On Monday, April 27, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) released an update on New Zealand national cricket team captain Tom Latham’s injury ahead of the first match of the T20I series against the Bangladesh national cricket team.

NZC revealed that Tom Latham has been ruled out of the first match of the three-match T20I series between New Zealand and Bangladesh, which will be played at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium, Chattogram.

Tom Latham suffers toe injury

Latham suffered a toe injury while training on Sunday and suffered a laceration under the toenail, ruling him out of the first T20I. NZC have named Nick Kelly captain of the BlackCaps in Latham’s absence.

“BLACKCAPS captain Tom Latham has been ruled out of today’s first T20I against Bangladesh after being struck by the ball on the big toe of his right foot while batting in training yesterday,” NZC stated.

“Latham suffered a laceration under his toenail and his availability for the remainder of the series will be assessed on a game-by-game basis. Wellington Firebirds batsman Nick Kelly will captain in Latham’s place and become BLACKCAPS’ 13th T20I captain.”

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Previous record by Nick Kelly

Left-handed batsman Kelly reached fifty in both the second and third ODIs of the ongoing tour of Bangladesh. He has played just five T20Is so far, all of them in the five-match series against South Africa in March this year, and has scored 57 runs at an average of 14.25.

Kelly has captained the Wellington Firebirds in New Zealand cricket since