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Bangladesh vs Ireland: Match Preview, Match Details, Pitch Report, Match Prediction, 2nd ODI

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Match Preview

Bangladesh and Ireland are going to face each other again for the 2nd ODI tomorrow at Sylhet.

In the first ODI, Bangladesh beat Ireland convincingly by a margin of 183 runs after posting a target of 339.

Moreover, the Irish innings wrapped up at just 155 runs as their batters couldn’t do much damage against the Bangladeshi bowlers.

Furthermore, this is Bangladesh’s biggest win in their ODI history. They will now look to seal the series tomorrow.

Although they missed the presence of Mehidy Hasan Miraz yesterday, it didn’t affect them one bit.

Moreover, the top scorers for Bangla Tigers were Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, and Mushfiqur Rahim.

Meanwhile, the top scorer for Ireland was George Dockrell as he scored 45 from 47 balls. Stephen Doheny and Paul Stirling also contributed well for the first wicket by putting in 60 runs.

Graham Hume and Ebadot Hossain got four wickets apiece for their respective teams in the first game.

Therefore, we have a great game on our hands tomorrow between these two teams.

Match Details

Match: Bangladesh vs Ireland, 2nd ODI

Venue: Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet

Date: 20th March 2023

Time: 1:30 PM IST

Pitch Report

The surface at Sylhet is going to be a pristine one for batters. Therefore, they will not find it tough to score runs tomorrow. Moreover, team winning the toss should bat first at this venue.

Full Squads for Bangladesh vs Ireland, 2nd ODI

Bangladesh

Najmul Hossain Shanto, Rony Talukdar, Tamim Iqbal (c), Towhid Hridoy, Yasir Ali, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Zakir Hasan (wk), Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed

Ireland

Andrew Balbirnie (c), Harry Tector, Matthew Humphreys, Andy McBrine, Curtis Campher, Fionn Hand, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Stephen Doheny (wk), Benjamin White, Graham Hume, Mark Adair, Thomas Mayes

Probable Playing XI for Bangladesh vs Ireland, 2nd ODI

Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal (c), Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Yasir Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Ebadot Hossain

Ireland

Paul Stirling, Stephen Doheny, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Andy McBrine, Graham Hume, Mark Adair

Probable Winner

From the team combinations and yesterday’s result, we can say that Bangladesh will seal this series easily against Ireland.

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