England are set to play their first T20I after becoming World Champions. Against them are Bangladesh, a side who can compete in ODIs, but have struggled consistently in T20 Cricket. Bangladesh started the ODI series as favorites with their home dominance, and ODI form looking capable of beating England, a side that continuous to revolutionize white-ball Cricket. In T20 Cricket though, they come in as underdogs, with a lot of work to do against the World Champions.

Match Details

Date: March 9th 2023

Time:  2:30 PM IST

Venue: Chattogram

BAN vs ENG Weather Report

The Weather at Chattogram is pretty good for the upcoming game.

BAN vs ENG Pitch Report

A slow and dry pitch is expected with the same track from the third ODI being used for the first T20.

BAN vs ENG Head-to-Head

Played- 1 | England- 1 | Bangladesh- 0

BAN vs ENG Predicted Playing XI

Bangladesh Playing XI

Rony Talukdar, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hriday, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Hasun Mohammad, Mustafizur Rahman

England Playing XI

Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Rehan Ahmed, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer

BAN vs ENG Key Players

Rony Talukdar

Rony Talukdar is back in international cricket after a gap of eight years. Consistency in domestic cricket has helped him stay in the fray as he now finds his way back after a good BPL season, preventing his international career from fading away after a solitary chance. Now, with a chance of a longer run as Bangladesh struggle to find opening partners, Talukdar has a better chance of making the opening spot i

Phil Salt

Phil Salt is off to a slow start on his Bangladesh tour. Big scores have been eluding him for a while and the ODI series was another incident where he failed to get away.

BAN vs ENG Match Tips

England come in as favorites given Bangladesh’s poor record in T20is and struggles against the bigger nations in the shortest format.

Match Prediction: England Will Win the Match