Bangladesh vs England, BAN vs ENG, Today Match Prediction 12 March 2023

ban vs eng Match Prediction & Analysis

England and Bangladesh have been a big names in the cricketing circuit for a long time but it is a surprise they have meet only twice so far in the T20Is and this is their first ever bi-lateral series. Bangladesh have played superb cricket in the white ball format in the home soil and they came back strongly after the losses in the first 2 ODI matches. England will look to dominate their opposition and win this match to take the series to the decider.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Bangladesh Preview

Bangladesh chase was lead by Najmal Shanto in the last game as he scored 51 runs off 30 balls. Rony Talukdar (21 runs), Towhid Hridoy (24 runs), Shakib Al Hasan (34 runs) and Afif Hossain (15 runs) played good cameos to keep their scoreboard moving in the chase successfully. They have a strong batting line-up with a lot of experienced players.

Their bowlers bowled well as a unit and every bowler chipped with wicket to restrict the opposition to 156/6 in their 20 overs. Hasun Mahmud and Shakib Al Hasan took 2 & 1 wickets and gave runs at 6.5 RPO. Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, and Nasum Ahmed chipped in with a wicket each in the last game.

Key players: Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Najmal Shanto

Bangladesh Predicted Playing XI:

Litton Das, Rony Talukdar, Najmal Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan,Afif Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Shamim Hossain

Bangladesh Actual Playing XI:

Mehidy Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Litton Das, Nasum Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Afif Hossain, Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy

England Preview

England openers Phil Salt (38 runs) and Jos Buttler (67 runs) have a brilliant start with the 80-run opening partnership. Their middle order of Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, and Sam Curran failed to capitalise on the good start as they finished with 156/6 in their 20 overs. They rely heavily on their all rounders in lower middle order.

Their bowlers failed to restrict the opposition as they gave 168 runs in just 18 overs.Moeen Ali bowled superbly in helpful conditions to end with figures of 4-0-27-1. Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, and Mark Wood chipped in with a wicket each in the last game. They might look to add Rehan Ahmed in the bowling attack.

Key players: Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler

England Predicted Playing XI:

Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Rehan Ahmed, Sam Curran

England Actual Playing XI:

Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Philip Salt, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali, Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed, Dawid Malan

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Dhaka has been traditionally a bowler friendly pitch with pitch slowing down as the match progresses. We will have cool and breezy weather with ideal playing conditions on the match day.

Venue Details

Dhaka has ODl matches and the pitch will slow down here this season. We expect the scores to be around 160-170 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing is the best option in T20Is off late with no score deemed safe and bowlers will find it hard to bowl with the dew in the second innings.