BAN vs ENG 3rd T20 Match Prediction

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh has won both of the matches in the series so far quite convincingly. Shakib Al Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto have both carried their good form from the ODI's into the T20's. Shanto is the only Bangladeshi batter with a fifty to his name with the rest of the batters chipping in with useful cameos. 

This is not a series in which you expect too many big scores, though, and the strike rates are also unlikely to be very high. 

At home, Bangladesh's bowling attack is also very effective in stopping the opposition batters. Mustafizur Rahman, Mahidy Hasan Miraz, and Shakib Al Hasan are three world-class options before being backed up by Hasan Mahmud and Taskin Ahmed. 

Bangladesh will continue to play their game of getting to par or just above par totals with the bat and then trying to squeeze England with the ball. 

England

This T20 series has been a bit of a humbling experience for England. They have so many players playing in T20 competitions around the world that trying to get the best ones together for a national series should not be a problem. For the time being, though, it looks as if they are missing something. 

The English batting lineup is built to attack on good batting wickets. That is not what you get in Bangladesh. The slowness of the surface and the turn that the spinners get make it difficult to play the high-tempo game England pioneered in many ways. 

As a result, England is unable to bat Bangladesh out of the game like it would have been expected to. 

In these low-scoring matches, England's bowling becomes a lot more vulnerable since its spinners are good but perhaps not as accustomed as Bangladesh's while playing in slow conditions.