Bangladesh and New Zealand provide Monday's action in the ICC Champions Trophy in Rawalpindi and the Black Caps are best placed to reach the semi finals.
This is a Group A match with Pakistan and India the other sides in this half of the draw.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh face an uphill struggle to qualify for the semi finals after losing their opening match to India in Dubai by 6 wickets.
They won the toss and elected to bat first and were in deep trouble early doors at 35/5. Towhid Hridoy led the fightback making exactly 100 and Jaker Ali hit 68 to help them to 228 all out in 49.4 overs. India needed 46.3 overs to complete the chase with Rishad Hossain the pick of the Bnagldesh bowlers with 2/38.
This was how Bangladesh lined up against India in their opening match.
Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
New Zealand
New Zealand impressed with a 60 run victory over Pakistan in Karachi in the opening match of the tournament. They were invited to bat first and opener Will Young made 107 whilst Tom Latham bettered that, unbeaten on 118. Glenn Phillips hit 61 in no time and New Zealand posted 320/5.
New Zealand's bowlers were quickly on top with Pakistan reduced to 22/2 in the first 10 overs. They remained in control and William O'Rourke returned figures of 3/47 in his 9 overs, Santner finished with 3/66 and Matt Henry 2/25 in his 7.25 overs. Michael Bracewell with 1/38 also warrants a mention as Pakistan were bowled out for 260 in 47.2 overs.
This was how New Zealand lined up against Pakistan in their opening match.
Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William O'Rourke
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 45 times in this format with Bangladesh winning 11 to New Zealand's 33 with 1 no result.
The most recent series came in New Zealand in December 2023 and the Black Caps won it 2-1.
The Betting
At the time of writing Bangladesh are 3.55/1 to win this match and New Zealand can be backed at 1 / 5
Prices subject to change
The Verdict
This is the first match to be staged at Rawalpindi and you can understand why NZ are such short price favourites even though there were some positives for Bangladesh in their opening defeat.
Rishad Hossian bowled really well against India, it remains to be seen oif conditions will suit on Monday but he is my idea of the top bowler for the underdogs.
Bet:Top Bangladesh Bowler Rishad Hossain at 3.15/1 with Betway
