Bangladesh has won the toss and decide to bat first in the 2nd cricket Test against England being played in Dhaka on Friday, October 27, 2016.
The match starts at 9:30 a.m local, 4:00 GMT.
Live updates. Day 2
England 207/8 trail by just 13 runs now
England 185/8 - trail 33 runs - Mehedi Hasan Miraz takes 70/5
England 97/5 trailer by 123 runs.
Day 1
England 50/3 trail by 170 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
220 all-out (Tamim Iqbal 104) M Ali 44/3
The line-ups:
Bangladesh XI- Tamim Iqbal, Shuvagata Hom, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Sabbir Rahman, Taijul Islam and Kamrul Islam Rabbi.
England players are confident of a good show after winning the first Test. If they win this Test, they will climb to the No 3 spot in the ICC Test rankings pressing Australia further down.
But the Bangladesh skipper has some other plans, the game will be played on a fresh strip that helps the hosts in all possible ways, this is whatBangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim revealed in the media before the game.
Watch cricket live here.... https://t.co/KCH9rHtome
— HOSSAIN ASHEK (@BOSSASHEK) October 28, 2016
This Test will also be a new milestone for Mushfiqur Rahim as he will become the third Bangladeshi after Habibul Bashar and Mohammad Ashraful to play 50 Tests for his country. And he wants to make it a memorable event by winning it.
He will also become the most experienced wicketkeeper for his nation and will surpass Khaled Mashud who kept wickets in 44 Tests.
WICKET And another... Ben Stokes departs for 0, caught sharply at short leg off Taijul Islam. England 69-5.
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 29, 2016
Live: https://t.co/h1mSu0Jyki
Tv telecast and live streaming details:
Viewers in Bangladesh can watch the game live on Gazi TV or GTV, The channel will also stream the Test live on its official website Gtv.com.
Bangladesh batting crumbled in the 1st innings but England didn’t make any better start too. #BANvENG pic.twitter.com/tmnIU7QwJl
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) October 28, 2016
Star Sports in India Sky Sports in the UK, Willow TV in the US, SuperSport sin the African continent, Fox Sport in Australia will broadcast the game live.
The live streaming can also be watched at the official website of Star Sports and Sky Sports.
Pitch and weather conditions at Mirpur, Dhaka.
The pitch will surely assist the Bangladesh slow bowlers. According to the curator, the track will assist the batsmen initially and will develop cracks as the game progresses helping the hosts.
The weather is perfect, bright and sunny with no rain on day 1, but rain is forecast on day 2 and day 3, but it is unlikely to affect the game much.
the Bangladeshi players are expected to bounce back in this Test and level the series. they have all the resources in their favour, the pitch, the crowd and their families in the stadium.
