ENG tour of BAN, 2023

BAN vs ENG, 3rd T20I

Preview

Bangladesh will be trying their best to acquire a clean sweep in the T20I series when they take on the World Champions England in the third and final match at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday, March 14.

On the other side, England will look to rectify their mistakes made in the last two games and prepare more steadily in this dead rubber match. England skipper Jos Buttler will be hoping to put forward a better performance and win the match to get a consolation victory over the Bangla Tigers on Tuesday.

The batting side will be counting on the services of Rony Talukdar, Liton Das, Touhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, skipper Shakib Al Hasan and Afif Hossain to do the majority of the scoring. In the last game, Najmul Hossain Shanto played exceptionally well and concluded the innings with the top score of 46 runs off 47 deliveries hitting three boundaries in the process. He was backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraaz and Touhid Hridoy, who chipped in with important knocks of 20 and 17 runs respectively.

On the bowling side Shakib Al Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman will be the pillars of providing vital breakthroughs at regular intervals. Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraaz claimed 4 wickets giving away just 12 runs in the last match to be the best pick from the home side.

The batting side will be relying on the likes of  Dawid Malan, Phil Salt, Moeen Ali, skipper Jos Buttler and Ben Duckett to deliver for the side. Though being pretty average with the bat, Ben Duckett finished the innings as the top score with 28 runs off 28 balls, hitting only two boundaries. He was well assisted by Phil Salt, who smashed 25 runs off 19 deliveries with the help of three fours and one six.

The bowling side will rely on Jofra Archer, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Mark Wood, and Adil Rashid to deliver wickets in crucial points of the match. Jofra Archer snatched 3 wickets for 13 runs from his four overs to be the best performer of the England bowling side.

Match Details

Match: BAN vs ENG, 3rd T20I, England tour of Bangladesh, 2023

Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Time: 02:30 PM

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Pitch and Weather Report

The Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka is not the best T20 pitch that short-format cricket lovers may expect but it will surely provide a balance between the batting and the bowling side. The batters can count on their timings and the bowlers can make use of the stickiness of the surface. 

The weather in Dhaka is predicted to be sunny on Saturday with a maximum temperature of 35 and a minimum of 23 degrees Celsius. The wind speed will be 14 kmph with a humidity of 46%.

BAN vs ENG Squads

BAN: Tanvir Islam, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Nasum Ahmed , Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Nurul Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rony Talukdar, Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto

ENG: Jos Buttler (c & wk), Mark Wood, Reece Topley, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Philip Salt, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett

BAN vs ENG Probable Playing XIs

BAN: Litton Das (WK), Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud.

ENG: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (C & WK), Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Rehan Ahmed, Mark Wood, Reece Topley.

Match Prediction

As of now, the Bangla Tigers have a stronghold on their home ground. However, they are against the current World Champions who are well aware of turning tables in all situations and will come into this game to save their side from a whitewash humiliation. Thus we expect England to defeat Bangladesh in the dead rubber game.

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