Ireland Tri Series 2019 – IRE vs BAN Fantasy Preview

Both these teams have played a game each so far in the 2019 Ireland ODI tri-series, with each having opposing results. Both played West Indies in their respective first games and while Ireland were chasing a daunting target of 380+, Bangladesh were chasing a more gettable 260+, which led to the former losing and the latter winning comfortably by 8 wickets.

Ireland have the home advantage but that won’t count for much as Bangladesh seem to be well rounded in all departments and could also be my favourites to win this tri-series. The home team will be looking for early wickets and a slightly improved batting performance if they want to get their first points of this series. This will be the first game at Malahide this series. Keep reading for our Fantain (Use Code “READ123”) fantasy preview of the IRE vs BAN game…

Match info

  • Tournament: West Indies and Bangladesh in Ireland Tri-Series 2019.
  • Date: 9th May 2019, 3:15pm IST
  • Venue: The Village, Dublin
  • Capacity: 11,500+
  • Series status: Match 3 of the ODI tri-series.

Ireland tri-series 2019 - Ireland vs Bangladesh Fantasy Preview

Form (recent first)

  • IRE: L L W L W
  • BAN: W L L L W L

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Stats

  • In 2 previous ODIs here, Bangladesh has won once.
  • Ireland have won only 2 of their 14 ODIs here.
  • Ireland have NOT won any of their last 11 ODIs here.
  • William Porterfield has 312 runs in 10 ODIs here.
  • Tamim Iqbal & Soumya Sarkar have one fifty each here (in 2 games each).

Ireland

Select a 7-4 team or 6-5 team in favour of Bangladesh. While selecting Irish players, select a batsman more as their bowlers are going to find it tough to pick Bangladesh wickets, especially since they all look in fine touch. The home team has the option of bringing in Boyd Rankin after Mark Adair went for 1/84 against Windies.

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William Porterfield has a top score of 21 in his last 9 international innings and I’ll skip him even though he’s the top scorer at this ground. I’d pick Paul Stirling regardless of his duck in the last game. Andy Balbirnie and Kevin O’Brien bring in a lot of experience to the team, while George Dockrell could be a good pick as well for your Fantain (Use Code “READ123”) fantasy team for this IRE vs BAN game.

Bangladesh

The maturity that Tamim Iqbal shows at the top of the innings makes him my captain for this ODI while Shakib al Hasan will be vital with both bat and ball, so he is my vice-captain. My wicket-keeper pick comes from Bangladesh too, but picking Gary Wilson is also a good option as he’s going to be having a better chance at the wicket anyway.

With the ball, Mustafizur Rahman has happy memories here, having picked up 4/23 in a game before. He is returning from injury and hasn’t been in the best rhythm, having been dispatched for 2/84 in the Windies game. However, he has some brilliant variations which could get him some more wickets today. Also, make sure you have Mehidy Hasan in your fantasy team, as his 10 overs in the middle will be vital.

IRE vs BAN Betting

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Ireland tri-series 2019 - Ireland vs Bangladesh Fantasy Team


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