15 wickets fell on the first day of the Dhaka Test. Where the spinners picked up all 14. New Zealand is under some pressure to bat in the first innings in Mirpur's spin paradise.

Bangladesh scored 172 runs batting first. In reply, New Zealand came down to bat in the last session and scored 55 runs losing 5 wickets. The Kiwis are still trailing by 117 runs. Taking a lead in such a situation should be very difficult. But nothing is impossible in the game of cricket. As a result, the Kiwi spinner Mitchell Santner does not want to give up hope of the lead.

“We know it's going to be a challenge. We just talked about trying to build those partnerships. Whoever comes in, it might not be an 80 or 90 but it might be a quick like a 30. And building those partnerships and try to get to a level score and then scrap again. It's going to be a bit of a fight for the next few days, no doubt,” Santner said.

He added, “I guess our job to whoever's there at the other end, it's just trying to build partnerships. It might not be partnerships of 100, 120, but it could be partnerships of 50 that could get us up to the score. So, let’s just try to fight for as long as we can. And then if they do bowl a bad ball, which they don't really do that often, it's trying to capitalize on that. So, everyone will have their game plan going forward to put pressure back on their spinners.”