Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh (photo - Getty Images)
Bangladesh will face off Zimbabwe in the first T20I match in Dhaka tomorrow.
After winning the one off Test and three ODIs series Bangladesh will look to carry that good from into the two match T20I series too. This year in October-November T20 World Cup will be played so keeping that in mind this is going to be a very important series for Bangladesh as they will look to prepare a solid team for that event. Captain Mahmudullah has to lead from front and the likes of Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Souyma Sakar will be the backbone of batting line while in bowling Mustafizur Rahman, Mohmmad Saifuddin and Shaiful Islam will be the trump cards in the bowling. On the other hand, Zimbabwe will look to do better in this series after a poor tour so far. The likes of Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza have to perform in a unit otherwise it would be tough for them to challenge this inform Bangladesh side.
Match Details :
Match : BAN vs ZIM, Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh 2020
Date : 9 March 2020
Time : 5.30 PM IST
Venue : Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Head to Head :
T20I Matches – 11
Bangladesh won – 7
Zimbabwe won – 4
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in one off the Test match and three match ODI series. 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 Test and ODIs 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 dominate in this T20I series too.
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 : 5.00
On the basis of three match ODI series’ performance following players are the good picks for fantasy cricket teams –
Bangladesh :
Liton Das – 311 runs in 3 innings (2*100)
Tamim Iqbal – 310 runs in 3 innings (2*100)
Mohammad Saifuddin – 7 wickets in 2 innings
Zimbabwe :
Sikandar Raza – 148 runs in 3 innings
Carl Mumba – 6 wickets in 2 innings
Wesley Madhevere – 129 runs and 2 wickets in 3 innings
Bangladesh have dominated over Zimbabwe so far. They decimated them in one off the Test match and then in three match ODI series and now will be eager to do that in T20I series 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.