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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - New Zealand won the toss and choose to bowl first
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets
It's must-win territory already for Bangladesh with New Zealand looking to book their place in the semi-finals.
We are backing New Zealand to win!
Tournament: | ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 |
Format: | odi |
Venue: | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 24.3°C|Sunny |
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One of the joys of an ICC Champions Trophy tournament is that things move very quickly. Even in the group stage, lose once and your place in the semi-finals is immediately in danger - lose twice and you may as well hail a taxi straight to the airport!
That's the situation Bangladesh are hoping to avoid after their six wicket loss to tournament-favourites India on Thursday. But this will be a very tough clash for them against the in-form Black Caps. And if Bangladesh do lose, it could mean that their final group stage match against Pakistan becomes something of a dead rubber.
New Zealand have been brilliant since arriving in Pakistan earlier this month and have won all four games in the country, all against arguably better sides than Bangladesh.
There is plenty to play for when these teams meet in Rawalpindi on Monday!
230/3 in 36.5 6.24
WI vs BAN 2024
West Indies beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets227/10 in 45.5 4.95
295/5 in 47.4 6.19
WI vs BAN 2024
West Indies beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets
294/6 in 50.0 5.88
246/5 in 48.2 5.09
AFG vs BAN 2024
Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets244/8 in 50.0 4.88
239/7 in 30.0
NZ vs BAN 2023
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 44 runs (D/L) method200/9 in 30.0
After finding themselves 35/5 inside nine overs in their opening game against India, Bangladesh could have been forgiven for throwing the towel in and getting the game over and done with at the earliest opportunity. But instead, they showed irable tenacity and resolve to rebuild the innings and posted 228 all out which kept them in the game.
Crucial to the rebuild were Towhid Hridoy (100 runs from 118 balls) and Jaker Ali (68 runs from 114 balls) but in this game against New Zealand, the Tigers need the top four of Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz to step up. Crucially, the latter three have all done it on the big stage before so there is some hope!
With the ball, spinners Richad Hossain and Miraz were both treated with respect by the Indian batters and they should be a threat again in this fixture. As will the pacers Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman, both of who have the ability to knock over the best in the world.
Tanzid Hasan scored 25 in the last match against India, the elegant left hander is coming on the back of a superb BPL, where he scored over 400 runs. In four of the last six ODI's Tanzid has scored over 18 runs and given his current form, we back the southpaw to come good and play an impactful knock.
The average total fours per innings in the last two ODI matches played at Rawalpindi is 28.25. It is a high scoring venue, where the ball flies of the bat and the outfield is fast which setups for a high scoring clash. Bangladesh smashed 16 fours on a tough Dubai Pitch. We back them to hit over 21.5 fours in today's match against New Zealand.
Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Rishad Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali
The greatest surprise from New Zealand's convincing victory over hosts and reigning champions Pakistan in Karachi on Wednesday was that anyone was in anyway surprised! The Black Caps not only regularly turn-up at these marquee ICC events but have also been playing excellent cricket, while winning all their games, since arriving in Pakistan at the start of the month.
A problem for all teams against Mitchell Santner's side is that all of their batters have now made big scores over the duration of this tour. And if that wasn't a problem, Rachin Ravindra will soon be fit to push his claims in the batting line-up as well. Will Young and Tom Latham both come into this match after hitting centuries on Wednesday.
Matt Henry continues to be one of the most consistently top performing pace bowlers in world cricket and Will O'Rourke is not far behind with his bounce causing particular issues. New Zealand also have excellent spin options in Michael Bracewell and captain Santner!
New Zealand smashed 27 4's in the opening match against Pakistan and the last they played at Rawalpindi, the kiwis smashed 28 4's. Considering the good batting conditions and the current form of New Zealand's batting lineup, we back their total 4's tally to be over 27.
Williamson missed out in the opening game of the tournament against Pakistan, but since his comeback he has been in superb touch. He scored 225 runs in 3 matches in the recently concluded tri-series. In this series he scored one 50 & one 100. On a good batting track, we believe Williamson will come good and predict his score to be over 38 runs.
Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke
Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Matt Henry, William O'Rourke, Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jamieson
The forecast is for a cloudy day throughout Monday in Rawalpindi with the temperature beginning at 18 degrees. It may get up to 23 at some stage before dipping back down to around 18 by the close.
Pitch Condition
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High ScoringPace Bowling
Pace BounceSpin Bowling
Average TurnThis has always been a good batting strip in Rawalpindi and it would be a surprise if the team batting first did not post a total of at least 330. Expect good pace, bounce and carry.
One of the best batting tracks in Pakistan, where high scores are a norm and so is the number of 4's hit. The average total 4's per game in the last two ODI's played at Rawalpindi is 57. Another high scoring game is on the cards and we predict the total match 4's to be over 48.
The average total score in the last two ODI matches played at Rawalpindi is 626. It is a high scoring venue with little to no assistance for the bowlers and is one of the flattest batting tracks. We predict a high scoring encounter and predict the total match score to be over 558.
We back the luck to be in favour of Bangladesh against New Zealand to win the coin toss in match 6 of ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Although this will be the first ODI in Rawalpindi for nearly two years, four of the last five have been won by the team chasing. Therefore, our prediction is that both captains will be looking to bowl first on Monday.
After years of being the plucky underdogs, Bangladesh have struggled to make the step-up to being genuine contenders in these tournaments. We do not think they have enough depth with either bat or ball to test the Black Caps and we expect to see another victory for New Zealand.
We are backing New Zealand to win!
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