ENG vs BAN Match Preview
The leading run-getter for Bangladesh in their first encounter was Tanzid Hasan. He scored 84 runs with a good strike rate of 95. During the innings, he struck 10 fours and 2 sixes. Another Bangla batter that did well in this game was Mehidy Hasan Miraz who contributed 67 runs with a strike rate of 104. Mahedi Hasan proved to be the top bowler for Bangladesh during the first match of the warm-up games for the 2023 World Cup. He collected a haul of 3 wickets while bowling with an average of 12 and with an economy rate of 4.00.
The top batter for England during the last year has been Dawid Malan. He has managed to put together 727 runs from 12 games with an average of 66. Jos Butler also scored 578 runs from his last 12 appearances for England. Butler has a batting average of 52 during the last year. Everybody is expecting Adil Rashid to emerge as the best bowler for England in this World Cup. He is the leading bowler for England with 18 scalps from 8 innings. He has succeeded in maintaining a bowling average of 24 during this period. Moeen Ali did a reasonable job as well with 12 victims from 10 games with an average of 30.
It is quite likely that Dawid Malan will emerge as the top batter in this contest. He is well aware of the ways to build an innings with experience and composure. He is also likely to open the English innings together with Johny Bairstow against the Bangla Tigers. A top player for Bangladesh is their all-rounder skipper Shakib Al Hasan. He did not play in the first warm-up game against the Lankans. But he is expected to start his campaign in the World Cup with this game against the defending champions on Monday.
The English bowling attack will look up to Adil Rashid to come good with the ball. Rashid has a huge role to play for England in this competition. The Indian tracks and conditions are well-suited to his style of bowling. The wicket-keeper batsman Litton Das showed everybody how useful he is with the bat. This was evident right throughout his innings against the Lankans. He hit a useful 61 with 10 fours in this game. In the absence of Shakib, Mehidy Hasan Miraz was asked to lead the team and did a good job by scoring 67 runs. He also picked up a wicket during the Sri Lanka innings.
Weather Report
Despite this being a monsoon season, the weather prospects for this game to be played in Guwahati are good for this game. Although there is a good chance of getting showers during the game, you can still expect a full match.
Pitch Report
This 6th game of the one-day international World Cup, 2023 will be played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. It has been observed in some of the played at this venue that the wicket is good for batsmanship for the most part. This surface is slower than some of the other ones we have seen and can help the spinners during the latter part of the game. The team batting first will be looking to score over 250 runs on this track.
Notable stats
Najmul Hossain Shanto has a terrific average for Bangladesh.
Shanto has scored 719 runs in his last 16 games for Bangladesh with an average of 44.93.
Dawid Malan has had a terrific average for England in recent games.
Dawid Malan has an average of 66.09 in his last 12 matches for England.
Team News
There are no injury worries at the moment for these two sides. We are just getting started with the competition and so most of the players are fit and not carrying any serious injuries.
ENG vs BAN Probable 11
ENG Playing 11
- Jonny Bairstow (C)
- Jos Buttler
- Harry Brook
- Dawid Malan
- Joe Root
- Liam Livingstone
- Moeen Ali
- Sam Curran
- Gus Atkinson
- Adil Rashid
- David Willey
BAN Playing 11
- Litton Das (Wk)
- Mushfiqur Rahim
- Najmul Hossain Shanto
- Tanzid Hasan
- Mahedi Hasan
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz
- Shakib Al Hasan (C)
- Nasum Ahmed
- Taskin Ahmed
- Shoriful Islam
- Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Dream11 Prediction
England has a much more balanced team than Bangladesh. They have a powerful batting line-up and a good bowling attack at their disposal. So, you can see a lot of winning opportunities coming to the English team in this contest. Bangladesh has a spirited team though and will try to win this game as well. But we will bet with England to win this game.
Top Picks
Dawid Malan: Malan has been in sensational form for England in the last few games. He has scored 727 runs from 12 innings with an average of 66.09.
Adil Rashid: Rashid has picked up 18 wickets in his last 8 contests for England with an average of 24.16.
Jos Butler: Jos Butler has scored 578 runs from his last 12 innings with an average of 52.54.
Shakib Al Hasan: Shakib has not only scored 629 runs from his last 18 games for Bangladesh, he has managed to pick up 23 wickets as well.
ENG vs BAN Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: J Buttler , J Bairstow
Batters: N Hossain Shanto, D Malan, T Hasan
All-rounders: M Hasan Mirza (C), S Al Hasan (VC), L Livingstone
Bowlers: T Ahmed, M Rahman, M Wood
