BAN vs ENG Today Match Prediction for Bangladesh vs England 1st ODI– Who Will Win BAN vs ENG match?

Bangladesh is all set to host England for the white-ball series. The two teams will clash with each other in the three ODIs and three T20Is. The first game of the 50-over format will be played on Wednesday (1st March) in Dhaka followed by second and third game to played on 3rd and 6th March in Dhaka and Chattogram. Both the teams have been in fine form and it is expected that it’ll be a thriller is series to watch.

BAN vs ENG Match Prediction

Fixture Name: Bangladesh vs England, 1st ODI
Competition: England tour of Bangladesh 2023
Date: 1st March 2023
Time: 2:00 PM IST
Ground: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

BAN vs ENG Pitch Report

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 122 games out of which 55 have been won by teams batting first and 66 by teams bowling first. Here’s detailed Dhaka Pitch Report

RECENT FORM

Bangladesh – L W W W L
England – L L L L W

BAN vs ENG Probable Playing XIs

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

BAN vs ENG Probable Top Performers

Probable Best Batter

Phil Salt Stats in ODIs

England batter Phil Salt is expected to be the best batter in the BAN vs ENG first ODI against Bangladesh. The right-handedly has been in a terrific form and has been smashing runs consistently. He’s expected to shine in the first game. His stats are decent as well as in 11 games he has scored 406 runs with 2 fifties and 1 hundred.

Probable Best Bowler

Shakib Al Hasan Stats in ODIs

Shakib has been the best bowler for Bangladesh in all the formats. He was staggering in ODIs against India and is expected to shine in the first game against England. His stats as staggering too as he has 224 games he has picked 294 wickets.

Who Will Win Today’s Match Between Bangladesh and England  

• Bangladesh and England last time face in an ODI during Cricket World Cup 2019 and it saw England winning the game.
• Bangladesh have three wins in their last five games whereas England has just one win.
• Bangladesh thumped India in the last series whereas England lost series against South Africa.
• Overall in 21 games, England has won 17 games whereas Bangladesh has just 4 wins to their name.
• According to the BAN vs ENG today match prediction, ENG is the favourites to win this match.

BAN vs  ENG Head to Head ODI Record 

Today’s Match Prediction: England to win the match