Bangladesh and Ireland will be squaring off in the third match of the triangular series which will be played at the Village in Dublin. The hosts Ireland lost their opening encounter against Windies by a hefty margin of 196 runs, whereas, Bangladesh emerged victorious in their opening game against Windies by 8 wickets to kick-off their campaign.
The previous two games were played at the Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin, whereas the next two (including this match) will be played at the Village in Dublin. Bangladesh who were playing their first ODI after quite some time didn’t look rusty at all in a chase of 261. Tamim Iqbal’s 80 off 116, Soumya Sarkar’s 79 off 68 and Shakib-al-Hasan’s 61 off 61 proved enough for Bangladesh who reached the target with 5 overs to spare and 8 wickets in hand.
With a win on their backs, Bangladesh will start the favourites in this match and one more loss to Ireland will mean that Windies will enter the finals along with Bangladesh.
Rain is a forecast in Dublin along with windy conditions. This might help the seam bowlers to move the ball little bit in the air. Batting against the new ball will be difficult and the batsmen have to be patient to get their chances.
Ireland won: 00
Bangladesh won: 04
No Result: 01
Bangladesh vs Ireland
Venue: The Village, Dublin
Time: May 09, 03:15 PM
Bangladesh squad to face Ireland:
Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Abu Jayed, Nayeem Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Yasir Ali, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Farhad Reza, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain
Ireland squad to face Bangladesh:
William Porterfield (c), George Dockrell, Gary Wilson, Stuart Thompson, Kevin O’Brien, Barry McCarthy, Paul Stirling, Andrew McBrine, James McCollum, Tim Murtagh, Andrew Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker, Boyd Rankin, Josh Little.
Bangladesh:
It was a clobbering sort of batting performance from Bangladesh batsmen in the last game as Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar and all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan all were among runs. In the bowling department, Mustafizur Rahman and skipper Mashrafe Mortaza both were among wickets. Tamim has scored 2 fifties in his last 5 ODI innings
Ireland:
For the Irish side, Andy Balbirnie and skipper William Porterfield will hold the key along with Paul Stirling in the batting department. In the bowling department, Tim Murtagh, George Dockrell and Barry McCarthy will hold the key. Boyd Rankin was a notable absentee in the last match and is in full contention to make it to the eleven for this game.