ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (Match 43): Pakistan vs Bangladesh – Stats Preview

Pakistan and Bangladesh will meet on Friday (5th July) at Lord’s (London) during the match 43 of the ongoing 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

Both Pakistan and Bangladesh have played eight matches in this tournament. While Pakistan have won four matches in this tournament, Bangladesh have managed to win three matches.

Ahead of this Pakistan vs Bangladesh encounter, here we are with some statistical previews of this match.

Teams’ recent ODI form

Pakistan (in last ten matches; oldest to latest): Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Won, Lost, Lost, Won, Won and Won

Bangladesh (in last ten matches; oldest to latest): Won, Won, Won, Won, Lost, Lost, Won, Lost, Won and Lost

ODI records at Lord’s (London)

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Head-to-Head ODI records

Overall (36 matches): Pakistan won 31 ODIs; Bangladesh won 5 ODIs

At neutral venues (8 matches): Pakistan won 6 ODIs; Bangladesh won 2 ODIs

In England (1 match): Pakistan won 0 ODIs; Bangladesh won 1 ODI

At Lord’s, London: Never played

In the World Cup: Pakistan won 0 ODIs; Bangladesh won 1 ODI

In the last ten matches: Pakistan won 6 ODIs; Bangladesh won 4 ODIs

• Since March 2014, Pakistan have failed to beat Bangladesh in ODIs. In their last four ODI meetings, Bangladesh have won all those matches.

Players’ stats

(Pakistan)

Mohammad Hafeez

i) Pakistan senior all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has scored 12,147 international runs and also has taken 246 international wickets. Taking four more wickets, Hafeez will become the first Pakistan cricketer and fifth overall cricketer to manage 12,000+ international runs as well as 250 international wickets.

Wahab Riaz

i) Wasim Akram (55 wickets), Wahab Riaz (34 wickets) and Imran Khan (34 wickets) are the top three most wicket-takers for Pakistan in CWC history. Riaz needs to pick up another wicket to surpass Imran Khan in this list.

Hasan Ali

i) Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali has already claimed 148 international wickets. He is two wickets away to complete his 150 international wickets.

(Bangladesh)

Mustafizur Rahman

i) After playing 53 ODIs, the left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman has taken 98 ODI wickets. He is two wickets away to complete his 100 ODI wickets. While Abdur Razzak is holding the record of fastest 100 ODI wickets for Bangladesh which he achieved in 69 ODIs, Mustafizur Rahman has an excellent chance to break this record.

Mashrafe Mortaza

i) Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has taken 98 wickets as an ODI captain. Taking two more wickets, Mortaza will become the first Bangladesh captain and fifth overall captain to claim 100 ODI wickets.

ii) The top three CWC wicket-takers for Bangladesh are Shakib Al Hasan (33 wickets), Abdur Razzak (20 wickets) and Mashrafe Mortaza (19 wickets). Adding two more wickets, Mortaza will surpass Abdur Razzak in this list and climb up to the second position.

Mushfiqur Rahim

i) Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has scored 5,909 ODI runs. The right-handed batsman is 91 runs away to complete his 6,000 ODI runs. He will be the third Bangladesh batsman after Tamim Iqbal (6,863 runs) and Shakib Al Hasan (6,259 runs) to score 6,000 ODI runs.

Mahmudullah Riyad

i) Bangladesh cricketer Mahmudullah Riyad has scored 3,947 runs in ODI career. The right-handed batsman needs to score 53 more runs to complete his 4,000 ODI runs. Mahmudullah will be the fourth Bangladesh batsman to score 4,000 ODI runs.