Bangladesh Eye Ground-Breaking New Zealand Win After 2019 Trauma

Bangladesh hope to secure their first-ever win on New Zealand soil against the injury-hit Black Caps after returning to the country for the first time since they narrowly avoided the 2019 Christchurch Mosque massacre.

Captain Tamim Iqbal said it had been a traumatic experience but had not discouraged him from returning to New Zealand.

Iqbal said he did not want to dwell on the attack, which resulted in gunman Brenton Tarrant being jailed for life without parole last year, the first time New Zealand has imposed such a sentence.

"We just have to respect that thing, respect the families, who have lost their own, and just pray that God makes it easy for them. That's it," he said.

"I really don't want to go into that thing because it's not a nice feeling to have."

Bangladesh are ranked ninth in the world in one-dayers, while hosts New Zealand go into the series as favourites ranked third.

But the Black Caps have not played a one-day match for more than a year, while Bangladesh are fresh from a 3-0 series sweep over the West Indies in January.

New Zealand are also without skipper Kane Williamson and all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme, sidelined for the series with elbow and ankle injuries respectively.

Batsman Ross Taylor will miss the first match in Dunedin with a hamstring tear, making it the first New Zealand one-day side since 2014 not to feature either Williamson or Taylor.

"It is a bit of a boost for us, not having them in the first game in particular," Domingo said.

"But we know that new players are always keen to establish themselves, so they will be highly motivated to do well."