Overview:
It's time for yet another Blue vs Green. Interestingly, the other match on the same day too is a battle between Blue and Green – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan. While both the matches played on Saturday were won by Green Teams over the Blue ones, England wouldn’t be an easy side to beat for Bangladesh.
England did not have an ideal start they would have hoped for, but they yet remain one of the most dangerous side and a loss might have made them more dangerous. Despite losing to New Zealand in the first match of the tournament, they did have a lot of positives like Root’s rescue act and the 10th wicket partnership. Though they would be hoping for the bowlers to pick a few wickets this time. Trott’s warning about the average outfield at Dharamsala could cause concerns apart from Ben Stokes unavailability.
Bangladesh, who are coming fresh from an easy win over Afghanistan, a shift from playing the Bottom team of the last World Cup to facing the Champions of the Last Edition won’t be easy. One good thing for them, though, is that they will be playing on the same ground as they played their first match, so they might be benefitted from it.
Probable XI:
England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c)(wk), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Bangladesh: Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Interesting Facts and Stats
(*) Face to Face Record: In World Cups, they have met 4 times before. Both share equal record as both the sides have won twice each while overall England dominates the rivalry 19-5 in the total of 24 matches.
(*) After all the sides have played 1 match each in the World Cup, England, the defending champions are placed at the bottom of the Points Table.
(*) England is the only losing side not to get All Out so far this tournament.
(*) 100th ODI match for Jonny Bairstow
(*) Najmul Hossain Shanto needs just 33 Runs to complete 1000 Runs in ODIs.
Match Details:
Date: 10 October 2023
Time: 10:30 AM Local Time (5:00 AM GMT)
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Pitch and Weather Report:
The pitch is mostly likely to be a balanced surface providing support to both the batsmen and the bowlers with average first innings total being 250. Spinners will be benefitted the most.
Bowling first would be the preferred choice for the toss winning team as scoring is difficult and they would aim at bowling the opposition out on a low total and shape their innings according to the target.
Dream XI:
