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Bangladesh Cricket Team. (Photo Source: FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images)

Bangladesh and New Zealand are squaring off in an ODI series to prepare for the upcoming ODI World Cup in India from October 5. However, the start of the series was not apt as the first ODI ended with no result. Hence, the battle between both sides in the second ODI was expected to be more intense in a motive to gain the all-important lead. Now speaking of the ongoing second game, there have been plenty of bizarre turn of events during the second innings of the match where New Zealand are chasing 255 runs to gain the lead.

Interestingly enough, it was during the 47th over of the BlackCaps’ innings, that the Bangla Tigers’ spinner Mahedi Hasan came to carry on the proceedings. However, the Bangladesh umpire Sharfuddoula became a victim of a brain fade moment, whereby he failed to keep count of the number of balls delivered in an over. As a result, instead of the usual six-ball quota, Hasan ended up bowling an over of 7 balls while New Zealand were batting. This meant that Mahedi Hasan had to bowl an extra ball in the ninth over of his bowling spell.

Albeit, the extra ball did not make much of a difference for both the hosts and the visitors. Notably, the New Zealand skipper wildly swung his bat but failed to connect in an attempt to go big against the off-spinner.