The 27th match of the tournament will be of Group D between Bangladesh (BAN) and Netherlands (NED). The match will be live at 08:00 P.M. (IST) and 10:30 A.M. (local).
Both the teams got defeated in their last encounter. Bangladesh got the defeat from South Africa in the last moments while Netherlands also got defeat from South Africa in a close one.
Teams Analysis
Bangladesh (BAN):
They are currently in 2nd place in their pool. They have won one and lost one in 2 matches. Their batting has been decent till now but their bowling is something that troubles the opposition more. To reach the Super 8 of the tournament, they had to win this so that their path would be a little easier.
Currently Towhid Hridoy is the man from the team who is constantly scoring runs with the bat. He has managed 77 runs and has a strike rate of 142.59. He is giving his team a great hope in the middle overs and doesn’t like to get slow and faces the spin and pace well. He looked aggressive from the start, which helped the team to get a decent score at the end.
Except him, none of the other batters carry a strike rate over 100. Liton Das has a strike rate of 88.24 and scored just 45 runs in 2 matches. Whereas the leader of the team Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored only 21 runs in 2 matches and has a strike rate of 58.33. He was also struggling with his form for quite a time and needed to recover from this as soon as possible.
Team’s most experienced player, Shakib Al Hasan, has a drastic season going as he only scored 11 runs with the bat, while with the bowl he didn’t get any wickets till now. His economy is also 9, due to which he got expensive spells. Opener Tanzid Hasan only managed 3 & 9 runs with the bat. Mahmudullah played a match winning patient knock against Sri Lanka and took his team to the victory but he missed that in the last match just by a mere few inches.
Bowling has been much better than their batting. Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed and Tanzim Hasan Sakib all got 4 wickets each. Hossain has an economy of 6.75 while the pacers Taskin and Tanzim have economies 5.5 and 5.25 respectively. Mustafizur Rahman has taken 3 wickets till now with an economy of 4.38, which is the best among the bowlers in the team.
Probable Playing 11 of Bangladesh (BAN):
Nazmul Hossain Shanto ©, Tanzid Hasan, Liton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
Netherlands (NED):
This team also has 1 win and 1 loss in two matches. They are currently at the 3rd place in the points table in their Group D. To make their place into the Super 8, they need to get a win against Bangladesh as both carry the same points and the one who will win this, will have advantage to reach the next round quite easily. They have a better bowling performance than their batting.
Opener Max O’Dowd is currently their leading run scorer with 56 runs in 2 matches. He has a strike rate of 103.70. He is the only batter in the team who got a half-century to his name in this tournament and that came against Nepal where he scored 54 runs. His partner Michael Levitt is struggling to get runs on the board. In 2 matches he got 0 & 1. His career strike rate is 152.84, which shows he can get aggressive and the team needs this kind of batting in the upcoming matches.
Skipper Scott Edwards hasn’t contributed much with the bat as he managed just 15 runs with a strike rate of 88.24. He needs to take more time to get settled and contribute healthy runs with the bat in the middle. Sybrand Engelbrecht has scored 54 runs in 2 matches till now but has a strike rate of 88.52. He showed his steady nature against South Africa where he scored 40 runs.
Logan van Beek is currently their leading wicket-taker with 5 wickets to his name. He got 3 & 2 wickets in the two matches respectively. His economy is 5.32. Bas de Leede failed to show his performance with the bat, but with the bowl he got 3 wickets till now with an economy of 7.15.
Tim Pringle and Paul van Meekeren got 3 and 2 wickets respectively. Pringle has an economy of 5.67 whereas Meekeren has an economy of 4.
Probable Playing 11 of Netherlands (NED):
Scott Edwards (c & wk), Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma.
Pitch Report for the match between Bangladesh (BAN) and Netherlands (NED):
The match will be played at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent. This pitch will witness the first match of this tournament. This pitch favours huge assistance to the batters and a high score is expected in this match. Pacers might get little help at the start of the innings. Therefore chasing might be a good option here after winning the toss.
Weather Report:
The weather is expected to be a little cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. But despite this the full match to be played is expected as it didn’t affect much of the game. Humidity will be quite high and is expected to be more than 70%. The highest temperature during daytime will be close to 31 degree celsius while the lowest may be around 26 degree celsius.
Best 11 for the match between Bangladesh (BAN) and Netherlands (NED):
Liton das, Scott Edwards, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Towhid Hridoy, Logan van Beek, Bas de Leede ©, Taskin Ahmed, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma, Mustafizur Rahman.