NZL vs BGD 2nd T20I match prediction 30 Mar 2021

NZ vs BAN 2nd T20I Match Prediction and Cricket Betting Tips

New Zealand will face off against Bangladesh in the 2nd T20I match. The match will be held at McLean Park in Napier on Tuesday, March 30. I have picked the best NZ vs BAN betting tips ahead of the game.

New Zealand started as favourites after a thumping 3-0 win in the ODI series. The Kiwis came up with yet another destructive performance, and they deservedly went up 1-0 in the 3-game T20I series. Bangladesh was expected to forget the poor performances in the shorter format and start afresh in the T20Is. Devon Conway was declared the Player of the Match in the opener match. He signed off at 92 runs unbeaten off 52 balls including 11 boundaries and 3 sixes.

Ish Sodhi, the leg spinner, blew away Bangladesh’s top order. Devon Conway and debutant Will Young set the right tone in their batting innings. This was capped off by some insane hitting by Conway and Glenn Phillip later. Bangladesh was beaten black and blue in the first T20I. With that said, I have assorted the best betting tips from New Zealand vs Bangladesh 2nd T20I to bet upon. Take a look!

NZ vs BAN Team Bets

While the oddsmakers have restricted us with the player odds market, I have picked the best team bets from the next match to be held between New Zealand and Bangladesh.

Top Batter Score To Be Over 67.5 Runs

Hands down this is one of the safest and easy bets to put your money on. New Zealand has conquered all the matches played against Bangladesh. New Zealand happens to have some of the best batsmen in the squad. To name a few, Devon Conway , Glenn Phillip and Tim Seifert are the top run scorers for the team. Also in the opener series, Devon Conway was the batsman with the highest runs among batsmen. The wicketkeeper, smashed a 92* run off 52 balls for the black caps, leading the team to victory. In the past five innings that New Zealand has played, Glenn Phillip scored the highest of 108 runs followed by Tim Seifert at 84 runs and Devon Conway at 63 runs. Martin Guptill is the highest run-scorer for New Zealand and has gathered 2839 runs from 95 T20I innings played and averages at 32.26. New Zealand has a total of 360 runs from their highest scores in five innings which averages to 72.00 runs per game as the top scorer.

The visitors on the other end have the highest scores to be hit by a batsman in any match is Mohammad Naim who scored 83 runs followed by Tamim Iqbal at 65 runs and Liton Das with 60 runs. This is considering the five innings played in the past. Mahmudullah who has come out to bat in 79 T20I innings and scored 1475 runs at an average of 24.18. Even when the opponents last played a T20I series in 2016 the highest runs hit by a batsmen were Corey J Anderson with 94 runs, followed by Colin Munro with 101 runs and Kane Williamson in the finale with 73* runs. This clearly justifies my claim on backing the top batter in this tip. Sportsbet.io has offered betting odds of 1.85 for the top batter total to be over 67.5 runs in the NZ vs BAN match.

Bangladesh Total To Be Over 19.5 Runs in the First Dismissal

Bangladesh is my favourite to win this second bet. Let me justify my claim. Liton Das and Mohammad Naim or Tamim Iqbal have been opening for Bangladesh in the T20I series. They have put together a total of 257 runs from their opening partnership in the past. Bangladesh averages at 51.4 runs per match from the past 5 t20I innings they have played. They have outpaced the asking runs in three of the five matches played earlier.

The opening batsmen have put together 77,92,5,71, and 12 runs in the past few innings played. In the recent T20I opening match played against New Zealand, Liton Das and Mohammad Naim opened for Bangladesh. The batsmen gathered a total of 20 runs together against their opponent. Unarguably, Bangladesh has fared well in this market and will continue to do so. Sportsbet.io has offered betting odds of 1.85 for Bangladesh's total to be over 19.5 runs off the first dismissal.

New Zealand Total To Be Under 25.5 Runs in the First Dismissal

This is one area where New Zealand has not been able to excel. Let’s look at the opening partnership for New Zealand. Martin Guptill and Tim Seifert, who open for New Zealand have gathered a total of 139 runs from their opening partnership in the last five innings played against their opponents. This averages to 27.8 runs per match from the opening partnership.

Even in the 1st T20I match played, even though New Zealand beat the visitors, they performed poorly when it came to gathering runs from the opening partnership. Martin Guptill and Finn Allen opened for New Zealand this season and could barely manage putting in 1 run.Their scores from past few matches are 21,20,20,0 and 106 which shows they have always underperformed when it came to earning runs from partnerships, leaving one match behind. Sportsbet.io has offered betting odds of 1.85 for NZ’s total to be under 25.5 runs in the first dismissal.