After a frustrating start against England, Bangladesh will surely look to turn the tables when they take on the visitors in the second of the three one-day internationals at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today.
The world champions, who led the series 1-0, won by three wickets against the hosts in a close 209-run chase, with David Malan hitting his fourth ODI century.
The game will begin at 12 p.m., and T Sports and GTV will televise the tie live.
However, if the home side wants to rebound in the series, their batting unit should step up and hit big scores that they lacked in the first encounter.
Apart from Najmul Hossain Shanto, not a single batsman could score fifty, and their next top scorer was Mahmudullah, who managed a sluggish 48 ball 31 before he fell to Mark Wood.
Their other star campaigners like Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Liton Das also failed in the initial battle as they looked struggling and eventually concluded with a frustrating gain despite playing in their backyard.
Aside from that, Bangladesh's pace bowling unit also need to come out of the shell to level up the series.
In this connection, the Hathurusingha charges can take lessons from the English pacer duo Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, who paved the way for the tourists, yielding their superlative deliveries despite featuring on a spinning track.
Mark Wood was the bowler who initially struck to dismiss the Tigers in form campaigner Liton Das for seven, that appeared to be an obstruction for the hosts to set the tone of their innings.
Then the 33-year-old removed the Tigers set batsman Mahmudullah, who was stitching the hosts’ wrecked innings with Shanto and dragging it towards a healthy total.
Archer, who couldn’t make a bright start, leaking 12 in his first over, but his next nine overs - split across three spells - cost only 25 alongside scalping Bangladesh’s finest all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 12.
Alike the hosts, the touring three Lions would also be keen to maintain their momentum in the next game as well.
Simultaneously, they would also be looking to seal the series, securing one more victory before they travel to the country’s port city to take part in the series finale along with the opener of the three T20I matches.
And to achieve success, they just need to repeat what they did in the series opener.
