Bangladesh and Ireland face a must-win situation. A loss to India has left Bangladesh needing to beat Ireland in order to move to the Super Eights.
Ireland play their first match of the tournament and for them this is essentially a knock-out game, as they will play India next.
Bangladesh will be cautious of Ireland in this format as they shocked them in round two of the 2007 World Cup in Barbados, and also because Netherlands showed that anything is possible in Twenty20. Bangladesh also know that Ireland are more familiar with the conditions in England.
This is the first time Ireland are up against a professional side in this format and they’ll need to relocate the form of their 2007 World Cup campaign if they are to progress. What they lack in experience they can make up for in determination and can also look at emulating the performances of the similarly unseeded Netherlands and Scotland.
