Here comes the Group B match between Bangladesh and Netherlands at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. While Bangladesh was directly qualified into Super-12, Netherlands, having missed out on qualification in 2021 World T20, came in Super-12’s of 2022 World T20 after beating UAE by 3 wickets and Namibia by 5 wickets, before losing to Sri Lanka.
But that didn’t matter for Netherlands as they were all, but sure of qualifying for Super-12’s after they won their first 2 matches of Qualifying round.
Overview:
Bangladesh: Bangladesh have got an overall awful record in T20I’s. While their graphs are steadily improving in ODI format, their graphs have been declining at an alarming rate in T20I’s. Just a month before 2022 World T20, stalwarts like Mushfiqur Rahim called it quits from T20I’s after his own poor show with the bat in last 2 years, and Tamim Iqbal doing the same earlier. Their replacements haven’t done much justice to improve the team’s graphs, even if fortune sometimes favoured. On top of it, Bangladesh lost all 4 matches played in the recently concluded T20I tri-series in New Zealand, featuring hosts New Zealand and Pakistan as other two teams.
Will they fancy their chances against a relatively inexperienced Netherlands? Only time will tell.
Netherlands: After lack of cricket and a disappointing 2021 where they couldn’t qualify for 2021 World T20, Netherlands finally managed to make in-roads in 2022 with a packed home season against teams like West Indies, England and Pakistan, and prior to this, an away series against New Zealand. Netherlands, having qualified to play qualifiers after ranking higher in the Global Qualifier, as ranking cut-off in July 2022, could defeat teams like Namibia and UAE and progress for Super-12’s.
Probable Playing-XI:
Bangladesh: -
Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Afif Hossain, Shakib-Al-Hasan (c), Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman
Netherlands: -
Max O’Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards (c) (wk), Tim Pringle, Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klassen, Paul van Meekeren
Pitch & Weather Report: -
The pitch looks good for batsmen as well as for bowlers. With 6 matches played this World T20 in qualifying round, 3 were won by team batting first while the other 3 were won by team batting second. Should the conditions remain cloudy, expect the toss winner to bowl first and win the match chasing or set up a DLS score, which should be achievable for the chasing team as in 1st innings, batters will find difficult to score runs in overcast conditions.
Venue: - Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Date & Time: - Oct 24th 2022, 9:30 AM IST and local time 15:00 AEDT
Live Streaming: - Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar
Interesting Facts: -
Head-to-Head: -
Matches Played: - 3
Bangladesh: - 2
Netherlands: - 1
Bangladesh have never played a T20I in Australia before this upcoming encounter against Netherlands.
Both Bangladesh and Netherlands have never played T20I before this World T20 in Australia.
MyTeam-XI: -
