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Bangladesh L W W L L
Netherlands L W L L L
Head-to-Head
Bangladesh have a wood over the Netherlands in the T20 head-to-head encounters, having won three out of four games. Bangladesh have won the last two games against the Netherlands in the 2016 and 2022 World Cups, respectively.
Venue details and weather forecast
Venue: Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent
Average first innings score: 123/8
Bat first / Bat second split: Batting second teams have won four games whereas the batting first team have won one game
Pace and spin split: Average 25.1 vs 14.3, Economy 7.6 vs 5.7, Percentage of wickets 32.5% vs 67.5%
Players to watch out for
Towhid Hridoy - In two games, Towhid Hridoy has already scored 77 runs at a strike rate of 142.6. He is the highest run-scorer among both teams in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, plus he makes it sustainable with a balls per dismissal rate of 27.0. He has scored 30+ runs in seven out of 11 innings, and Bangladesh have won five of those matches this year.
Mahmudullah: The Bangladeshi batter has scored crucial runs for the team down the order and has averaged 32.1 in T20s this year – his second-highest in a year in T20s. In the ongoing World Cup, Mahmudullah scored 16*(13) against Sri Lanka and 20 (27) v South Africa. Mahmudullah has better returns while batting first this year while Bangladesh have batted first in both their games in this World Cup till now.
Rishad Hossain: Leg spinner Rishad Hossain has been active on the T20 circuit since 2019 but is finally having his breakthrough year in 2024, where he has, for the first time, played more than 10 T20s in a year. He has not gone wicketless even once in his last five innings in T20s.
Key battles
Mustafizur Rahman vs Netherlands top-order
The left-arm Bangladeshi pacer has been a rage in the powerplay in the ongoing World Cup, having an economy rate of 4.8 in the first six overs. Even in the middle-overs phase, he has an economy of 6.5. Netherlands batters need to be watchful against him.
Cricket.com’s suggested Fantasy XI
Probable playing XIs
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Jaker Ali, Mahmudullah, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman
Netherlands: Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Vikramjit Singh, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma
Streaming and Telecast details
The match will begin at 6 AM IST on June 13 (Thursday) and will be streamed and telecasted on Disney+ Hotstar and Star Sports.
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