Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal (photo - Getty Images)
Bangladesh will face off Zimbabwe in the second and last T20I match in Dhaka tomorrow.
After winning the Test and ODI series Bangladesh continued their winning run and beat Zimbabwe by 48 runs in the first T20I match in Dhaka yesterday and now will look to seal the series tomorrow. As usual Bangladesh’s top order batsmen Liton Das, Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar continued their good run by playing good knocks. Though team will hope that middle order will also be get tested. In the bowling Mustafizur, Aminul Islam and Mohammed Saiuddin had a good outing. On the other hand, Zimbabwe needs to do a lot of hard work to leave this poor tour with a win and their seniors like Brendan Taylor and Sean Williams who haven’t had a good tour, have to lead from front otherwise the result will be same for them.
Match Details :
Match : BAN vs ZIM, Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh 2020
Date : 11 March 2020
Time : 5.30 PM IST
Venue : Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Head to Head :
T20I Matches – 12
Bangladesh won – 8
Zimbabwe won – 4
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in one off the Test match, in three match ODI series and now in the first T20I. Their batting and bowling have been excellent so far while Zimbabwe hasn’t been at their best till now and ahead of this T20I series we’ll analyse their strengths and weaknesses and will also make cricket match prediction
Strengths : Bangladesh’s strengths are their openers Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das who are in great form and bowlers Mohammed Saifuddin, Taijul Islam and Mustafizur Rahman who are bowling so well while Zimbabwe’s strengths are their all rounders who have done well with bat and ball so far.
Weaknesses : Bangladesh’s weakness is their middle order who haven’t been in good and also didn’t get enough chance in the ODI series to get form back while Zimbabwe’s weakness is their top order batting line up who hasn’t scored enough runs in the ODIs.
Bangladesh played good cricket in all formats of the game against this Zimbabwe side and those wins have given them some confidence and also their most of the players are back in form and that’s a good sign and now they need to be more consistent. On the other hand, Zimbabwe have been disappointing so far and this T20I series is their last chance to show their potential and what can they do on their day. On the basis of performance in Test and ODIs and seeing the squads our today match prediction is that Bangladesh will win the series tomorrow.
Following are the odds for this T20I match on two most famous betting sites –
Bet365 : Bangladesh : 1.16, Zimbabwe : 5.00
Betway : Bangladesh : 1.15, Zimbabwe : 4.75
On the basis of first T20I’s performance following players are the good picks for fantasy cricket teams –
Bangladesh :
Liton Das – 59 runs off 39 balls
Tamim Iqbal – 41 runs off 33 balls
Soumya Sarkar – 62 runs off 32 balls
Mustafizur Rahman and Aminul Islam – 3 wickets each
Zimbabwe :
Sikandar Raza – 1 wicket and 10 runs
Tinashe Kamunhukamwe – 28 runs
Donald Tiripano and Carl Mumba bowls four overs each and they are also handy batsmen so can be picked.
Bangladesh have dominated over Zimbabwe in all formats so far . They decimated them in one off the Test match and then in three match ODI series and now in the first T20I as well and will be eager to do that in the last T20I too. For dream11 prediction teams most of the players should be picked from Bangladesh and the likes of Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Mohammed Saifuddin and Mustafizur Rahman are must picks. Afif Hossain and Aminul Islam can also be good picks who had a good season of BBL. On the other hand, from Zimbabwe all rounders like Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Wesley Madhevere should be picked.