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[Sithara007]

In most of the World Cup South Africa used to have the best squad, but they turn unlucky at the important time. In recent days after the performance from South Africa, more memes have begun to roll around and the funniest I came across is Semifinals were always a nightmare for South Africa. The two matches played by South Africa were really the best and with this form it can defeat any team, but we don't know how long it continues.

They won their first match against a relatively weak team (Sri Lanka). They won against Australia after that, but it was mainly due to their opponents playing poor cricket. Their total (311/7) was not that big, but then Australian top order collapsed to 70/6 as a result of some accurate bowling by Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada. And then it was the turn of Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi to mop up the proceedings. Hopefully they will be able to maintain this form through the remainder of the tournament.

[Patrol69]

Bangladesh vs New Zealand

Today is the third match of ODI World Cup between Bangladesh and New Zealand. New Zealand scored four points in the first two matches and Bangladesh scored two points in the first two matches. The third match of the World Cup between New Zealand and Bangladesh will be played in Chennai today.
According to past statistics, New Zealand has not won any match at this ground in Chennai so far. So far 24 ODI matches have been played at this venue in Chennai where the team batting first has won 14 matches and the team batting later has won only 9 matches at this venue. The average score in the first innings at this venue is 231 plus. Spinners will have an added advantage on this wicket where fast bowlers are favored on other wickets. 

The toss is very important in this match so both teams will want to bat first after winning the toss.

[Sithara007]

Just went through the scorecards of some of the recent New Zealand vs Bangladesh matches. It looks as if New Zealand has a weakness against slower bowlers, especially in sub-continental conditions. But that said, during their match against England, the Kiwi batsmen handled Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid quite well. And in the second match also, Roelof van der Merwe with 2 decades of experience in professional cricket was unable to trouble the New Zealand batsmen. Now today it is going to be the turn of Shakib and Mehdi Hasan.

[MusaPk]

They won their first match against a relatively weak team (Sri Lanka). They won against Australia after that, but it was mainly due to their opponents playing poor cricket. Their total (311/7) was not that big, but then Australian top order collapsed to 70/6 as a result of some accurate bowling by Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada. And then it was the turn of Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi to mop up the proceedings. Hopefully they will be able to maintain this form through the remainder of the tournament.

Two games and both lost. This time Aussies are not looking lethal as they are in every world cup. The way SA were batting it looks like they will score over 350 runs but Aussie bowlers did a good job to restrict them to 311. Its the batting of Aussies that disappointed them in yesterday match. To me its very clear that Aussies wont make it to semis. May be they are not interested in this world cup because they have won so many titles in the past.

[ThemePen]

Bangladesh vs New Zealand
The toss is very important in this match so both teams will want to bat first after winning the toss.

In my point of view if New Zealand will take first turn and will go above 300 runs so it will be little bit difficult for the Bangladesh team. Because Bangladesh were unable to win the match against England and England scored 364 runs and Bangladesh team got out all of the team at 227 runs. In the previous two matches bowled well and I hope today will also bowl well. So let's see who will win, I think New Zealand will win today match.

[MusaPk]

Bangladesh vs New Zealand
The toss is very important in this match so both teams will want to bat first after winning the toss.

In my point of view if New Zealand will take first turn and will go above 300 runs so it will be little bit difficult for the Bangladesh team. Because Bangladesh were unable to win the match against England and England scored 364 runs and Bangladesh team got out all of the team at 277 runs. In the previous two matches bowled well and I hope today will also bowl well. So let's see who will win, I think New Zealand will win today match.

Just before the world cup there is 3 ODI match series between NZ and Bangladesh. The series was easily won by NZ 2-0. Bangladesh has lost its game against England while they got victory against Afghanistan. Odds may be in favour of NZ but you cant rule out victory chances for Bangladesh. Bangladesh can win the game if there bowlers and batsmen both work together.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

Bangladesh vs New Zealand

Today is the third match of ODI World Cup between Bangladesh and New Zealand. New Zealand scored four points in the first two matches and Bangladesh scored two points in the first two matches. The third match of the World Cup between New Zealand and Bangladesh will be played in Chennai today.
According to past statistics, New Zealand has not won any match at this ground in Chennai so far. So far 24 ODI matches have been played at this venue in Chennai where the team batting first has won 14 matches and the team batting later has won only 9 matches at this venue. The average score in the first innings at this venue is 231 plus. Spinners will have an added advantage on this wicket where fast bowlers are favored on other wickets. 

The toss is very important in this match so both teams will want to bat first after winning the toss.

Bangladesh has never beaten New Zealand in the World Cup till date. Bangladesh did not win even once after facing New Zealand five times. Bangladesh will face New Zealand in the third match of the World Cup in Chennai today. After winning against Afghanistan, Bangladesh lost the second match against England by 137 runs. New Zealand, however, won the two matches of the World Cup with a bang. New Zealand defeated the world champion England by 9 wickets and New Zealand also won by 99 runs against the Netherlands. Rather than looking at past statistics, emphasis should be placed on current statistics. But being a citizen of Bangladesh and a supporter of Bangladesh I always hope for the victory of Bangladesh. Do you think Bangladesh has a chance to win against New Zealand today?

[Patrol69]

Bangladesh vs New Zealand
The toss is very important in this match so both teams will want to bat first after winning the toss.

In my point of view if New Zealand will take first turn and will go above 300 runs so it will be little bit difficult for the Bangladesh team. Because Bangladesh were unable to win the match against England and England scored 364 runs and Bangladesh team got out all of the team at 277 runs. In the previous two matches bowled well and I hope today will also bowl well. So let's see who will win, I think New Zealand will win today match.

Bangladesh were all out for 227 runs against England.

Among all the stadiums in which the game of Bangladesh is scheduled, the easiest venue for Bangladesh is this stadium in Chennai.  Bangladesh has taken the highest number of wickets in this field, although it may sound surprising, it is actually India's field, but India did not get the maximum wickets in this field, but Bangladesh got the maximum wickets in this match.  

Bangladesh may enter the field with some changes in the playing XI ahead of the match against New Zealand.  
Mahmudullah may drop Tanjid Hasan in the opening XI and drop Liton Das and Nazmul Hossain Shanto or Mehidy Hasan in the opening position.  
Instead of Mahedi Hasan, Bangladesh may field another spinner in the XI, Nasum Ahmed, and there may be a change in the fast bowling unit where Hasan Mahmud can be left out.

[Sithara007]

Two games and both lost. This time Aussies are not looking lethal as they are in every world cup. The way SA were batting it looks like they will score over 350 runs but Aussie bowlers did a good job to restrict them to 311. Its the batting of Aussies that disappointed them in yesterday match. To me its very clear that Aussies wont make it to semis. May be they are not interested in this world cup because they have won so many titles in the past.

Well.. I wouldn't write-off Australia completely. They have some of the most experienced ODI players in the world at this point. I am talking about David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. Maybe some of them are out of form. But given their vast experience and reputation of performing well in the ICC tournaments, I am still hopeful of a comeback by the Australians. Their next match is against Sri Lanka, and therefore we can expect them to get their first win in the tournament soon enough.   

[romero121]

Two games and both lost. This time Aussies are not looking lethal as they are in every world cup. The way SA were batting it looks like they will score over 350 runs but Aussie bowlers did a good job to restrict them to 311. Its the batting of Aussies that disappointed them in yesterday match. To me its very clear that Aussies wont make it to semis. May be they are not interested in this world cup because they have won so many titles in the past.

Well.. I wouldn't write-off Australia completely. They have some of the most experienced ODI players in the world at this point. I am talking about David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. Maybe some of them are out of form. But given their vast experience and reputation of performing well in the ICC tournaments, I am still hopeful of a comeback by the Australians. Their next match is against Sri Lanka, and therefore we can expect them to get their first win in the tournament soon enough.   

With handful of experienced players the team will surely make a comeback. Just two matches have passed, and in both the matches Australia have lost it badly. This have mentally down them, in particular the match against India is really unaccepted one as the team India bounced from 2-3 to its winning by 6 wickets. With the five time champions this is a disappointing performance. Even the cricket experts predict Australia will make a comeback, lets see if Australia can take things positive and move forward. Sri Lanka isn't that bad, and the performance against South Africa amidst the big target shows their potential.

[Bd officer]

Bangladesh vs New Zealand

Today is the third match of ODI World Cup between Bangladesh and New Zealand. New Zealand scored four points in the first two matches and Bangladesh scored two points in the first two matches. The third match of the World Cup between New Zealand and Bangladesh will be played in Chennai today.
According to past statistics, New Zealand has not won any match at this ground in Chennai so far. So far 24 ODI matches have been played at this venue in Chennai where the team batting first has won 14 matches and the team batting later has won only 9 matches at this venue. The average score in the first innings at this venue is 231 plus. Spinners will have an added advantage on this wicket where fast bowlers are favored on other wickets. 

The toss is very important in this match so both teams will want to bat first after winning the toss.

Bangladesh has never beaten New Zealand in the World Cup till date. Bangladesh did not win even once after facing New Zealand five times. Bangladesh will face New Zealand in the third match of the World Cup in Chennai today. After winning against Afghanistan, Bangladesh lost the second match against England by 137 runs. New Zealand, however, won the two matches of the World Cup with a bang. New Zealand defeated the world champion England by 9 wickets and New Zealand also won by 99 runs against the Netherlands. Rather than looking at past statistics, emphasis should be placed on current statistics. But being a citizen of Bangladesh and a supporter of Bangladesh I always hope for the victory of Bangladesh. Do you think Bangladesh has a chance to win against New Zealand today?

I don't see any chance for Bangladesh to win today. Bangladesh is not in good form at present. There is also Bangladesh's opening weakness. Bangladesh's opening batting has not been good for the last few matches. Liton Das batted well in the last match, but it cannot be said that he will be able to play well in today's match. If today's pitch is a batting pitch, according to past statistics and current form, Bangladesh has not been doing well on the batting pitch either. If the opponent of Bangladesh scores a lot by batting on the batting pitch, but when Bangladesh bats, we see the opposite and feel the bowling pitch from the batting pitch. However, in today's match, New Zealand has a much higher chance of winning than Bangladesh. And after some time the game will start let's see which team can win in the end. And let's see if Bangladesh can do well in today's match.

[onecall123]

Bangladesh vs New Zealand

Today is the third match of ODI World Cup between Bangladesh and New Zealand. New Zealand scored four points in the first two matches and Bangladesh scored two points in the first two matches. The third match of the World Cup between New Zealand and Bangladesh will be played in Chennai today.
According to past statistics, New Zealand has not won any match at this ground in Chennai so far. So far 24 ODI matches have been played at this venue in Chennai where the team batting first has won 14 matches and the team batting later has won only 9 matches at this venue. The average score in the first innings at this venue is 231 plus. Spinners will have an added advantage on this wicket where fast bowlers are favored on other wickets. 

The toss is very important in this match so both teams will want to bat first after winning the toss.

Kane Williamson is back as captain and he won the toss in his international return. New Zealand opted to bowl first in Chennai against Bangladesh. Each side made one change. Williamson replaced Will Young, and Mahmudullah came in for Mahedi. New Zealand's journey in the World Cup has been positive so far, while Bangladesh is going through a rough phase, having lost their last match against England badly. The Blackcaps are aiming for their third consecutive win, and Bangladesh needs to make a strong comeback. Bangladesh must set 300+ target as they'll bat first.

[Bitcoin_people]

In the Bangladesh vs New Zealand match, the Bangladesh team came to bat in the first innings. However, seeing the game of the opening batsman of the Bangladesh team really gave me a bad feeling. In today's match, Bangladesh team lost a wicket in the first ball, which I am really sorry to see, because I am a Bangladeshi and watching the game with the support of Bangladesh. But I was not at all prepared to see this poor game performance of Bangladesh. The way they were under pressure at the start of today's match, it may take a long time to overcome this. And Bangladesh team may never match New Zealand if their batting performance continues like this.To win the match against New Zealand, Bangladesh will need to score enough runs which they have shown early on that they will not be able to do. New Zealand's Trent Boult bowling line has been excellent, he has picked up early wickets and boosted his team, may bowl well to take more wickets later on.

[Unknown Op]

Bangladesh vs New Zealand

Today is the third match of ODI World Cup between Bangladesh and New Zealand. New Zealand scored four points in the first two matches and Bangladesh scored two points in the first two matches. The third match of the World Cup between New Zealand and Bangladesh will be played in Chennai today.
According to past statistics, New Zealand has not won any match at this ground in Chennai so far. So far 24 ODI matches have been played at this venue in Chennai where the team batting first has won 14 matches and the team batting later has won only 9 matches at this venue. The average score in the first innings at this venue is 231 plus. Spinners will have an added advantage on this wicket where fast bowlers are favored on other wickets. 

The toss is very important in this match so both teams will want to bat first after winning the toss.

According to points table, New Zealand is in a second position because they won both matches from strong team England and Netherlands. In today's, Against team of New Zealand is Bangladesh they are in sixth position because they won only one match from two in past. So they have less chance for winning from New Zealand team. Toss of this eleventh match New Zealand against has been done. New Zealand won toss and first give chance to Bangladesh come in crease and show their batting talent. Match has started between both teams. 2.2 overs were played by Bangladesh team and they made 15 score and also 1 wickets down of Liton Das batter of BAN team. If they lost their wickets frequently they will not capable to provide strong target to New Zealand team and they will lose this match with no doubt.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

I don't see any chance for Bangladesh to win today. Bangladesh is not in good form at present. There is also Bangladesh's opening weakness. Bangladesh's opening batting has not been good for the last few matches. Liton Das batted well in the last match, but it cannot be said that he will be able to play well in today's match. If today's pitch is a batting pitch, according to past statistics and current form, Bangladesh has not been doing well on the batting pitch either. If the opponent of Bangladesh scores a lot by batting on the batting pitch, but when Bangladesh bats, we see the opposite and feel the bowling pitch from the batting pitch. However, in today's match, New Zealand has a much higher chance of winning than Bangladesh. And after some time the game will start let's see which team can win in the end. And let's see if Bangladesh can do well in today's match.

Bangladesh lost the toss and went into bat today. Earlier, Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and decided to bowl, but today after losing the toss, Shakib Al Hasan decided to bat first. Liton Das of Bangladesh was out in the beginning. Today he got out for zero runs. Liton Das has performed well with England but returns to the pavilion today for 0 runs. Right now, Bangladesh has scored 40 runs in 7.2 overs, losing 1 wicket. Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Tanjid Hasan made a partnership of 40 runs. Hope Bangladesh will perform very well in batting today. New Zealand has faced Bangladesh five times in the World Cup so far, but Bangladesh has not won even once. But if Bangladesh can perform well today and give New Zealand a big target then maybe Bangladesh can win today.

[Swordsoffreedom]

In the Bangladesh vs New Zealand match, the Bangladesh team came to bat in the first innings. However, seeing the game of the opening batsman of the Bangladesh team really gave me a bad feeling. In today's match, Bangladesh team lost a wicket in the first ball, which I am really sorry to see, because I am a Bangladeshi and watching the game with the support of Bangladesh. But I was not at all prepared to see this poor game performance of Bangladesh. The way they were under pressure at the start of today's match, it may take a long time to overcome this. And Bangladesh team may never match New Zealand if their batting performance continues like this.To win the match against New Zealand, Bangladesh will need to score enough runs which they have shown early on that they will not be able to do. New Zealand's Trent Boult bowling line has been excellent, he has picked up early wickets and boosted his team, may bowl well to take more wickets later on.

There is no improvement in Bangladesh's opening pair. In every match we see the openers of Bangladesh performing poorly. We do not see any exception in today's match. Bangladesh lost Liton's wicket before scoring any runs. And they also lost the wicket of Tanzid for 41 runs. Tanzid was dismissed for 16 runs off 17 balls. A good opening pair is absolutely essential if you want to score descent against big teams. Losing experienced batsmen so quickly, it is very difficult to collect big scores.

New Zealand is a very strong team. The team won by big margin against England and Netherlands. However, I consider Bangladesh's bowling attack stronger than these two teams. Even then, the Bangladesh team will have to accept a shameful defeat if they give a target of less than 300.

[Minor Miner]

In the Bangladesh vs New Zealand match, the Bangladesh team came to bat in the first innings. However, seeing the game of the opening batsman of the Bangladesh team really gave me a bad feeling. In today's match, Bangladesh team lost a wicket in the first ball, which I am really sorry to see, because I am a Bangladeshi and watching the game with the support of Bangladesh. But I was not at all prepared to see this poor game performance of Bangladesh. The way they were under pressure at the start of today's match, it may take a long time to overcome this. And Bangladesh team may never match New Zealand if their batting performance continues like this.To win the match against New Zealand, Bangladesh will need to score enough runs which they have shown early on that they will not be able to do. New Zealand's Trent Boult bowling line has been excellent, he has picked up early wickets and boosted his team, may bowl well to take more wickets later on.

There is no improvement in Bangladesh's opening pair. In every match we see the openers of Bangladesh performing poorly. We do not see any exception in today's match. Bangladesh lost Liton's wicket before scoring any runs. And they also lost the wicket of Tanzid for 41 runs. Tanzid was dismissed for 16 runs off 17 balls. A good opening pair is absolutely essential if you want to score descent against big teams. Losing experienced batsmen so quickly, it is very difficult to collect big scores.
New Zealand is a very strong team. The team won by big margin against England and Netherlands. However, I consider Bangladesh's bowling attack stronger than these two teams. Even then, the Bangladesh team will have to accept a shameful defeat if they give a target of less than 300.

If Bangladesh set a target of 300, they have a chance to win. However, New Zealand's batting order is very strong. I say this because I just checked the pitch report. 9 of the top 10 top wicket takers on this pitch are spinners. Bangladesh squad has world-class spinners like Shakib and Miraz. Who has the power to destroy New Zealand's batting order. A target like 280-300 can be a good target.

But I have considerable doubts whether Bangladesh will even manage to score 250 runs. The team lost three top order batsmen for 56 runs. Shanto and Shakib are now batting. This pair must play well. If it fails to collect 100 runs from the pair, it will not be possible for Bangladesh to collect even 250 runs. Bangladeshi batsmen should try their best to stay at the crease now.

[Vaskiy]

In most of the World Cup South Africa used to have the best squad, but they turn unlucky at the important time. In recent days after the performance from South Africa, more memes have begun to roll around and the funniest I came across is Semifinals were always a nightmare for South Africa. The two matches played by South Africa were really the best and with this form it can defeat any team, but we don't know how long it continues.

They won their first match against a relatively weak team (Sri Lanka). They won against Australia after that, but it was mainly due to their opponents playing poor cricket. Their total (311/7) was not that big, but then Australian top order collapsed to 70/6 as a result of some accurate bowling by Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada. And then it was the turn of Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi to mop up the proceedings. Hopefully they will be able to maintain this form through the remainder of the tournament.

Sri Lanka team is weak, but their performance isn't worse. Look at the average score at Ekana Sports City Ground, Lucknow. It is around 240 runs and what South Africa scored is really big considering the average. Australia top order collapsed, maybe that could've been managed by the middle order. In fielding the team is completely down dropping 6 catches. Maybe those catches would've changed the match in favour of Australia. South Africa is at its best and there is hope of consistent performance in this World Cup.

[Sithara007]

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New Zealand is a very strong team. The team won by big margin against England and Netherlands. However, I consider Bangladesh's bowling attack stronger than these two teams. Even then, the Bangladesh team will have to accept a shameful defeat if they give a target of less than 300.

New Zealand won big against England. But against Netherlands, their performance was not that flawless. They struggled to get to 300 plus (which was made possible only due to a horrible last over from Bas de Leede), and then they allowed Netherlands to put up a 200 plus total. Anyway, today they look much better. Bangladesh is currently reeling at 57/4, with their top four batsmen back in pavilion. Among the New Zealand spinners, Glenn Phillips has started the proceedings with a wicket from his very first over. This is going to be the third consecutive win for New Zealand.

[Swordsoffreedom]

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New Zealand is a very strong team. The team won by big margin against England and Netherlands. However, I consider Bangladesh's bowling attack stronger than these two teams. Even then, the Bangladesh team will have to accept a shameful defeat if they give a target of less than 300.

New Zealand won big against England. But against Netherlands, their performance was not that flawless. They struggled to get to 300 plus (which was made possible only due to a horrible last over from Bas de Leede), and then they allowed Netherlands to put up a 200 plus total. Anyway, today they look much better. Bangladesh is currently reeling at 57/4, with their top four batsmen back in pavilion. Among the New Zealand spinners, Glenn Phillips has started the proceedings with a wicket from his very first over. This is going to be the third consecutive win for New Zealand.

Against the Netherlands I thought New Zealand would win by a bigger margin. However, they won by 99 runs. This is also quite a good result. New Zealand's bowlers have started their innings brilliantly against Bangladesh. New Zealand's bowlers are lagging behind the responsible batting of Mushfiq and Shakib. Bangladesh collected 133 runs in 28 overs. Mushfiq scored 52 runs from 55 balls unbeaten. And Shakib's collection is 23 runs from 44 balls. Shakib's strike rate is very low. But now, like the situation of Bangladesh, it is more important for them to survive at the crease than to increase the strike rate. Bangladesh is slowly moving forward. If this pair can put up 120+ runs, chances are Bangladesh will give New Zealand a decent target today and the match will be competitive.