Pakistan vs Bangladesh World Cup 2019, Match Preview: Venue, Telecast, Form Guide, Head to Head and more

Pakistan will take on Bangladesh in the 43rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. With England winning the game against New Zealand by a big margin, Pakistan will have their task cut out when they play their final group game. A win for Pakistan would make them level New Zealand on points, but a loss will automatically knock them out of the tournament. They must just not win this game to enter into the knockouts, but they need to do it by a very big margin. First, they need to win the toss and bat first and try to beat Bangladesh by at least 308 runs. Else, if Bangladesh chose to bat first, they would be knocked out of the tournament straightaway.

Bangladesh on the other hand have already bowed out of the tournament after their loss against India at Birmingham. Despite, their best efforts in all the three departments, they have failed to win as many games as they would have liked. The lone bright spot for Bangladesh would be the performance of Shakib Al Hasan, who recently became the first player in World Cup history to score 500 runs and pick up 10 wickets. Barring him, seniors pros like Mashrafe Mortaza and Tamim Iqbal have failed to win games for their side on a regular basis.

Match Details:

Venue: The World Cup match between Pakistan and Bangladesh will be played at Lord's, London on 5th July 2019.

Time: The match will begin at 15.00 HRS IST and the toss will happen at 14.30 HRS IST.

Telecast details: The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network in both standard as well as HD format and the live streaming is available on Hotstar.

Squads:

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehidy Hasan, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman and Abu Jayed.

Pakistan: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c&wk), Imam Ul Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Haris Sohail and Mohammad Hasnain.

Head to Head Stats:

In ODIs: Played-36, Pakistan-31, Bangladesh-5

Previous encounter: Bangladesh won by 37 runs at Abu Dhabi on 26th Sep 2018.

In World Cups: Both sides have met only once in the history of ICC Cricket World Cup.

Previous encounter: Bangladesh won by 62 runs at Northampton on 31st May 1999.

Form Guide:

Pakistan: Won, Won, Won, Lost, Lost

Bangladesh: Lost, Won, Lost, Won, No Result

At this venue:

Highest total: 334 for 4 by England against India on 7th Jun 1975.

Lowest total: 107 by South Africa against England on 12th Jul 2003.

Avg first innings score: 239

Avg second innings score: 217