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World Cup 2015, New Zealand v/s Bangladesh: Mar'ton' Guptill steals the show at Hamilton

Chasing a competitive 289 to win, New Zealand rode on a 131-run third-wicket partnership between Guptill (105) and Ross Taylor (56) to stay atop Pool A with 12 points, followed by Sri Lanka (8), Australia (7) and Bangladesh (7).

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Opener Martin Guptill smashed a brisk century before New Zealand huffed and puffed to a thrilling three-wicket win over Bangladesh, to sign off their league engagements in Pool A of the World Cup on Friday.

Chasing a competitive 289 to win, New Zealand rode on a 131-run third-wicket partnership between Guptill (105) and Ross Taylor (56), to stay atop Pool A with 12 points, followed by Sri Lanka (8), Australia (7) and Bangladesh (7).

Bangladesh, who reached the quarterfinals for the first time, after beating England on Monday, are now most likely to take on defending champions India, in the last eight stage after finishing fourth. However, a final position of the pool will only be known after the Australia-Scotland match at Hobart on Saturday. If the minnows can stun the four-time champions by a huge margin, the position of the teams may change.

Also Read: World Cup 2015 New Zealand v/s Bangladesh Match Highlights

Earlier, Mahmudullah cracked his second successive century - a career-best unbeaten 128 - to power Bangladesh to a competitive 288 for seven. Defending the total, Bangladesh started off well, dismissing the dangerous Brendon McCullum (8) and Kane Williamson (1) cheaply, to reduce the Kiwis to 33-2 inside five overs.

Guptill and Taylor added 131 runs to script a recovery and lay foundation for a successful chase. Guptill's 100-ball innings was laced with 11 hits to the fence and two sixes, while Taylor blasted five boundaries in his 97-ball stay at Seddon park.

However after Guptill was holed out by Rubel Hossain, off Shakib Al Hasan's bowling, in the 31st over at 164-3, New Zealand suffered a mini-collapse, to give Bangladesh a faint hope of a turnaround. Nasir Hossain dismissed Taylor, while Rubel sent back Grant Elliott (39), in quick succession. Shakib, who picked up four wickets, got rid off Luke Ronchi, to further reduce the hosts to 247-6 in 44.4 overs.

No. 8 batsman Daniel Vettori (16) smashed a six and a four in his 10-ball innings, to ensure that New Zealand romped home with seven balls to spare.

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