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Pallekele -, Sep 21 - New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 59 runs in the Group D opener of the World Twenty20 cricket at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium here Friday.
Put into bat, New Zealand raced to 191 for three as wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum struck 123.
In reply, Bangladesh could only manage 132 for eight. Nassir Hossain - scored the sole half-century of the Bangladeshi innings while Kyle Mills and Tim Southee clinched three-wickets each.
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