We are learning about the wicket, conditions and how to play here

It was the same old from the visitors as they were thrashed in the third and final T20I against New Zealand by 65 runs. The 65 runs probably does not tell the true tale of the disparity between the two teams and how big that gap was given that it was a 10 overs-a-side match due to rain curtailing it. 

Add to the fact that Bangladesh did not even manage to bat for the entirety of the 10 overs and were all-out in 9.3 overs for 76.  While fielding, Bangladesh dropped five catches to allow New Zealand to score 141/4 in 10 overs.

Liton Das, who was captaining the side for the first time after Mahmudullah was ruled out with injury, won the toss and elected to field first. The persistent rain throughout the day in Aukland didn't help matters either as it made for a wet and slippery outfield or fielding wasn't as simple. 

But the body language from the Bangladesh fielders while fielding lacked aggression and intent and the bowling was not great either. Apart from fast bowler Shoriful Islam, all the other bowlers went for 12 or more runs per over. 

The U-19 World Cup winner was better in comparison and went at 10.5 runs an over and would have had more than one wicket to his name if he didn't drop a catch off his own bowling. 

The batting from New Zealand was quite impressive though, and they made use of the shorter boundaries down the ground and pummelled 12 boundaries and 10 sixes in the innings. 

What was more impressive was that they only had 13 dot balls in the innings.  In comparison, Bangladesh's batting had double the amount of dot balls - 26 - and had five fours and five maximums, less than half of what the home team got.

Earlier, openers Martin Guptill and Finn Allen got New Zealand off to a flier and Allen was especially impressive with his clean hitting in an innings of 71 from just 29 balls at a strikerate of 244.83. 

Guptill was the first to depart for 44 off 19 balls after hitting five sixes with the score at 85 in just the sixth over and the tone had been set for a massive total.  In reply, Bangladesh were never in the chase, losing wickets regularly in trying to keep up with the run rate of 14.1 per over.

This is now 33 losses in a row against New Zealand in New Zealand but that didn't stop Liton Das from saying that they were still “learning” about the conditions there: “We are not playing good cricket in batting and fielding. That's what cost us. We play in subcontinent tracks but here we need to think about how to play teams like New Zealand on bouncy tracks. We are learning, learning about the wicket and conditions and how to play here.”