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Players of Bangladesh Cricket team (left) and the
cricketers of New Zealand team take part in the practice
session at the Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Ruhul Amin Stadium in
Chittagong on Monday. FocusBangla

Sports Reporter

Bangladeh Cricket team led by Mohammad Ashraful will face the touring New Zealand Cricket team today in the third and final ODI of the BRAC Bank ODI Series at the Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong, the port city of the country. The game begins at 9.00 AM (Bangladesh Standard Time). Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live from the stadium.

Bangladesh registered a memorable seven-wicket victory over the visiting New Zealand in the first ODI at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on October 9.

Later, New Zealand took a sweet revenge defeating the hosts Bangladesh by 75 runs in the second ODI at the same venue on October 11.

Before today's match Bangladesh faced New Zealand in 13 ODI matches. Of them, the Kiwis won 12 matches while Bangladesh won only one game.

Skipper Mohammad Ashraful said, "If we perform well in the three departments (batting, bowling, fielding ) we will win the match and clinch the series." Ashraful hopes that his teammates can perform cent percent in today's affair and then they will win the match.

On the other hand, Brendon McCullum, the dashing batsman of New Zealand said, "I failed to perform well in the last two matches". He hopes that he will perform today and will fetch the victory.

Both teams took part in a hard practice session at the stadium on Monday last.

The cricket lovers of the country are expecting a more positive approach from their side.