Cricket World Cup 2019: Kane Williamson wins toss, NZ opt to field against Bangladesh, both teams unchanged

Kane Williamson has won the toss and New Zealand will bowl against Bangladesh in Match 9 of the ICC World Cup 2019 at the Kennington Oval in London on Wednesday.

Both teams have not tinkered with their playing XIs that won them their respective opening matches. New Zealand mowed down Sri Lanka by 10 wickets by Bangladesh comprehensively defeated a beleaguered South Africa side.

BAN XI: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mustafizur Rahman

NZ XI: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

Captains have their say at the toss:

Mashrafe Mortaza: “We would have liked to bowl first as well. It’s a fresh wicket as it was under covers for the last two days. It’s not going to be easy today. We need to hang in there and fight till the last ball. We got some good experienced guys with some new talent. Hopefully they’ll deliver today as we are playing with the same team.”

Kane Williamson: “We are gonna bowl. It’s a fresh surface and we would like to see if we can get something out of it. It was a good performance but we need to move on to the next opposition, next venue and prepare according to that. It’s a new day, we need to get back to our plans and keep performing to our best abilities. The break has been nice. We need to strike the balance between staying fresh and training. I think we did a good job in the last match, it was a nice balance, hence we are playing with the same team.”