Played 2, Won 1, Lost 1, Points 2. That's the status of the two teams that'll lock horns against each other today. Hello everyone and a warm welcome to this Group D encounter from Kingstown. It's Bangladesh vs Netherlands. Both of them came so close to beating the Proteas. But South Africa emerged victorious on both occasions and have already sealed a Super Eight spot. And that makes this a very crucial match. While this is not a knockout encounter, the winner today will be in a more comfortable situation to progress to the next round.

The Arnos Vale Ground is hosting its first international match since 2014 and it'll be interesting to see how the pitch behaves. With both the sides having played their previous match at New York, they'll hope for a better batting surface. Netherlands notched up an impressive win against Bangladesh in the 2023 ODI World Cup but this is a different format and the latter have a 3-1 head-to-head record against the Dutch in T20Is. Promises to be a cracking encounter.

#0969DASri Lanka will hope that this match gets washed out.Sri Lanka will hope that this match gets washed out.

Dimensions - 67m (hitting into the end) and 61m square boundaries, 76m straight down the ground. We are going to get some good carry. The pitch is very nice and hard. There's a decent grass covering and a bit of greenness to the gras as well. The ball is going to carry through. It's going to be a better surface.

Three full tosses. That's how many Keshav Maharaj bowled while defending 10 runs in the final over in New York. And had Bangladesh been able to put away even one of them, the Group D picture would have looked quite different from what it does now, with South Africa having qualified and the rest left to scrape their way to the next round.

Netherlands are also in the same boat as Bangladesh when it comes to missed opportunities against South Africa. They had Aiden Markram's side on the mat at 12/4 but didn't quite have answers to David Miller's mature innings at the back end. However, Bangladesh in all their vulnerability are a more realistic hunt for the Netherlands in their campaign push for the second round.

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