Australia vs Bangladesh Preview & Prediction | 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup | Group Stage
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Australia get their ‘Super 8s’ campaign underway on the back of winning four games from four across the group stage, whilst Bangladesh got through with victories against Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Nepal respectively.
DATE & TIME: Thursday 20th June, 2024: USA (WST) – 5:30pm / USA (CST) - 7:30pm / USA (EST) - 8:30pm / Saint Lucia - 8:30pm / Friday 21st June, 2024: UK – 1:30am / India - 6:00am / South Africa – 2:30am / Pakistan – 5:30am / Bangladesh – 5:30am / Australia – 10:30am
VENUE: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
WEATHER: Hot conditions, but with the potential of thundery showers across the day leading up towards play.
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: USA – Willow TV / West Indies – ESPN Caribbean / UK – Sky Sports / South Africa – SuperSport / Pakistan – PTV Sports & TEN Sports / India– Star Sports / Bangladesh – Disney Star
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: USA – Willow TV website / West Indies – ESPN Play Caribbean app / UK – Sky Go / South Africa – SuperSport app / Pakistan – Myco & Tamasha / India – Disney+Hotstar / Bangladesh – Disney+Hotstar / Australia – Amazon Prime Video
AUSTRALIA FORM: SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS FOR AUSSIES IN T20 CRICKET
Australia are showing all the hallmarks of potential champions based on their performances across this ICC T20 World Cup so far. A 100% record in the group stage is testament to this and despite all the talk off the pitch about them losing to Scotland and ensuring England elimination, Australia instead did they tend to with regularity at international tournaments, find a way to win.
LAST FIVE: WWWWW
BANGLADESH FORM: BUTTLER’S SIDE HOPING TO BEGIN PEAKING AFTER EDGING THROUGH THE GROUP STAGE
Bangladesh have quietly come into some real form across this competition, winning three from four games so far, an impressive feat when considering the concerns surrounding the Tigers after losing a three-match series 2-1 against USA in Houston prior to the tournament.
LAST FIVE: WWLWW
AUSTRALIA BETTING ANALYSIS
Against Scotland, Travis Head proved his quality, the opener striking 68 from 49 balls, a crucial knock in the context of the game. Head’s four sixes underlined again his ability to clear the rope and it’s this that can be capitalised on from a betting point of view. Back Head to hit over 0.5 total match sixes and also consider backing him to score the most match sixes across the entire game, with this riskier bet offering a higher potential return.
Left-arm seamers have largely been afforded success across the competition so far and it would be no surprise if this was the case again here in North Sound. Mitchell Starc offers that searing left-arm pace and with that in mind, consider backing Starc to take over 1.5 match wickets and potentially also to finish as his nation’s top bowler here.
BANGLADESH BETTING ANALYSIS
Bangladesh are likely to have a difficult time when batting in the powerplay with the quality of Australia’s fast bowlers. This could lead to them losing early wickets and therefore, bettors should explore backing the Tigers’ opening wicket partnership to be under 16.5 match runs. It’s also worth backing Australia to accumulate a higher number of runs for the first wicket.
Tanzim Hasan is coming off the back of a fabulous spell of four wickets for just seven runs across Bangladesh’s 21-run victory over Nepal. While repeating such figures against Australia won’t be easy, Tanzim is still a bowler that offers value being backed to pick up 2+ wickets via the ‘Bowler Milestones’ market.
AUSTRALIA VS BANGLADESH EXPERT PREDICTION
Although Bangladesh have been really good so far across this tournament, the one match they have played so far against a genuine contender ended in defeat to South Africa. The likelihood is that we will see the same again on this occasion and any outcome other than victory for Australia would be a significant surprise.
But with little value available in backing Australia to win, the smarter play would be to invest in a specific player. Starc fits the bill on this accord when considering his wicket-taking ability, so back him to break this game open with the ball whether it be in the first or second innings, depending on the toss.
AUSTRALIA VS BANGLADESH TOP TIP: MITCHELL STARC TO TAKE OVER 1.5 MATCH WICKETS
