim, captain Mahmudullah and the rest of the team led them to victory.
New Zealand was last defeated by Sri Lanka in World Twenty20 in Chittagong, 2014.
The second match of the series will be played at the same venue on Friday.
