BAN vs RSA Match Preview
Bangladesh ended up losing its first warm-up match against Afghanistan earlier in the competition. Before that, they had lost all their 4 matches to New Zealand in a T20I tri-series last week. Hasan Mahmud and Taskin Ahmed picked up 5 wickets apiece together and succeeded in restricting the Afghanistan charge to 160 for 7. They were bowling first in the match. However, their batters struggled in the match for runs right from the outset and the entire side ended up scoring just 98 for 9 from their full quota of 20 overs.
In another game, South Africa defeated New Zealand by 9 wickets in their 1st warm-up game after they lost both kinds of white ball series against Indians. In this practice match, Keshav Maharaj picked up 3 wickets while Tabraiz Shamsi and Wayne Parnell picked up a couple each to bowl out the New Zealand outfit for 98 runs when they were bowling first. Then Rilee Rossouw hammered an unbeaten 54 from 32 balls guiding the proteas to a simple 9-wicket victory in the space of 11.2 overs.
Weather Report
It is expected that we may get some rain during the match. Temperatures in the region of 22 degrees are expected during the game.
Pitch Report
You can expect a well-balanced wicket at the Allan Border Field. It will provide an equal chance to both batsmen and bowlers. This wicket at the Allan Border Field has mostly played host to women's cricket. These include all kinds of games such as ODIs, T20Is, or BBL games. An average first innings total at the ground has been 134 runs. If you are batting first at the ground, you need to look to put on 160 to 170 runs on the board here. With the kind of bowling attack South Africans have, they will be keen to have a go at the opponent batters with a good total on the board.
Notable stats
South Africa has provided a lot better recent performance than Bangladesh.
South Africa has won 4 out of their last 5 games while Bangladesh has lost 3 out of their last 4. This stat is in favor of South Africa as well.
Shakib Al Hasan has a terrific all-round record for Bangladesh.
Shakib is not only the top wicket-taker for Bangladesh with 122 wickets, but he is also their leading run-scorer with 2199 runs.
Team News
None of the team management has reported any injuries thus far. So, you can expect full sides from both these outfits in this game.
BAN vs RSA Probable 11
BAN Playing 11
- Afif Hossain
- Najmul Hossain
- Soumya Sarkar
- M Hossain
- Shakib Al Hasan (C)
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz
- Liton Das (Wk)
- Nurul Hasan
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Taskin Ahmed
- Hasan Mahmud
RSA Playing 11
- DA Miller
- RR Hendricks
- RR Rossouw
- T Bavuma
- T Stubbs
- AK Markram (C)
- WD Parnell
- Q de Kock (Wk)
- K Rabada
- A Nortje
- KA Maharaj
Dream11 Prediction
After thrashing the New Zealand side in their first warm-up match, South Africa would have found some confidence while going into this next one. They have a lot of talented players on the side that are continuously delivering for them on the bigger stage. On the other hand, the Bangladesh outfit has many problems they need to resolve. And with their skipper not in the best of forms, they appear to be on a backfoot. As a result, South Africa will start this game as a clear favorite. We will be with South Africa to win the match.
Top Picks
Quinton de Kock: One of the top cricketers for South Africa in this world cup is Quinton de Kock. He has scored more than 2000 runs in this format of the game with an average of 32.25. He has also scored these runs with a strike rate of 134.12. This together with his wicket-keeping skills make him an invaluable player for his side.
DA Miller: Another significant player for the South African outfit is their skipper, David Miller. He has scored more than 2000 runs in the T20I matches at an average of 34.37 and a terrific strike rate of 146.32. Significantly, he has hit 98 sixes in his career.
Shakib Al Hasan: Shakib Al Hasan is one of the most successful cricketers to have played cricket for Bangladesh. He has picked up 122 wickets from 104 matches at a good average of 20.89. He has picked these wickets at a strike rate of 18.6. He is also a major contributor with the bat for the Bangla outfit. He is their top run-getter as well having scored 2199 runs from 104 matches at an average of 23.90 and a strike rate of 122.43.
Afif Hossain: Afif Hossain is one of the top batters for Bangladesh. He has scored 908 runs for them from 55 matches at an average of 21.11. He is scoring these runs at a strike rate of 120.10.
BAN vs RSA Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: Q. de Kock
Batters: R. Hendricks, R. Rossouw (VC), D. Miller, A. Hossain
All-rounders: S. Al Hasan (C), A. Markram
Bowlers: T. Ahmed, M. Rahman, K. Rabada, T. Shamsi
