Bangladesh vs England 3rd T20I: Dhaka Pitch Report, Team Records at Shere Bangla National Stadium

Bangladesh and England are all set to lock horns in the dead-rubber third game of the three-match T20I series on Tuesday (14th March) at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. After a poor outing in the ODIs, the hosts have turned the things around and have thumped England in the T20I series.

After a staggering bowling effort in the first game, they complimented it with a special performance in the second game as they bundled out England for just 117 runs. Led by the fantastic spell of bowling by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who took 4 wickets, they were quite brilliant and bowled economical spells. Their bowling effort was well supported by batters, who finished the games in 19 overs.

On the other hand, English batters struggled to get going. None of the batters crossed 30-run mark. With the ball, Jofra Archer kept them in the game with his 3 wickets but the target wasn’t big enough as they suffered the second successive loss of the series.

As Bangladesh vs England 3rd T20I contest is at the edge, here’s the pitch report and more from Dhaka.

Dhaka PITCH REPORT

The Dhaka pitch traditionally has been a good batting surface. Batters have enjoyed playing at this venue as it has been a happy hunting ground for them. The initial look of the surface suggests that apart from a good batting deck, the wicket will suit pacers as well. But with game being in Bangladesh, there’ll be a traditional touch of Asian pitches, which offers spin as well. The venue so far has hosted 66 games and the average first innings score at this venue is 140. Out of 66 games, 31 have been won by teams batting first whereas 35 have been won each by teams bowling first. Although the pattern in the T20Is suggest that teams prefer bowling, but at this venue it is suggested that teams should bat first as it’ll be best time to bat and the pitch might get slow in the second half. The first match of the series was also played at this venue and it was a low scoring game but the pitch seemed to be on a slower side and ball came quite slowly onto the bat.

Team records at Shere Bangla National Stadium

Since 2021, the Shere Bangla National Stadium has hosted 11 T20Is. Ahead of Bangladesh vs England 2nd T20I, Bangladesh’s record in the last few games at the venue is described in a table below.

No.	Match	Result	Year
1	Bangladesh vs England	Bangladesh won by 4 wickets	2023
1	Bangladesh vs Afghanistan	Afghanistan won by 8 wickets	2022
2	Bangladesh vs Afghanistan	Bangladesh won by 61 runs	2022
3	Bangladesh vs Pakistan	Pakistan won by 5 wickets	2022
4	Bangladesh vs Pakistan	Pakistan won by 8 wickets	2021
5	Bangladesh vs Pakistan	Pakistan won by 4 wickets	2021