BAN vs ENG Today Match Prediction for Bangladesh vs England 2nd ODI

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.

BAN vs ENG Match Prediction

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

BAN vs ENG 2nd ODI 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 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

RECENT FORM

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

BAN vs ENG 2nd ODI Playing XI

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

BAN vs ENG 2nd Betting Tips

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.

Matches	Runs	Average	100s/50s	H/S
12	418	41.8	1/2	122

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.

Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy	5W	Best
225	295	29.12	2.94	4	7/36

Who Will Win 2nd ODI 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 are yet to lose a ODI series at home since 2015
Bangladesh have three wins in their last five games whereas England has just two wins
Bangladesh thumped India in the last series whereas England lost series against South Africa.
Overall in 22 games, England has won 18 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.