Published on: Aug 31, 2021 7:30 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 31, 2021 6:56 pm IST
BAN vs NZ Dream11 Prediction: Bangladesh and New Zealand will lock horns in the 1st T20I of the bilateral series between the two nations. The New Zealand team will rely on Tom Latham and Colin de Grandhomme, while Bangladesh have Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman.
The New Zealand team are coming into this series after 4 consecutive home series wins against West Indies, Pakistan, Australia, and Bangladesh. On the other hand, Bangladesh team won their last home series against Australia by 4-1.
Fixture Name: 1st T20I
Competition: New Zealand Tour of Bangladesh 2021
Date: 1 September
Time: 3:30 PM IST
Team Form Guide: BAN (recent last): W W W NZ(recent last): W W W
Ground: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Pitch Report: The Dhaka ground hosted Australia team earlier this month. In all the matches, the scores were quite low and average score hovered around 120. It is a slow surface, with the bowl holding up and the spin bowlers would look to use the pitch in an effective manner.
Brief score of the last result at the venue: Bangladesh 122/8 won by 60 runs against Australia 62/10 in 5th T20I of Bangladesh Tour of Australia 2021.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Mushfiqur Rahim, Tom Latham BATSMEN: Mahmudullah, Liton Das, Henry Nicholls ALL-ROUNDERS: Shakib Al Hasan, Scott Kuggeleijn, Doug Bracewell BOLWERS: Mustafizur Rahman, Hamish Bennett, Matt Henry
Although the New Zealand team will be without their top players, but they are expected to start off with a win in the T20I series.
Mahmudullah in T20Is: 1651 Runs, Bat. AVG. 23.25 and 32 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 28
Tom Latham in T20Is: 163 Runs, Bat. AVG. 16.30
The New Zealand batter Tom Latham is expected to be the best performer of this fixture.
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The star all-rounder, is the main player of this team, in both the departments, and his contribution will be crucial.
Shakib Al Hasan in T20Is: 1718 Runs, AVG. 23.53 and 102 Wickets, AVG. 20.63
Fizz will be a key player in dismissing the Kiwi batting order. He has a big role to play in this series.
Mustafizur Rahman in T20Is: 68 Wickets, AVG. 19.55
Injury Update, Unavailability
Expected Team Changes
BAN Playing 11 (likely)
1. Liton Das 2. Soumya Sarkar 3. Shakib Al Hasan 4. Mushfiqur Rahim 5. Mahmudullah (C) 6. Afif Hossain 7. Nurul Hasan (wk) 8. Mahedi Hasan 9. Nasum Ahmed 10. Shoriful Islam 11. Mustafizur Rahman
Tom has been a long server of the NZ team, but his outing in T20 has been a little lesser than the other formats, so he will be exciting to watch.
Tom Latham in T20Is: 163 Runs, AVG. 16.30
A handy all-rounder, who can bowl well, and has a fine experience across all the formats.
Doug Bracewell in T20Is: 20 Wickets, AVG. 21.85 and 121 Runs, AVG. 24.20
NZ Playing 11 (likely)
1. Henry Nicholls 2. Will Young 3. Tom Latham (C) (wk) 4. Tom Blundell 5. Rachin Ravindra 6. Colin de Grandhomme 7. Doug Bracewell 8. Matt Henry 9. Scott Kuggeleijn 10. Ajaz Patel 11. Hamish Bennett
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The tournament will be broadcasted on Star Sports Network.
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