After a disappointing 4-1 series loss against India, New Zealand will look to return on winning ways when they take on Bangladesh in the three match ODI series that starts at McLean Park in Napier on Wednesday. Both teams will not play any ODI series after this series until the ICC Cricket World Cup so it's the final opportunity for both teams to build their World Cup squad.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls couldn't score big runs against India and it's a good chance for them to come back among runs and prepare themselves for the mega event. On the other hand, Bangladesh will be eying their first series win on New Zealand and given their recent performance in this format they'll be a tough team to beat for the hosts.
Team News -
New Zealand - Martin Guptill is fit and will replace Colin Munro in the playing XI which played against India in the last ODI.
Bangladesh - Shakib Al Hasan is ruled out of the series due to finger injury. Shabbir Rahman is also making his comeback after serving 5 months suspension.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the first ODI between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Napier :
Head to Head -
| Venue | ODIs | Won by NZ | Won by BAN | Tied | NR |
| New Zealand | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Neutral | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 31 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
5 - Tim Southee has taken only 5 wickets at an average of 104.40 in 10 ODIs he played at McLean Park in Napier.
21 - Rubel Hussain has taken 21 wickets at an average of 26.14 in 12 ODIs against New Zealand with career best bowling figures of 6/26.
52.40 - Ross Taylor's ODI batting average against Bangladesh. He has scored 786 runs at this average in 19 innings with 2 hundreds and 6 fifties.
117 - Ross Taylor needs 117 more runs to go past Stephen Fleming's tally of 8007 runs and become all time leading run scorer for New Zealand in ODI cricket.
1000 - Jimmy Neesham (978) needs 22 more runs to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket.
