Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Former captain Khaled Mahmud Sujon has blamed bowlers for Bangladesh Cricket team's failure in New Zealand where the Tigers lost the three-match ODI series 0-2 after suffering two successive defeats.

Bangladesh went to New Zealand with a hope to clinch an ODI series on the Kiwi soil for the first time, but they failed miserably after two consecutive losses in Napier and Christchurch and are now facing bitter whitewash in the series.

In the first match of the series, Bangladesh posted a total of 232 which was chased by the hosts losing two wickets. The Tigers tasted the same results in the second match when they scored 226, and New Zealand chased down it losing two wickets. Bangladeshi bowlers were able to take only fou...