New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI series against Bangladesh. The 28-year-old pacer did not play the first ODI in Dunedin. This time stiffness in his hamstring ruled him out of the next two matches. Jamieson has been rested mainly to fully recover from the injury. 

However, this pacer will return to the field again with the T20I series. He has been kept out of the ODI series mainly to rest before that series. Jamieson suffered a hamstring injury during the Dhaka Test against Bangladesh last week. Since then, the pacer has been resting.

Ben Sears, who is with the team as a backup, has been included in the squad for the second and third matches. "There's a lot of cricket ahead of us and we want to make sure Kyle's in the best place possible without taking any unnecessary risks. As we flagged when naming the ODI squad we see the series as a chance to provide opportunities to some new players, and Ben fits that category,” New Zealand coach Gary Stead said.

The T20 World Cup will be held next year. For this reason, New Zealand, the semi-finalists of the last edition of the ODI World Cup, is giving more importance to the T20I format. As a result, several first-team cricketers have been rested in the ODI series against Bangladesh.