In the 2nd ODI match, which was played between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Christchurch, hosts New Zealand defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets and took an unbeatable lead of 2-0 in the 3-match ODI series.
Batting first, the visitors Bangladesh scored 226 runs in 49.4 overs. In reply, New Zealand chased the target in 36.1 overs with the help of Martin Guptill's magnificent century. Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat first. Bangladesh top order had no clue about and lost 5 quick wickets for just 93 runs. Later Mohammed Mithun and Sabbir Rahman took the charge and added 75-run partnership.
Mithun scored 57 runs off 69 balls, while Sabbir (43) batted along with the lower order and took team's total to 226 runs in 49.4 overs. Lockie Ferguson took 3 wickets for New Zealand and James Neesham, Todd Astle picked 2 wickets each.
In reply, New Zealand had a good start of 45 runs for the first wicket. Kane Williamson joined Guptill and added 143 runs partnership for the second wicket. Guptill scored 118 runs off just 88 balls. Which included 14 fours and 4 sixes. Finally, Kane Williamson (65) and Taylor (21) remained unbeaten and won the match by 8 wickets.
Martin Guptill leaves Virender Sehwag and Shikhar Dhawan behind'
Martin Guptill scored the 16th century of his ODI career in 168 matches and also scored 2 consecutive centuries in the series. With this hundreds, Guptill has left India's dangerous opening batsmen Virender Sehwag in the case of most centuries in One-day cricket.
Virender Sehwag had scored 15 centuries in 251 matches for India. Apart from Sehwag he also left, Shikhar Dhawan (15) and Mohammad Yousuf (15) of Pakistan behind.
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