Anybody can beat anybody: Kane Williamson

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New Zealand Captain Kane Williamson looked on Bangladesh as the threat for this side in the upcoming Test series and warned that anybody can beat anybody. The Kiwis skipper is interested in focusing on Bangladesh Test rather celebrating their first elevation to second in the Test rankings.

"Overseas there's been some upsets with some very strong teams, and every team in international cricket is a threat, they're all very talented. Anybody can beat anybody," Williamson warned.

New Zealand made history as ICC announced the team's new number two Test ranking over the weekend. They have already clean swept the visitors in the three-ODI 3-0 and now eyeing to hunt the fifth straight Test series win, beginning with the first Test on February 28 at Seddon Park.

"Like I say it is something you don't focus on and you are just focusing on the cricket that you play. Obviously, we came off a home summer of limited Test cricket last year and this year there is a little bit more. I suppose you turn up to every game, prepare as well as you can to play the best cricket you can and it pretty much ends there. But what happens afterwards in terms of results and people’s views on rankings and all these sorts of things are not really focuses for us,” added the skipper on Wednesday.

However, Bangladesh, who have never won a match in New Zealand. And the visitors will be without their two most experienced players – Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim. These two key players have put the Black Caps in trouble the last time in 2017. The duo added a record 359 for the fifth wicket-stand in Wellington and Bangladesh scored 595 for 8.

Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque are the other experienced batsmen in the squad. But, it is on Mahmudullah’s shoulder, who is the standing in as captain, to play a positive cricket with young Bangladeshi cricketers.