Published on: Mar 2, 2023 11:52 am IST|Updated on: Mar 2, 2023 5:44 pm IST
England have kick started their their tour to Bangladesh on a high note. They displayed a brilliant performance in the first ODI as they bagged the game by 3 wickets to take 1-0 lead in the series. England would be hoping to replicate the same performance in the second game and seal the series. Whereas Bangladesh would be looking to make a comeback and level the series.
Fixture Name: Bangladesh vs England, 2nd ODI Competition: England tour of Bangladesh 2023 Date: 3rd March 2023 Time: 11:30 AM IST Ground: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
The pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium is traditionally a spin-friendly pitch and is likely to provide a lot of assistance for the spinners. It is expected that the wicket will get difficult to bat as the day progresses and therefore team winning the toss would want to bat first as first innings will be best to bat. The average first innings total at this ground is 222 along with 193 in second innings. The ground is low scoring and has so far hosted 123 games out of which 55 have been won by teams batting first and 67 by teams bowling first. Here’s detailed Dhaka Pitch Report
Bangladesh – W W W L L England – L L L W W
The expected playing 11 are:
Bangladesh:Tamim Iqbal (c), Afif Hossain, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (WK), Ebadot Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Hasan Mahmud
England: Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (C) (WK), Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley
Best Batter – Phil Salt
England batter Phil Salt is expected to be the best batter in the second ODI against Bangladesh. The right-hander has been in a terrific form and has been smashing runs consistently. He failed to get going in the first game and managed just 12 runs but it is likely that he will make a comeback. His stats are decent as well as in 12 games he has scored 418 runs with 2 fifties and 1 hundred.
Best Bowler – Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib has been the best bowler for Bangladesh in all the formats. He was staggering in ODIs against India and continued his fine in the first game against England. Although he picked just one wicket, he was very tight with his lines. His stats as staggering too as he has 225 games he has picked 296 wickets.
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