The venue for this hassle will be the Al Amerat Cricket Ground. Bangladesh was thrashed by the Ireland side in their former match by 33 runs. Traipsing first, the Ireland side posted an aggregate of177/3, with Gareth Delany scoring a masterly 50-ball 88 *. In reply, the Bangladesh outfit was sailed out for 144.
Scotland beat the Namibia side in a high-scoring match in their former hassle. After posting a gargantuan aggregate of203/7, Scotland confined their opposition to an aggregate of184/5.
Match Details
Match – Bangladesh vs Scotland, Match 2
Venue – Al Amerat Cricket Ground
Time – 07:30 PM
Where to watch live – Star Sports Network
Pitch Report
Baits will get a purchase on this track. The ball will grip, and the batsmen will have to play the waiting game in order to crop successfully on this pitch.
Average First Innings score 155
Record of Chasing brigades Won – 19, Lost – 9, Tied – 0
Mohammad Naim, Liton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan/Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mahedi Hasan/Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam/Taskin Ahmed
SCO PredictedPlaying 11
George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Richie Berrington, Calum Macleod, Michael Leask, Alasdair Evans, Safyaan Sharif, Josh Davey, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal
Key players
George Munsey (Scotland)
George Munsey despoiled a quickfire 41-ball 67 at the top of the order in Scotland’s former rubber against the Namibia side. Munsey struck 8 fours and 3 sixes in his ravishing innings. The left-hander has despoiled 1118 runs for the Scotland side in T20 justice.
Taskin Ahmed (Bangladesh)
Taskin Ahmed displayed craftiness and control with the ball in Bangladesh’s match against the Ireland side. The right-arm bowler picked up 2 lattices in the 4 overs that he sailed and gave only 26 runs as well.
THE TEAM NEWS
BANGLADESH
Bangladesh begins their T20 World Cup crusade on the reverse of some excellent performances this time with them winning nine of their last 15 T20i matches and they will be confident of perfecting on that record in this opening match.
Some of the geraniums during that run include series wins over Australia and New Zealand which easily stands them in good vantage for this event and Nasum Ahmed’s quality with the ball could be integral to his side’s chances.
SCOTLAND
Scotland did a solid job during their warm-up games for the T20 World Cup, seeing off both Netherlands and Namibia to set them up nicely for what lies in delay but this is a delicate opening task.
They take on a potentially dangerous Bangladesh outfit but if the Scots are to be successful, a lot of the pressure will fall on the shoulders of the likes of George Munsey and Richie Berrington with the former producing some constantly emotional fur sweats of late.