The team of New Zealand is the winner of the first season of the World Test Championship. He is playing as the defending champion in the second season. But the threat of defeat is looming on the team at home. On the fourth day of the first Test (Bangladesh vs New Zealand) against Bangladesh on Tuesday, the Kiwi team lost 5 wickets for 147 runs in the second innings. It has a lead of only 17 runs and has only 5 wickets left. New Zealand scored 328 in the first innings while Bangladesh scored 458 runs. Talking about the Test rankings, New Zealand is second while Bangladesh's team is at number 9.

The record of New Zealand's team has been very good at home. The team has not lost for 5 years and 17 Tests. During this, the team has won 13 Tests, while 4 Tests have been drawn. That is, the team has won 76 percent of the matches. But Bangladesh made a great comeback in the first Test on the performance of the bowlers. Fast bowler Ebadat Hossain has taken 4 wickets in the second innings so far. This is the best performance of the 27-year-old bowler in Tests.

A quartet of fast bowlers failed
Ross Taylor is playing after scoring 37 runs. That is, now the entire eye of the team is on him. Captain Kane Williamson is not playing due to injury. Talking about Bangladesh's batsmen, captain Maminul Haque, Mehdi Hasan Joy, Najmul Hasan, and Liton Das scored half-centuries in the first innings. The quartet of New Zealand fast bowlers Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Kyle Jameson, and Neil Wegner could not stop them.

Lost to Bangladesh in all 9 Tests
Bangladesh team is playing 10th Test in New Zealand. He has not won even a test so far and has lost all 9 matches. Not only this, the team has lost 5 Tests by innings. In such a situation, his return can be called spectacular. Apart from this, Bangladesh was defeated by 9 wickets in 2 matches. In such a situation, the Bangladesh team would not want to miss this chance of victory.

Haven't got a single win
New Zealand has not got a single win so far in the current season of the World Test Championship (WTC). The team is playing the second series. Earlier, in the 2-match series against India, they had lost 0-1. He has 4 points now. The team is at number six with 16.66 percent points. Bangladesh does not have a single point yet. They were defeated 0-2 by Pakistan in the first series.