Our featured T20 World Cup match on Wednesday is a Group 1 clash in Abu Dhabi where England are short price favourites to beat Bangladesh
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England
England started their tournament with a 6 wicket win over West Indies in Dubai on Saturday. They won the toss and opted to bowl and the decision paid instant dividends as the bowled WI out for just 55 in 14.2 overs. Moeen Ali and Tymal Mills both returned figures of 2/17 from their 4 overs and Adil Rashid cleaned up the WI tail with 4 wickets in just 14 deliveries.
Although England lost 4 wickets in their reply Jos Buttler was 24 not out when the game ended in 8.2 overs.
Following that victory England's odds to win the tournament shortened slightly to 33/10 from 7/2 and they are 0.72/1 to top this group.
This was how England lined up against West Indies.
Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills
Bangladesh
Bangladesh lost their opening match against Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in Sharjah on Sunday. After losing the toss they were invited to bat first and opening bat Naim top scored with 62 and Mushfiqur Rahim was 57 not out including both of his sides maximums in their total of 171/4.
Despite taking a Sri Lankan wicket in the first over Bangladesh couldn't build on that and Sri Lanka got home in 18.5 overs. Shakib Al Hasan with figures of 2/17 from 3 overs was the pick of their bowlers.
This was how Bangladesh lined up against Sri Lanka.
Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed , Mustafizur Rahman
To win the tournament Bangladesh can be backed at around 100/1 and they are 33/1 to top this group.
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The Betting
England are currently trading at around 1 / 4 to win the game and Bangladesh can be backed at around 3/1.
England are 5/10 to hit the most 6's with Bangladesh 22/10 and a tie is 13/2.
The highest first 6 overs total market has England at 0.57/1 and Bangladesh are 1.35/1
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The Verdict
I couldn't find any history of matches between these teams but on the evidence of the opening matches it would be a major surprise of England failed to win with a
degree of comfort.
I'll look to the Player Performance market and side with the all round talents of Shakib Al Hasan to beat his quote of 38.5 points and Jos Buttler gets the vote to top score for England
Bets: Player Performance Shakib Al Hasan over 38.5 points at 17/20.
Top England Bat Jos Buttler at 5/2
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