Bangladesh received the toss and selected to bowl first vs England
No visiting 50-over facet has received a collection in Bangladesh’s circumstances since England themselves secured a 2-1 win in 2016-17, however Jos Buttler’s males are in a promising place now, due to Dawid Malan’s excellent unbeaten hundred in Wednesday’s first sport.
And with that profitable chase in thoughts, Tamim opted to take first use of a pitch that he described as being “a bit gentle in comparison with the primary match, and a bit tackier”.
“Mirpur has been a unbelievable floor for us however at present’s an enormous sport,” he mentioned, having named an unchanged XI. “We have to bat nicely at present and repeat the identical what we did in fielding and bowling.”
England have made two adjustments to their XI, with Sam Curran returning to the line-up rather than Chris Woakes, and Saqib Mahmood swapping in for Jofra Archer in what can be his first England look since sustaining a stress fracture of the again final summer season.
“We have been going to look to bat first,” Buttler mentioned. “It’s kind of cheesy however the earlier wicket was related. Dawid performed an impressive innings and carried the batting on his personal there. We now have numerous areas to enhance on at present.”
Bangladesh : 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Litton Das, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Taijul Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Phil Salt, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 James Vince, 5 Jos Buttler (capt, wk), 6 Will Jacks, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Saqib Mahmood, 11 Mark Wooden
