The Tri-Series between New Zealand, Pakistan and Bangladesh will begin from Friday (7th October). The teams will play a total of 7 matches including the final which will be played on October 14th. All the games will be played at one venue in Christchurch. The series will be a decent preparation for all three teams for the T20 World Cup as it’ll give them the experience of a multi-nation tournament.
Bangladesh vs Pakistan Tri-Series 1st T20I: Pakistan likely to win the first T20I against Bangladesh
Bangladesh and Pakistan will play each other in the first match of the tri-series at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Both the teams would want to start the series on high and make their case strong for further games.
Talking about the prediction of the game, it’s likely that Pakistan win the game against Bangladesh on Friday. The reason behind them having a chance to win is their high-quality pace attack and also with Shaheen Afridi returning, it’ll be a massive boost for them.
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— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 6, 2022
With their top order also in good form along with the struggle of Bangladesh struggled to get going of late in the T20I, it is expected that the Babar Azam-led side will beat them by a big margin. Also, they have a good memories of the stadium as they thumped West Indies in the only ODI they played in 2015.
Bangladesh vs Pakistan tri-series: Probable Playing XI for Bangladesh and Pakistan
Bangladesh of late has struggled to get their rhythm right in the T20Is. They have faced a lot of criticism for their performances and therefore they would be hoping to silence all the critics and come out all guns blazing.
On the other hand, returning of Shaheen Afridi will be a massive boost for Pakistan. They would also look to finalise their middle order before heading into the T20 World Cup 2022.
Probable Playing XI for Bangladesh
Litton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
Probable Playing XI for Pakistan
Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Shan Masood, Khushdil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
