Bangladesh has won its first five-day ODI series against New Zealand and will be playing a dead rubber.
In the fourth match of the series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, the Tigers packed off the Kiwis at 232 runs in the third ball of their 49th over, nine runs from equalising with Bangladeshi.
The Kiwis' fate was sealed with Raqibul Hasan forcing KM Williamson to head back to the changing room catching him at deep midwicket.
New Zealand's batting charts were topped by a solo century by Williamson (108 from 132) with six fours and two sixes.
Skipper Shakib Al Hasan played an excellent match and secured the Man of the Match award topping both the bowling and batting charts of Bangladesh.
He took three wickets with his spin balls from ten overs with an economy rate of 5.40, and scored 106 of 113 balls. His was caught and bowled by his Kiwi counterpart Vettori.
Shakib rebuilt the innings after his side sustained early losses at the hands of New Zealand's seam bowlers, and played intelligently through the middle period to guide Bangladesh to a competitive total on the slow Mirpur wicket, cricinfo reports.
The new-look New Zealand pace attack made early inroads into the Bangladesh top order after Daniel Vettori had chosen to field, taking the wickets of Shahriar Nafees, Junaid Siddique and Raqibul Hasan in the first powerplay, to leave the hosts tottering at 44 for 3 in the eighth over.
Kyle Mills - the only New Zealand seamer to be retained from Monday's loss - was into the action early, dismissing the in-form Nafees with an away swinger before having Siddique caught at short midwicket a few overs later. Debutant Hamish Bennett didn't take long to snare his first victim either, bowling Raqibul with one that jagged back in.
Shakib came to the hosts' rescue again, first taking his team out of immediate danger in a 53-run association with Imrul Kayes, before combining with Mushfiqur Rahim for another half-century stand that was cut short by some disastrous running. Shakib scored at close to a run a ball throughout his innings, regularly piercing the off side field with surgical precision while the seamers were in operation, before resorting to late dabs and paddle sweeps as the innings wore on.
The slow bowlers rarely troubled Shakib, and his ability to pick the gaps and rotate the strike effortlessly ensured that Bangladesh remained in control through the middle overs. He brought up his century in the 41st over, but fell to his counterpart soon after, giving Vettori the simplest of return catches just as Bangladesh were preparing to launch in the final stages.
New Zealand's fast bowlers came back brilliantly after Shakib's departure, never allowing the Bangladesh lower order to get settled, varying the pace and regularly targeting the blockhole. The remaining wickets fell in quick time, Bennett and Daryl Tuffey taking two apiece, and hauling back what threatened to be a score in the vicinity of 265 at one stage.
Bangladesh were eventually bowled out for 241, but will feel they have every chance of restricting New Zealand on a slow, turning surface, to rise to what will be an historic series victory.
