New Zealand trounce Bangladesh by 75 runs to record all four wins in Super 10
Batting first after winning the toss, Kane Williamson side made 145/8 and then bundled out Bangladesh at 70 runs in 15.4 overs, the lowest score for the vanquished in T20 game.
New Zealand in their unbeaten run defeated the host India first in Nagpur India then Australia and Pakistan to storm first in the knock stage of semi-finals.
After scoring 145 for loss of eight wickets in 20 overs with runs from Kane Williamson ( 42 and highest ), Colin Munro ( 35) and Ross Taylor (28) and then bowled out Masrafe Bin Mortaza brigade to the lowest score of 70 in 15.4 overs.
Kane Williamson was declared player of the match for his highest 42 runs.
Pacer Grant Elliot emerged as the highest wicket taker for the Kiwis with 3/12 and orthodox spinner Ish Sodhi took 3/21 in 3.4 overs to wrap up the opponents, who already out of contest for previous three defeats.
Sodhi so far took eight wickets and Michell Santner, who took one wicket today, tallied to nine so far in four games.
Only three batsmen Shuvagata Hom ( 16 not out), Md Mithun (11) and Sabbir Rahman (12) could cross two digit number and eight others of Bangladesh batsmen fell cheaply to the attacks of the Kiwis bowling.
Play was disrupted for about fifteen minutes (11th over) when Bangladesh was batting as a tower of flood light went off forcing the players to return to dugout for brief period.
Earlier, Bangladesh restricted New Zealand to 145/8 with five wickets from Mustafizur Rahman, his career best in T20.
Twenty-year-old Mustafizur was deadly from his very first over picking up wickets in every spell as his captain Masrafe Bin Mortaza was rotating his six bowlers every alternate spell.
Mustafizur was on hat-trick in his last over after his fourth and fifth ball victims were Mitchell Santner (3) and Nathan McCullum (0) but Mitchell McClenaghan stood before him and hit a six on his last ball. His four of the five victims were bowled out - Henry Nicholls (7), captain Kane Williamson ( 42), Mitchell Santner (3) and Nathan McCullum (0). Only Grant Elliot (9) was caught by Shuvagata Hom.
Mustafizur 5/22 was best in current T20 as he overcame James Faulkner's 5/27 against Pakistan. But his fight went in vain as Bangladesh collapsed to Kiwis bowling.
Winner of India of Australia match at Mohali on Sunday will be another side to make in last four stage of the tournament.
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