T20 World Cup 2021: Match 20 – England vs Bangladesh Match Preview, Playing XI and broadcast details

If you are in the England camp going into the match against the Bangladesh side, then you will have a smile spread across your face. For, Eoin Morgan and his men will enter this contest after dishing out an absolute thrashing to the West Indies side in their opening match of the 2021 T20 World Cup.

England beat the West Indies with 6 wickets and a whopping 70 balls to spare in their opening rubber. Such was the sad state of affairs for the West Indies side that their entire innings lasted just 14.2 overs, and they were bowled out for a paltry total of 55.

Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid together gobbled up 6 batsmen between them, while Tymal Mills also chipped in with a couple of wickets as well. With the bat, Jos Buttler scored a sedate 24* to help Eoin Morgan and his men romp home with ease.

The batting department is also firing for the England side, and the England willow wielders smashed in excess of 160 in both their warm-up matches against New Zealand and India. So, going into this clash, the England side will be confident.

Bangladesh will enter this match on the back of a loss against the Sri Lankan side. Even though the Bangladesh side posted a good total of 171/4 on the board, the Sri Lankan batsmen were up to the task, and the 2014 World T20 champions chased down the target with 5 wickets in hand.

For the Bangladesh side too, the batsmen have done a good job in the tournament so far. The Bangladesh side has scored in excess of 150 in 3 out of the 4 matches that they have played in the competition.

With the ball too, the bowlers have been decent. In all the 4 matches put together, the Bangladesh bowlers have scalped 33 wickets. And, even though Bangladesh lost their opening match of the Super 12 stages, there is no need to press the panic button as there is still a long way to go in the tournament.

England will look to continue with their good run of form when they take the field against Bangladesh, while the Bangladeshi Tigers will be looking for a reversal of fortunes.

Pitch and Conditions

Winning the toss and bowling first will be the ideal thing to do on this surface, as 4 out of the 5 matches played in the tournament on this pitch so far have been won by the side batting second. Batsmen should get their eye in on this surface, and once they do, they will be rewarded for their shots.

Playing Combinations for ENG vs BAN

England

England are likely to go in with the same side that took the field against the West Indies in their previous match.

Predicted XI: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (WK), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Eoin Morgan (C), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills

Bangladesh

Bangladesh might want to bring in Taskin Ahmed in place of Nasum Ahmed. The rest of the players pick themselves.

Predicted XI: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (C), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (WK), Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed/Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

ENG vs BAN Head-to-Head

This will be the first meeting between the two sides in T20I cricket

ENG vs BAN Broadcast Details

Match Timings – 03:30 PM IST

TV – Star Sports Network

Live Streaming – Disney+Hotstar