New Zealand skipper Tom Latham said on Thursday that left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman showed his experience and that they were undone by his slower balls in the series-concluding third ODI in Chattogram.

Bangladesh beat New Zealand by 55 runs to clinch the series, on the back of Najmul Hossain Shanto's century coupled with a five-wicket haul from Mustafizur.

Mustafizur, who picked up his last ODI five-wicket haul back in 2019 at Lord's Cricket Ground, starred in his comeback game from injury.

The left-arm pacer returned figures of 5 for 43, becoming the first fast bowler to take a five-wicket haul in Chattogram. It was also his sixth ODI five-wicket haul, the most by any Bangladeshi bowler.

Among left-arm pacers, he now sits alongside Wasim Akram and Trent Boult on six, with only Mitchell Starc ahead on nine.

"He (Mustafizur) showed his world class experience. We know that he obviously swings the new ball, and his slower balls - a couples of guys got undone by that," Latham said after the game.

"I think he must have been very close to playing the first game and had a blow that ruled him out from the first two and he bowled fantastically well and full credit to him," he added.

Latham said he was impressed by Nahid Rana's raw pace and insisted that he is a star in the making for the hosts. Rana picked up the Player of the Series award after claiming eight wickets in the series.

"He (Rana) is a quality bowler already and he is going to be great bowler in the future and just talking to him before and he said he is just 23 and someone runs in and bowls 145 or close to 150 on reasonably slow surface shows the skill set he has and the X-factor he has and obviously bowling fantastically at the moment and obviously a star in the making for Bangladesh and that is for sure," he said.

Latham added that it was a great learning experience for his side, considering they came in with a relatively new-look squad.

New Zealand's star players are currently involved in the ongoing Indian Premier League and Pakistan Super League, while the New Zealand A team is touring Sri Lanka.

"I think anytime you come to these conditions or conditions that are foreign, it's important that you learn from it and you grow from it and you take that into experiences that you have in the future. As a whole, a lot of these guys haven't necessarily been to Bangladesh or been to the subcontinent, so it's going to be a great learning," Latham said.

"Whenever you are put under pressure, you certainly learn and I'm sure the guys from a batting point of view and a bowling point of view will certainly take a lot of learning's from this tour. Hopefully, when we're put in this position again or guys are put in this position in the future, then they'll obviously look back on this series and see a whole lot of growth and a whole lot of learning," he said, adding that the seniors should have taken more responsibility.

"I think anytime that you have a reasonably inexperienced side, it's important that your experienced players are in a position to take a little bit of control and be the ones to have that significant contribution. Unfortunately, the names that you've just mentioned, myself included, obviously weren't able to contribute to having that significant performance to put games in favor for us," he said.