Both the teams returned to the capital on Tuesday night and opted to spend the whole day away from cricket.

The second and third matches of the series, day-night affairs at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, will be held on tomorrow and on Sunday.

Bangladesh, who were skittled out for their fourth lowest one-day total of 86 in a 138-run loss to the Black Caps in Chittagong, will train this morning with the same 13 that selected for the Chittagong one-dayer. But the mood will not be the same after disappointment over their wretched batting form that has seemingly reached its lowest ebb.

The selectors also did not feel like making any changes to the 13 as expected but there was confusion after international websites CricInfo and BBC online reported yesterday that Bangladesh have already named their playing eleven for the second match by dropping Nazmul Hossain and Khaled Mahmud.

However, the team management has denied the reports.

"The players relaxed at their hotel and a few went home to spend time with families. We had the entire day off. We even did not have a meeting today. So, there is no possibility of even hinting at the playing eleven to any one," said manager MA Latif Khan.

Nazmul, who bowled his heart out in Chittagong and took a career best 4-40, will definitely start in tomorrow's match unless he is declared unfit for some reason.

But the right-arm paceman is fully fit, informed Latif.

Chief selector Faruque Ahmed also said that there was no reason to announce the playing eleven so early especially even without having a day's training.

"We have just announced the 13-member squad and we will name the eleven after today's practice," Faruque told Daily Star Sport.

While the top-order batting frailty is still bothering the whole team, it is likely that the home side will get a placid batting wicket to show improvement in their next two games after a slowish pitch was prepared in the port city.

"The Chittagong wicket was a bit slow but not as difficult to bat on as some have said. Our batsmen really played badly there," said curator Badiul Alam Khokon yesterday.

"I even think that New Zealand were 30 runs short in their innings because our bowlers bowled really well. The wickets in Dhaka traditionally favour batsmen and this time it will be no different," he added.

The national cricketers, meanwhile, will be busy after the training session as 13 of the 18-member national pool will take part in the transfers for the coming season's Premier Cricket League.

The Kiwis are scheduled to practise in the afternoon under lights.

SQUAD
Habibul Bashar (captain), Rajin Saleh, Javed Omar, Nafees Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful, Khaled Mashud, Khaled Mahmud, Manzarul Islam, Mushfiqur Rahman, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash Baisya and Nazmul Hossain.