Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in the second T20I of the five-match series against New Zealand on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Bangladesh fielded an unchanged playing XI in this match, while New Zealand made two changes, removing Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy to pave way for Hamish Bennett, Ben Sears. While it's the 10th T20I of Hamish, Sears is set to get his maiden T20I cap, reports UNB.

Sears has played 12 T20s at the domestic level and bagged 15 wickets with the best of taking four wickets conceding 16 runs.

In the first match, the hosts won by a big margin of seven wickets which was Bangladesh's maiden victory against New Zealand in the shorter format of the game.

Shakib Al Hasa...