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Sports Mole previews the 2024 T20 World Cup match between the West Indies and the United States, scheduled to be played at the Sir Vivian Richards on Saturday.

India will continue their bid to win a second T20 World Cup trophy when they face Bangladesh in Saturday’s Super Eight matchup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

Bangladesh need a win after beginning the Super Eight phase with a heavy defeat to Australia, while India already have two points on the board after beating Afghanistan on Thursday.

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India are bidding to win their first ICC tournament since winning the Champions Trophy in England and Wales in 2013.

For a nation blessed with so much talent, it is perhaps surprising that they have not won the T20 World Cup since MS Dhoni‘s side prevailed in the inaugural tournament in 2007.

Seventeen years later, Rohit Sharma‘s side appear to be well set to go all the way after breezing through the group stage and winning their opening match in the Super Eight phase.

After beginning their campaign with a dominant over Ireland, the Men in Blue went on to beat their arch-rivals Pakistan and tournament co-hosts USA to seal their spot in the Super Eight with a game to spare.

As it proved, their final group encounter against Canada was abandoned due to rain, giving them a little bit more time to prepare for the Super Eight phase, where they are battling for a top-two spot in a group featuring Afghanistan, Bangladesh and 2021 T20 World Cup winners Australia.

They began the Super Eight with a relatively comfortable win over Afghanistan, posting 181 from their 20 overs before bowling out their opponents for 134, and another win on Saturday will be enough to secure a semi-final place if Australia pick up two points in the group’s other match.

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With that permutation in mind, Bangladesh will most likely need to beat India to keep their hopes alive of reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time.

In fact, Bangladesh have only previously appeared in the semi-finals of a major ICC event on one occasion, reaching the last four of the 2017 Champions Trophy before losing to India by nine wickets at Edgbaston.

While a semi-final appearance will be the dream, Bangladesh may already view the World Cup as a success after they came through a tricky group to reach the Super Eight phase.

Bangladesh claimed victories against Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Nepal to finish in second place and two points behind unbeaten group winners South Africa.

Unfortunately for Bangladesh, they were given a harsh reality check in Thursday’s Super Eight clash, mustering 140 from their 20 overs before Australia quickly racked up 100 from 11.2 overs for just the loss of two wickets, ensuring that they were well ahead of the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern total when the rain came to cut the match short.

The Tigers will be looking for a positive response against India, and they will need to produce a better performance than the one that they managed in their 60-run defeat to the Men in Blue in a World Cup warm-up game earlier this month.

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Suryakumar Yadav is India’s second-highest run-scorer at the World Cup after hitting his 19th half-century in T20 internationals in the win over Afghanistan.

Virat Kohli has experienced a disappointing tournament up until this point, having mustered 29 runs across his four innings, but he still possesses the quality to single-handedly lead his side over the line.

Jasprit Bumrah remains India’s most dangerous bowler after posting remarkable figures in Thursday’s match, taking three wickets for just the concession of seven runs.

Meanwhile, Sharma will have to decide whether to recall paceman Mohammed Siraj or stick with the left-arm wrist spin of Kuldeep Yadav.

As for Bangladesh, Towhid Hridoy is currently his country’s leading run scorer at the tournament after accumulating 135 runs from his five innings.

The experienced Shakib Al Hasan has hit 100 runs in the competition, largely thanks to a 64 not out in the win over the Netherlands, but in addition to his batting efforts, the left-arm spinner will also have a role to play with the ball.

Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain has proven to be one of Bangladesh’s standout players at the World Cup after picking up nine wickets at an average of 13.88.

Seamer Tanzim Hasan Sakib has also taken nine wickets, and he will also be key if the Tigers are to get on top of India’s impressive batting lineup.

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

Bangladesh squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Tanvir Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Tournament so far

India

Group stage

Match One: India won by 8 wickets
Ireland – 96 (16)
India – 97/2 (12.2)

Match Two: India won by 6 runs
India – 119 (19)
Pakistan – 113/7 (20)

Match Three: India won by 7 wickets
USA – 110/8 (20)
India – 111/3 (18.2)

Match Four: No Result

Super Eight

Match Five: India won by 47 runs
India – 181/8 (20)
Afghanistan – 134 (20)

Bangladesh

Group stage

Match One: Bangladesh won by 2 wickets
Sri Lanka – 124/9 (20)
Bangladesh – 125/8 (19)

Match Two: Bangladesh lost by 2 wickets
South Africa – 113/6 (20)
Bangladesh – 109/7 (20)

Match Three – Bangladesh won by 25 runs
Bangladesh – 159/5 (20)
Netherlands – 134/8 (20)

Match Four: Bangladesh won by 21 runs
Bangladesh – 106 (19.3)
Nepal – 85 (19.2)

Super Eight

Match Five: Bangladesh lost by 28 runs (DLS)
Bangladesh – 140/8 (20)
Australia – 100/2 (11.2)

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We say: India to win

Bangladesh have tended to fare well with the ball at the tournament, but they have struggled to match those standards when it has been their turn to bat, and that potential weakness could be exposed against India’s elite bowling lineup, which is why we think that the Men in Blue will emerge victorious on Saturday.

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Sports Mole previews the 2024 T20 World Cup match between Australia and Bangladesh, scheduled to be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Friday.

The Super Eight phase of the 2024 T20 World Cup will resume on Friday morning with Australia taking on Bangladesh at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua and Barbuda.

Australia came through the group stage of the competition with a perfect record and won Group B, while Bangladesh defied the odds to edge Sri Lanka to a qualification spot in Group D.

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Australia’s dream of becoming the first side in history to hold the title in all three formats of the game simultaneously is still alive, as they emerged from the group stages as one of only three teams to have played and won all four of their scheduled fixtures.

Given the dominant fashion that they dispatched the associate nations and at no point looked likely to lose to England, there is a case to be made that they were the pick of the teams in the first round, which has also seen them shorten in price significantly, closing the gap to current tournament favourites India.

However, Mitchell Marsh‘s side are now set to encounter a very tricky situation, having been drawn into Group A, which is made up of three Asian teams, India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, which suggests that they are likely to face a trial by spin over this phase of the competition.

Notably, Marsh seems to have already taken this into consideration, as we saw him alter his bowling plans in their last group-stage match against Scotland, where he played all three of his spinners and allowed them their full four-over quotas, while Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were given a rest.

While the Aussies will already have one eye on their blockbuster matchup against India next week, they will know that they cannot overlook Bangladesh, having suffered a 4-1 defeat to the Tigers in their last five-match series at the end of 2021.

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Meanwhile, Bangladesh got their T20 World Cup campaign started on a high note, securing an opening-match victory against Sri Lanka with a successful chase of 125 in 19 overs, led by Towhid Hridoy‘s explosive 40 runs off 20 balls.

The Tigers’ only setback in the first round came against South Africa in game two, where they narrowly lost by four runs in a closely contested game that they might feel slipped through their fingers.

In their final group-stage fixture, Bangladesh overcame Nepal with a 21-run victory, thanks to a career-best four-wicket haul by Tanzim Hasan Sakib that helped earn their place in the Super Eights, aiming for their first ICC Trophy.

Sakib is now one of four bowlers currently tied for second place in the leading wicket-taker standings with nine wickets during the first round of the competition, three behind outright leader Fazalhaq Farooqi of Afghanistan.

Bangladesh have competed in all nine editions of the T20 World Cup and possess an all-time record of 12 wins, 29 losses and one no-result in 42 games. This is only the second time they have reached the Super Eight phase in the 12-team format of the competition.

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In his debut T20 World Cup match, left-arm spinner Ashton Agar was given the new ball against Scotland and delivered a spell of 4-0-39-1. It will be interesting to see if Marsh maintains the same tactic or reverts to his pacemen from the start.

Earlier this week, it was announced that all-rounder Marcus Stoinis had ascended to the number one position in the ICC Men’s T20I all-rounder rankings, thanks to his exceptional performance in this competition.

In the latest ICC rankings, Stoinis leads with a rating of 231, followed by Sri Lanka captain Wanindu Hasaranga in second place and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan in third.

Speaking of Al Hasan, the Bangladesh veteran has had a fairly quiet tournament, managing only one innings of real significance, when he helped his side to victory over the Netherlands with an excellent unbeaten 64 of 46 balls in game three.

While Tanzim Sakib has gained most of the headlines for his bowling performances in the competition, Mustafizur Rahman has largely gone under the radar but has been just as valuable to the Tigers. The left-armer has taken seven wickets in four games and rounds out the current top-10 leading wicket-takers in the tournament.

Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa

Bangladesh squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Tanvir Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Series so far

Australia

Match One: Australia won by 39 runs
Australia – 164/5 (20)
Oman – 125/9 (20)

Match Two: Australia won by 36 runs
Australia – 201/7 (20)
England – 165/6 (20)

Match Three: Australia won by 9 wickets
Namibia – 72 (17)
Australia – 74/1 (5.4)

Match Four: Australia won by 5 wickets
Scotland – 180/5 (20)
Australia – 186/5 (19.4)

Bangladesh

Match One: Bangladesh won by 2 wickets
Sri Lanka – 124/9 (20)
Bangladesh – 125/8 (19)

Match Two: Bangladesh lost by 2 wickets
South Africa – 113/6 (20)
Bangladesh – 109/7 (20)

Match Three – Bangladesh won by 25 runs
Bangladesh – 159/5 (20)
Netherlands – 134/8 (20)

Match Four: Bangladesh won by 21 runs
Bangladesh – 106 (19.3)
Nepal – 85 (19.2)

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We say: Australia to win

While Bangladesh have done very well to this point, they have not faced any side that has looked as good as Australia in this tournament. The Baggy Greens have barely broken a sweat so far and we feel they will win this match fairly comfortably.

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Sports Mole previews the 2024 T20 World Cup match between South Africa and Bangladesh, scheduled to be played at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.

South Africa will look to set one foot in the Super Eight of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup when they take on Bangladesh at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Monday afternoon.

The Proteas currently lead ‘the group of death’ with a perfect two-for-two record, while the Tigers have got off to a promising start, beating Sri Lanka in their tournament opener on Saturday.

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South Africa have made the perfect start in their quest to earn their first T20 World Cup title, rattling off back-to-back convincing victories over Sri Lanka in their first match before overcoming bogey side the Netherlands on Saturday afternoon.

In the first match, the Proteas reduced the Lions to their lowest T20I total of 77 all out in 19.1 overs and chased it down in fairly straightforward fashion thanks to what many consider the side’s most stable middle-order of their white-ball era.

As it turned out, it was the South African middle-order that did the business again in match two, with David Miller scoring a meticulous and unbeaten 59 from 51 balls, helping his side recover from a shocking 12-4 start to claim a tense victory by four wickets with seven balls to spare.

Ottniel Baartman, who is the leading South African wicket-taker in T20s this year, delivered another stellar performance, taking four wickets and achieving his career-best figures of 4/11, as South Africa restricted the Netherlands to 103 for nine wickets in their 20-over allotment.

Up next for the Proteas are Bangladesh, a side that they have beaten in all eight of their previous T20I encounters, including in each of the last two editions of this tournament, and while another victory here will not guarantee their qualification just yet, it will put them firmly in the driver’s seat to reach the next round.

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Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s T20 record leading up to this tournament was far from convincing, as they suffered series losses to Sri Lanka and the United States before being blown away by India in their warm-up match at the start of the month.

However, all of those results will feel like a long time ago for the Tigers now after they upset the bookmakers by pulling off a two-wicket victory in a gripping encounter against the Lions in Texas over the weekend.

After a fairly poor start with the ball, Rishad Hossain changed the momentum of the innings by producing a brilliant spell of leg-spin, notching up his career-best T20I figures of 3/22 as Bangladesh fought back to restrict Sri Lanka to 124-9.

Liton Das (36) and Towhid Hridoy (40) then put Bangladesh in a commanding position in their run chase before some excellent pace bowling from Nuwan Thushara (4/18) in his second spell threatened a late twist in the plot. However, veteran Mahmudullah used all his experience to guide Bangladesh over the line with an unbeaten 16.

According to the pre-tournament odds, Sri Lanka were fancied to join South Africa in the next round of the competition, but owing to the Lions’ atrocious first two results, Bangladesh will now have the Super Eight firmly in their sights, and reaching that milestone will likely depend heavily on the result against the Flying Dutchmen, who they face on June 13.

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Tristan Stubbs seems to have carried his excellent form in the Indian Premier League to this tournament, and his 33 off 37 in a crucial 65-run partnership was key to South Africa’s victory over the Netherlands last weekend.

Reeza Hendricks‘ spot in the side is now undoubtedly under scrutiny after he suffered another cheap dismissal at the top of the order on Saturday. The opener now has the lowest strike rate in T20Is among South Africa’s top six batsmen.

After producing his career-best numbers in match one, Anrich Nortje was rapid yet again in match two, adding another two wickets to his tally, and he should almost certainly retain his spot for this match.

Tanzid Hasan and Soumya Sarkar both failed at the top of the order, contributing three runs between them, and the pair will likely be given one more opportunity here before Najmul Hossain Shanto considers a few changes.

Youngster Rishad Hossain has emerged as one to watch in this competition and will likely carry the majority of the spin bowling responsibilities alongside veteran and the number-one-ranked T20 all-rounder in the world Shakib Al Hasan.

South Africa squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs. Reserves: Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi.

Bangladesh squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.

Series so far

South Africa

Match One: South Africa won by 6 wickets
Sri Lanka – 77 (19.1)
South Africa – 80/4 (16.2)

Match Two: South Africa won by 4 wickets
Netherlands – 109/9 (20)
South Africa – 106/6 (18.5)

Bangladesh

Match One: Bangladesh won by 2 wickets
Sri Lanka – 124/9 (20)
Bangladesh – 125/8 (19)

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We say: South Africa to win

South Africa have undoubtedly been the pick of the sides in Group D up to this point, and their player’s involvement in the recently completed IPL seems to have done wonders as they look fit and sharp both with the bat and ball.

While Bangladesh can never be overlooked in the shortest format of the game, their record against the Proteas is very poor, and we feel they will struggle to match the quality of the Southern Hemisphere side in this one.

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Sports Mole previews the 2024 T20 World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, scheduled to be played at Grand Prairie Stadium on Saturday.

Match 15 in the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup will come from group D, with Sri Lanka taking on Bangladesh at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas on Saturday morning.

The Sri Lankans will enter this match looking to bounce back from an opening-round defeat to South Africa while the visitors are making their first appearance in this year’s tournament.

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Since winning the T20 World Cup back in 2014, Sri Lanka have fallen off the radar in recent years and look likely to face a challenging task to emerge from this group, which also features the Netherlands, Nepal and South Africa.

After winning the toss and electing to bat first in their opening match, the Lions were taken apart by the Proteas, as they managed just 77 runs before being bowled out in 19.2 overs, with none of their batsmen posting a score of more than 20 runs.

A major problem that the Sri Lankans have faced in recent years has been their lack of batting depth and that was clearly evident again in their opening match with Wanindu Hasaranga, Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka contributing just six runs as a collective in the middle-order.

However, while their struggles with the bat are evident, the Lions would have taken some positives from their bowling performance, which, despite having only 77 runs to defend, managed to take the game to 17th over and knocked over four wickets in the process.

Although they lost their opening match, Sri Lanka will enter this contest with confidence, having won four of their last five matches against this opponent, including a series win in Bangladesh earlier this year.

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Meanwhile, Bangladesh have arguably had the best warm-up campaign of any side at the T20 World Cup this year, having arrived in the US early and played a series against the hosts to better prepare and adapt to the conditions.

Unfortunately, their performances during their prep games have been far from impressive, as they lost the series against the US 2-1, with their sole victory coming in a match that saw the co-hosts of this tournament rest several of their first-team players.

Thereafter, the Tigers were easily outdone by India in their final warm-up match, and now enter the main competition having won only one of their last four T20 games, including a nine-run defeat to Zimbabwe at the start of last month.

While Tanzid Tamim has been a breath of fresh air, scoring three half-centuries in his first seven games, a recurring issue the side has experienced in recent times has been their top-order’s inability to lay a platform for them to build on, with the likes of Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, and Nazmul Hossain Shantoof misfiring miserably this year.

Nonetheless, Bangladesh are never a side to underestimate and have more than enough class and experience in their ranks, such as Mahmudullah and Shakib Al Hasan, who will need to step up and provide Najmul Hossain Shanto some much-needed support as he undertakes his first ICC tournament as the new captain.

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Kusal Mendis stamped his authority on last year’s 50-over World Cup in India and will be hoping to do the same in the Caribbean. The right-handed batter has scored nearly 1,200 runs in this World Cup cycle, nearly 500 more than the next Sri Lankan.

Angelo Mathews and Dasun Shanaka will bring huge experience as seam-bowling all-rounders, while captain Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana and Dunith Wellalage should provide the spin-bowling alternatives.

For Bangladesh, vice-captain Taskin Ahmed has been flagged as an injury doubt in the lead-up to this weekend’s fixture, and his fitness is expected to be assessed prior to the final team announcement.

Right-hander Towhid Hridoy has been tipped to have a good competition, coming off the back of two 400+ run seasons in the typically low-scoring Bangladesh Premier League, where he was striking at over 150 against pace bowling.

Sri Lanka squad: Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka.

Bangladesh squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Kumer Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.

Series so far

Sri Lanka

Match One: Sri lanka lost by 6 wickets
Sri Lanka – 77 (19.1)
South Africa – 80/4 (16.2)

Bangladesh

Bangladesh are playing their first match of the competition.

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We say: Sri Lanka to win

While Sri Lanka’s opening match against the Proteas was well below expectations, the experience would have been invaluable and they will have a much better understanding of how to navigate the pitches and conditions here, which have proven difficult for even the best teams in the competition.

With two well-matched sides going head to head here, it would not surprise us if this match went down to the wire, but we are backing the Lions to come out on top and register their first points of the tournament.

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