Who: Bangladesh vs South Africa
What: ICC T20 World Cup Group D match
When: Monday, June 10, 10:30am native time (14:30 GMT)
The place: Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium, New York, US
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South Africa go into their conflict in opposition to Bangladesh figuring out a win will all however seal their spot within the Tremendous Eight stage of the T20 World Cup.
The Proteas have had two contrasting encounters on the difficult pitch at New York’s Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium, however they may take the expertise of taking part in two matches after they meet Bangladesh on Monday.
Ought to Aiden Markram’s facet win, they may consolidate their prime place within the so-called group of loss of life which additionally consists of Sri Lanka, the Netherlands and Nepal.
However Markram is cautious of the risk Bangladesh pose, particularly with their all-round bowling assault.
“It’s going to be a correct problem for us [against] a very sturdy Bangladesh group,” the South Africa captain instructed reporters on Sunday.
The Proteas have performed all their matches in New York to date and have a slight edge over Bangladesh, who final performed on the venue in a June 1 warm-up match in opposition to India, and Markram mentioned the better data of the circumstances will assist them plan higher.
“We will develop plans [on] easy methods to get to a rating of possibly about 140 if we bat first and hopefully then our bowlers can do the remainder.”
Bangladesh loved nice help of their first match in opposition to Sri Lanka in Dallas, and Markram expects extra of the identical in New York however mentioned his facet will concentrate on the motion contained in the boundary ropes and never past.
“I believe there are fairly just a few South Africans residing [here] – so for them to come back out of their numbers and get behind us has been fairly cool.”
Bangladesh prepared for a ‘good battle’
In the meantime, Bangladesh’s coach Chandika Hathurusinghe mentioned his group was “relieved” to have gotten over the road in opposition to Sri Lanka of their first match, however he expects them to carry out higher of their remaining three group video games.
“These days, we now have been inconsistent,” the coach mentioned, blaming it on a insecurity.
“Confidence performs an enormous half in T20 cricket and it’s a troublesome format as a result of it’s important to [be on the] get-go from the beginning.”
Bangladesh’s batting has been poor in latest video games however middle-order batters Liton Das and Towhid Hridoy have hit kind within the T20 World Cup. Each batters have been prime scorers for the Tigers in opposition to Sri Lanka. Hridoy hit 4 sixes in his 20-ball-40.
Nevertheless, the circumstances in New York will likely be totally different and Hathurusinghe expects batters to nonetheless discover it troublesome to hit large photographs regardless of the latest enchancment within the taking part in floor.
“In the event that they [batters] can’t adapt to the circumstances, it’s troublesome for them. [Their] success relies on their potential to adapt.”
Hathurusinghe mentioned the South African bowling assault can pose issues for his facet however they’re prepared for “ battle”.
Pitch and climate circumstances
The much-talked about New York pitch appears comparatively settled since its opening match between India and Eire, though bowlers ought to nonetheless discover loads of help.
The India-Pakistan recreation a day earlier noticed each groups surpass 100 runs on the brand new floor that was unveiled for the match.
The climate forecast is partly cloudy with a lightweight breeze. Intermittent gentle showers might disrupt the sport for a short interval.
Head-to-head
South Africa take pleasure in dominance over their South Asian opponents within the T20 codecs, having gained all of their eight encounters comfortably.
Three of those wins have come within the T20 World Cup.
Type information
Bangladesh squeezed previous Sri Lanka of their opening recreation, however solely simply. Previous to the World Cup, they misplaced a T20 collection in opposition to co-hosts USA and gained a closely-fought T20 collection at house in opposition to Zimbabwe.
South Africa have been in a position to overcome a powerful Dutch problem of their second recreation, largely because of David Miller’s heroics with the bat. The sport was performed in New York and the Netherlands’ disciplined bowling had the Proteas on the ropes. Markram’s males gained their opening match in opposition to Sri Lanka, in New York as effectively, with relative ease. Nevertheless, they misplaced a T20 collection in opposition to West Indies 3-0 shortly earlier than the World Cup
Bangladesh: W W L L W
South Africa: W W L L L
Bangladesh group information
Bangladesh are anticipated to area the identical facet that beat Sri Lanka on Friday.
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
South Africa group information
Regardless of the problem posed by the New York pitch and their stutter in opposition to the Netherlands, South Africa are unlikely to vary the XI that introduced them their second win of the match.
Squad: Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Bjorn Fortuin, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Bjorn Fortuin, Tabraiz Shamsi
