Bangladesh will take on Netherlands in the third match of International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2016 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharmashala on Wednesday.
India is hosting the sixth edition of world T20, which begins on March 8. Zimbabwe will take on Hong Kong and Afghanistan will take on Scotland in the first two games of the championship on Tuesday.
Eight top ranking teams - India, Australia, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, New Zealand and the West Indies - have already booked their places in Super10, while eight other teams - Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Oman, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, Scotland, the Netherlands and Ireland - will play each other in the qualifying round from March 8 to 13. Two teams out of eight will make places in the Super10.
Watch the live stream and videos here, here, and here and get live scores here and here. The twenty-over match starts at 3 p.m. local time (9:30 a.m. GMT/4:30 a.m. ET/1:20 a.m. PT) on March 9.
Bangladesh, which recently lost the Asia Cup final to India by eight wickets, is likely to dominate Group A and have a good chance to qualify for the main rounds. Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza wants his side to forget the Asia Cup final loss and go into world cup with a positive mindset.
"We are taking a lot of positives from the tournament as we have a played the final which is a huge achievement," Mortaza said after the Asia Cup final loss. "But in two days we have a qualifying match in the World T20. We have to qualify first and then also we will be in the group of death. We have to be mentally ready and ensure that this final loss does not affect us as playing in India is a tough thing."
Netherlands, on the other hand, lost an official warm up match against Afghanistan last week. The Wesley Barresi-led side failed to chase a 153 run target set by Afghans in 20 overs.
The Probable Squads:
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed, Imrul Kayes, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Muktar Ali and Shuvagata Hom.
Netherlands: Wesley Barresi, Ahsan Malik, Peter Borren, Mudassar Bukhari, Ben Cooper, Vivian Kingma, Stephan Myburgh, Max O'Dowd, Michael Rippon, Pieter Seelaar, Sikander Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Timm van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe and Paul van Meekeren.
