England vs Bangladesh Match Prediction: The Sportsrush present before you Match Prediction of 2019 World Cup Match 12 between ENG and BAN.
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Albeit in different causes, the two upsets of this ICC Cricket World Cup included both the teams in question today. While Bangladesh registered a sensational win against South Africa, England were less fortunate. The hosts were defeated by Pakistan at Trent Bridge in an unexpected manner.
It’s this narrative which is set to make what was supposed to be a one-sided encounter a riveting clash. For England, this is an opportunity to reinstate their credentials as favourites for the title, something under question after their previous defeat. Meanwhile Bangladesh will be looking to build on the momentum amassed against South Africa and prove that they are more than just a team who can come up with the rare upsets.
Bangladesh vs Australia – What numbers suggest?
The two have hardly even encountered each other in ODIs with just the 20 matches being scrimmaged by the two. It’s as lopsided as it gets with England coming out on top 16 times as opposed to Bangladesh’s 4.
The most recent was a meeting in 2017 with England comprehensively defeating Bangladesh by 8 wickets at the Kennington Oval, London. In England, the two have played 7 times with England winning 6 times while Bangladesh have the sole win.
Bangladesh vs Australia – Key Battles
Jos Buttler vs Mohammad Saifuddin
Heading into this match with pivotal performances in their previous encounters, the expectations from both these world-class players have only gone up a notch. And it’s a match up which is bound to surface, given the positions both come into ply their trade in the match.
Given the ominous nature of the wicket at hand, Buttler could again see himself come in at a time when England are finding it hard to hold fort. The reason for his immense success is his ability to fearlessly take on any bowler right from ball one and play his full range of expansive shots. In 5 matches against Bangladesh, he’s scored a hefty 210 runs at an average of 52.50, one which is testament to his immense abilities.
Whilst Saifuddin has impressed one and all in this tournament, he is guilty of throwing the ball all over the track when under pressure. It’s going to go one away, either Buttler takes a real liking to him and cleans him apart of Saifuddin can induce a false shot in him with his slower deliveries.
Moeen Ali vs Shakib Al Hasan
In an inconsistent Bangladesh batting unit, way too vulnerable of collapsing, Shakib has managed to hold together the side with his dependable showings. He’s acted as the glue at number 3, intertwining the top and middle-order perfectly with his two half-centuries.
Things won’t be as easy for him though against Moeen Ali. The spinner has stepped up in the occasion of Adil Rashid putting in lacklustre displays with his wicket to wicket bowling seeing him pick up regular wickets. Shakib was castled by Imran Tahir against South Africa and in the five innings he has played against Moeen, he’s been enticed by the spinner twice.
What will work in Moeen’s favour here is the fact that his ability to keep bowling in the same area, n the offstump channel will perturb Shakib. Moeen gets the ball to skid into the batsmen and can easily can Shakib’s thick outside edge to the wicket-keeper or get a close in region catch.
Bangladesh vs Australia – What numbers suggest?
England are reeling from the aberration of having been stunned by Pakistan in their previous outing, a result which saw the side’s favourites tag come under heavy question. Elsewhere, Bangladesh come into the match having inflicting the same kind of unprecedented upset on South Africa with a 21-run win giving them the first win of their campaign.
Perhaps one of the toughest surfaces to bat on this tournament, England’s immense depth in batting will prove to be the difference maker on this wicket. With the overcast conditions and ample grass cover seeing the ball misbehave in the hands of the pacers, Bangladesh will be looking to Mustafizur Rahim and Mashrafe Mortaza to cramp up Bairstow, Root and Morgan early on and send back the big wickets cheaply.
At the end of the day though, we envision England to come out of this with a win. Expect them to chase if they win the toss and come out of this with the two points in front of their name.
