Bangladesh vs. Pakistan, T20I: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info, Preview

Bangladesh take on Pakistan in a one-off Twenty20 International in Mirpur before the start of their Test series the following week.

The pair recently concluded a three-match one-day international series, which the home side won by a convincing 3-0 margin.

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium; Mirpur, Bangladesh

Date: Friday, April 24

Start time: 6:30 p.m. local time, 1:30 p.m. BST

Live on: PTV, Ten Sports (Pakistan), Gazi TV (Bangladesh), Willow TV (USA), Star Sports (India), SuperSport (South Africa).

Weather: According to Weather.com, Mirpur is at risk of thunderstorms, with temperatures peaking at 28 degrees Celsius.

Overview

Both teams come into this game on the back of an ODI series dominated by the hosts, who ran out as convincing 3-0 winners, having dominated all three games.

Bangladesh won the first game by 79 runs then the second and third games by seven and eight wickets, respectively, to whitewash the visiting Pakistan team.

Most impressive for the Bangladeshis were the performances of openers Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar, the latter of which is just 22 and still inexperienced in international cricket.

On the bowling side, the wickets were shared around fairly evenly, with only Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny passing three wickets in an inning and doing so once each.

Meanwhile, new Pakistan ODI captain Azhar Ali stayed consistent as an opener, but he had little support from his wildly inconsistent team-mates.

The tour now moves to this T20I, with Shahid Afridi now leading Pakistan as captain after having not been in the ODI series.

With Bangladesh on song but Pakistan surely hurting from their recent experiences, it could be a fascinating game before the start of the two-match Test series.

Team News

Bangladesh (from): Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Abul Hasan, Arafat Sunny, Litton Das, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Rony Talukdar, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed

Pakistan (from): Shahid Afridi (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Haris Sohail, Imran Khan, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Mukhtar Ahmed, Saad Nasim, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz.

Key Players

Tamim Iqbal

In two of the three ODIs between these two teams, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal made a big impact as he scored two centuries and one half-century.

With his aggression and shot-making, he will want to maintain this strong form for the game’s shortest format.

Shahid Afridi

Out of the squad for Pakistan’s 3-0 reversal in the ODI series, Shahid Afridi now needs to prove he is worthy of his place still in this T20I side.

He retains the reins of captaincy and will need to contribute with bat and ball as well to show he still has something to offer in international cricket.