The mega event of ICC T20 World Cup has been completed as Australia won their maiden title at UAE. Within a week, Bangladesh is all set to host Pakistan for a three-match T20I series followed by two Test matches. Both the teams had contrasting performances in the World Cup, as Pakistan won all five games of their group and Bangladesh lost all five games after qualifying into super 12.
Both the teams faced each other in their last bilateral T20I series in 2020 at Lahore where Pakistan managed to win a series by 2-0 against the visitors. However, Bangladesh has a pretty good record at home as they recently defeated Australia and New Zealand so it will be a challenging task for the men in green.
Match Conditions
Venue: Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur
Date and time: November 19, 2021 | 3.30 PM IST
Weather: It will be clean weather with no rain expected.
Playing XI Probables
Bangladesh
The host made as many as six changes from their T20 World Cup squad as Shakib Al Hasan and Saifuddin are unavailable due to injury. Mushfiqur Rahim, who was one of their best performers in the world cup has been rested due to workload. Akbar Ali will get wicket-keeping responsibility in this series. In the bowling department, Mustafizur Rahman will lead the pace attack along with Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam.
Probable Playing XI: Mohammad Naim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mahmudullah (c), Saif Hassan, Akbar Ali (wk), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Pakistan
Pakistan won all five games in their group of ICC T20 World Cup 2021. However, they lost their semi-final game against Australia but this team was on top as far as match-winning performances are concerned. They have made just one change as Iftikhar Ahmed comes back in place of Mohammad Hafeez for this series.
Probable Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
What can you expect?
Pakistan is currently in tremendous form and they are the better side in this format so they will start as favorites in this game. However, Bangladesh has played decent cricket in the recent series at home but looking at team balance and current form, Pakistan will be the favorites to win this game.
Fantasy Suggestions
It will be a spinner’s game at Mirpur. Both teams have quality spinners so picking perfect bowlers will give maximum fantasy points. Pick the top-order players.
