The Black Caps have beaten Bangladesh by 52 runs in the third T20 international in Dhaka.
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Bangladesh lead the five match series 2-1.
After winning the toss and deciding to bat first New Zealand made 128 for five.
The top order all scored runs with Finn Allen making 15, Rachin Ravindra 20 and Will Young 20, while the tourists finished their innings strongly with Henry Nicholls unbeaten on 36 and Tom Blundell unbeaten on 30.
In reply the homeside was bowled out for just 76 with Ajaz Patel taking four wickets and fellow spinner Cole McConchie three.
Patel was named man of the match.
"As a spinner you thrive on conditions like this, and you have to take a bit of responsibility in these conditions to try and make sure that you can do something for your team," Patel said.
"It was nice to get a few up top, and I thought all of our bowlers bowled brilliantly. I thought we bowled really well as a collective all together and our spinners did a great job."
Captain Tom Latham was happy with the way his side responded after losing the first two games.
"It was obviously a really good performance, the way we were able to build partnerships with the bat, even though we lost quite a few wickets up front.
"Henry Nicholls and Tom Blundell were able to build a partnership and get us to probably a par score.
"Then obviously the job the bowlers did with the ball and the powerplay to take wickets up front, we knew it was going to be tough towards the back end, and the bowlers did a fantastic job. So, pleasing to take the learnings [sic] from game one and two and bring it into this game."
Game four is on Wednesday.
