Ahead of his clash between New Zealand and Bangladesh in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, New Zealand skipper, Kane Williamson stated that their rivals are very familiar with subcontinent conditions and have several match-winners in the Bangladeshi side.New Zealand will lock horns against Bangladesh on Friday. New Zealand will be high on confidence after registering two wins in two games so far, while Bangladesh has won a match and lost the other encounter against England.Considering Bangladesh as a serious threat in the subcontinent conditions, skipper Williamson stated at the pre-match press conference, “I think certainly in the subcontinent, they are very, very familiar with these conditions and they have a number of match winners throughout their side and I keep coming back to the fact that you turn up to world events and every year there is such a large group of teams that can all beat each other with the variety of conditions with the match winners throughout every team that are here and all the work that goes into actually getting to this tournament”.Anybody can beat anybodyThe 33-year-old batter said that NZ has come with a mindset that any team can beat anyone and conditions are going to change in due course. The wicket at Chepauk stadium is generally spin-friendly and on such a pitch Bangladesh spinners can give a serious challenge to the Kiwis.The ace Kiwi batter said, “We know it is going to be a big challenge tomorrow, and as is every game, you know, we come into this tournament knowing that anybody can beat anybody. That makes a really exciting event I think and the conditions are always going to change. You go from venue to venue and they do vary a lot and we have seen here that there is been that spin and the pitch has varied perhaps as the games moved on as well so throughout the day – but I think both teams have some good spin bowlers that no doubt will play a big part tomorrow”.Furthermore, he added, “For us as a team it is really just trying to keep focusing on our plans and what we set out to do and do our roles as best we can, sort of knowing that it could look a little bit different, to perhaps our first couple of games”.New Zealand squadKane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.Bangladesh squadShakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
