World Cup 2019: Key players for England vs Bangladesh faceoff

LONDON: Cricket World Cup 2019 hosts England are ready to face Bangladesh in today’s match at Cardiff. The match is scheduled to begin at 2:30 pm (PST).

England and Bangladesh are ready to come out blazing with runs on the board and blowing away wickets in today’s match.

Following will be some important players for today’s match:

Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)

Playing his fourth World Cup, Mushfiqur Rahim will be gold-worthy for Bangladesh throughout their campaign in the tournament. The wicket-keeper batsman scored amazing 90 runs against India in the warm-up match and also has been consistently performing for his team with an average of 34.95 in 205 ODIs (191 innings), including six centuries and thirty-three half-centuries.

Not only scoring runs is his part of the game, but he also has 169 catches and 42 stumpings to his heaps of experience. He also scored 78 (80) in the opener match against South Africa, contributing an important innings to the win.

Shakib-al-Hasan (Bangladesh)

ICC ranked No.1 ODI all-rounder, Shakib is considered the best cricketer to have ever played for Bangladesh.

Shakib is as good with the ball as he is with the bat. He picked up two crucial wickets of Dhoni and Pandya in the warm-up match against India but despite getting out on a duck, Shakib serves as the nucleus of Bangladesh cricket team with an amazing career of 198 ODI matches where he scored runs with a decent average of 35.73, picking up 249 wickets.

He scored a match-winning 75 runs against Proteas and 64 runs against New Zealand with picking up crucial two wickets in the match.

Jos Buttler (England)

Jos Buttler became the first English cricketer to hit the fastest century of an ICC Cricket World Cup tournament in history. Jos Buttler set fire against Pakistan by putting on 103 runs off 76 balls including 9 fours and 2 sixes while chasing 349, although his innings were not heroic enough to help his team win against the men in green.

He appeared to be a miracle for England at the moment alongside Joe Root, who also scored a hundred against Pakistan.

Buttler has scored 3652 runs in 133 ODI matches (110 innings) including eighteen fifties and nine centuries with a very decent average of 41.97 and an impressive strike rate of 119.93. His highest score is 150 to date. Buttler will be a crucial asset for England versus Bangladesh.

Ben Stokes (England)

Ben Stokes produced a fine all-round display as England began their quest to win the World Cup with a 104-run thrashing of South Africa in the tournament opener.

The all-rounder top-scored with 89 in England´s 311 for eight, held a brilliant catch and took two for 12, including the last wicket, as England won with 61 balls left.

Stokes has scored 2306 runs in 85 ODI matches (72 innings) with a decent average of 38.42, including three hundreds and sixteen fifties. He is as good with the ball as he is with the bat, picking up 65 ODI wickets in 85 matches (70 innings), including 5-wicket-haul.

Jofra Archer (England)

In a young career of four ODI matches, Jofra Archer did a venom-filled spell against South Africa during the tournament opener match, when his bouncer struck Hashim Amla and he had to leave the field (retired hurt).

His bowling pace is electrifying and there’s always a buzz of getting a wicket after every delivery that he bowls.

The young man can turn out to be a very precious and astounding element for England’s bowling line up.