England and Bangladesh face-off in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 opener at The Oval on Thursday afternoon.
England and Bangladesh faced each other in the pre-quarters of the 2015 World Cup in Australia. Bangladesh stunned the three-time finalists in match and sent them packing. Since then, it has been a stunning rise in the ranks for both teams.
Bangladesh continued to cause upsets in international cricket, most recent being the win over New Zealand in the Tri-Nation series which gave them the number six pot in the ICC ODI rankings, the highest they have ever gone.
England have not looked a stalling unit not ready to change the old approach. Captain Eoin Morgan has done some fantastic work and attacking mode in the only operational one in England.
In their last 12 ODIs, England have managed to post 300-plus scores in 10 matches, including a 444 for 3. In one match they posted 296 for 6 and the other in which they missed out was the final ODI against South Africa in which they were bowled out for 183. They have won 10 of those matches as well.
But, both teams suffered stunning collapse in their final matches before the ICC Champions Trophy. England were 20 for 6 against South Africa; while Bangladesh were 22 for 6 against India in the final warm-up game.
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Team News : England vs Bangladesh
England captain Eoin Morgan has confirmed Ben Stokes is likely to bowl against Bangladesh in the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy. Stokes has been struggling with a knee injury; and was forced to sit out the final one-day international against South Africa on Monday.
The return of both Stokes and Woakes is bad news for Jonny Bairstow; who willAmiss out on a place in the side despite top scoring for England in the defeat by South Africa at Lord’s.
Bangladesh will aim to emulate their 2015 World Cup win over England; when Mahmudullah’s hundred paved the way for a memorable victory at the Adelaide Oval.
The signs were encouraging as the Tigers racked up 342 in their opening warm-up match, against Pakistan; as Tamim Iqbal smashed 102 off 93 balls – a match Pakistan won by two wickets with three balls remaining.
However one day after England slipped to 20-6 in the third ODI against South Africa; Bangladesh collapsed to 22-6 before losing to India by 240 runs.
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha admitted the heavy defeat had exposed the team’s batting frailties in seam-friendly conditions.
“Obviously it affects the confidence a little bit, but this is a practice game,” he said. “It’s a big game for us, the first game of the Champions Trophy. But our preparation was good apart from this game so we are confident anyway.”
Possible Playing XI :
England : Eoin Morgan (C), Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wkt), Moen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood.
Bangladesh : Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Shafiur Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Shakib al-Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain.
