Wellington: Bangladesh broke their hosts' 17-match unbeaten run on home soil after beating New Zealand in a match for the first time in their 16th attempt with a resounding eight-wicket win over world champions on Wednesday.
Seamer Abadot Hossain took a career-best 6-46 as the tourists bowled out the Black Caps for 169 at the start of day five at Mount Maunganui and Bangladesh stitched a 40-run victory for the loss of two wickets.
"This is unbelievable!" Seamer Taskin Ahmed celebrates victory at the Bay Oval border as a small band of Bangladeshis wave the flag.
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They jump to fifth after defeating New Zealand by eight wickets. pic.twitter.com/fiy8geYSLT
"It was a big achievement for us, our first win outside Asia. We stuck to the process. We gave 110 percent. It feels great."
Bangladesh's first win in any format of the game in New Zealand took the two-match series 1-0 with the second starting in Christchurch on Sunday.
New Zealand resumed with a slim lead of 17 at 147-5 but were quickly on the back foot when Abadot cleaned up Ross Taylor for 40 and dismissed Kyle Jamieson for a duck in his first two overs. .
Taskin (3-36) picked up his second wicket in the fifth over of the morning when he dismissed all-rounder Rachin Ravindra for 16 and the Black Caps were on 160-8.
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🔹 First Test win v New Zealand
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Tim Southee removed his middle stump in Taskin's next over and Trent Boult was dismissed for eight when he was dismissed in the deep to end the innings.
Shadman Islam scored before the chase, but fell behind for three before fellow opener Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed for 17.
Captain Mominul Haque, who scored an unbeaten 13, and veteran Mushfiqur Rahim, who scored an unbeaten five, hit the winning boundary to give Bangladesh a historic win.
Bangladesh had lost all nine of their previous matches in New Zealand but came into a winning position on the fourth day when four of their top six batsmen scored half-centuries to give them a 130 in the first innings lead.
Man of the match Abadot, a former volleyball player who took only 11 wickets in his 10 previous scores, turned around the match late in which he removed three batsmen for no runs immediately after wiping New Zealand's deficit. ,
New Zealand, who were crowned world champions last year, are without series regular skipper Kane Williamson with an elbow injury but were still expected to beat Bangladesh's young team quite comfortably.
"We weren't quite there in all three aspects," said stand-in captain Tom Latham.
"Bangladesh showed us how to go about things on that wicket... and they absolutely deserved the win."