Bangladesh and the United States of America are going head to head in Match 5 of the ICC World Cup T20 Warmup at Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, United States on 28th May 2024. USA had won the series against Bangladesh coming into the tournament. Who will win this game of cricket?
Bangladesh form
In terms of batting, the team will be looking towards Litton Das, Towhid Hridoy, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, and Mahmudullah to contribute the majority of the runs. Since May 2023, Towhid Hridoy has been the leading run-scorer for Bangladesh in T20 matches, accumulating 364 runs in 15 matches with a strike rate of 130.46.
In the bowling department, the team will depend on Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Rishad Hossain, and Shoriful Islam to provide important breakthroughs.
Bangladesh Predicted Lineup
Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali (wk), Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
United States of America form
The team will look to Monank Patel, Steven Taylor, Andries Gous, Harmeet Singh, and Corey Anderson to lead the batting department and score the majority of the runs. Monank Patel has been in top-notch form for the States raking in 174 runs at a healthy average of 34.80 since May 2023. He is the top scorer for the United States in T20 matches. He has scored two half-centuries for them in that period.
In terms of bowlers Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Harmeet Singh, and Jasdeep Singh will be expected to take wickets and break the opponent’s batters’ willpower. Netravalkar is in good form with the ball in hand. He has taken 8 wickets in five T20 Internationals and has been impressive in recent series against Bangladesh. He also boasts a healthy economy of only 7.30 in those five games.
United States of America Predicted Lineup
Steven Taylor, Monank Patel (c & wk), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Jasdeep Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar
Bangladesh vs United States of America Expert Tips & Prediction
Bangladesh is in better form and is expected to have a slight advantage in their warm-up match against the United States. In a recently concluded series USA has shown that they can take Bangladesh head-on. They are led by new skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto who will aim to put past behind and bounce back from their series loss to the US and put in a strong performance with both bat and ball. However, the US team has the talent to potentially upset Bangladesh in a 20-over match. It is anticipated that Bangladesh will secure a convincing victory over the United States.