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Scotland take on Bangladesh in the preliminary round of the T20 World Cup.
The game is scheduled for 6pm local time (3pm BST) on Sunday, October 17, 2021.
The game will be held at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground at Al Amerat in Oman.
Oman Cricket Academy Ground: Ground guide
Bangladesh are in terrific nick. They have series victories over both Australia and New Zealand - albeit a second-string Kiwi side - in the past two and a half months, and have won nine of their 13 T20Is since April.
That said, their warm-up matches ahead of this tournament have not quite gone to plan: defeats have come against Ireland and Sri Lanka.
These two sides have only met once in a T20I, at The Hague in 2012, when Scotland emerged triumphant.
The Scots fancy their chances of causing anyone they meet a headache at this World Cup. There is confidence in the camp despite the fact they did not play a T20I for nearly two years between October 2019 and September 2021.
They have won two and lost three of the five T20Is they have contested this year, as well as winning two warm-up matches ahead of the tournament: against Namibia and the Netherlands.
Dafabet make Bangladesh the hot favourites in this one, with the Tigers available at incredibly short odds of 1/5. Fancy Scotland to spring an upset? Then you can back them at 7/2.
This tournament may well be the acid test of whether Mustafizur Rahman can ever return to the technical and skilled operator that broke through six years ago.
A World T20 five-for, an IPL title, the emerging player award, an ICC accolade and the expectation he would be the long-term successor to Mashrafe Mortaza; Rahman had the world at his feet. But a succession of injuries, most importantly a shoulder issue suffered while in England, has stalled his progress.
There is nothing substandard about Bangladesh's spin attack - who have been nurtured by Rangana Herath ahead of the tournament - which has genuine depth and possesses plenty of threat. Nasum Ahmed is only 14 matches into his international career, but he already looks at home. His 16 wickets came at 12.25 in 11 matches over the 2021 season.
For Scotland, there aren’t many players in world cricket fonder of the sweep shot and its various alternatives than George Munsey, who hit 14 sixes in his demolition of Netherlands in 2019 – an innings of 127 in 56 balls. In doing so, he and Coetzer put together a 200-run opening partnership, the third-largest in T20I history.
He is the highest-rated Scottish player by the T20 Player Index, coming in at No.338.
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The following umpires and match referees have been named by the ICC to officiate in the T20 World Cup 2021:
Referees: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Javagal Srinath
Umpires: Chris Brown, Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Rod Tucker, Joel Wilson, Paul Wilson
The following officials have been allocated to this fixture:
On-field umpires: Kettleborough, Raza
TV umpire: Gaffaney
Fourth umpire: Dharmasena
Referee: Madugalle
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Temperatures are set to touch 30 Celsius come the first ball of this fixture.
Follow the Met Office forecast here.
Yes, though Covid protocols including the wearing of face masks will be in place.
Click here to visit the ICC's ticketing site.
Scotland are outsiders but if they can get big runs on the board, they stand a chance. Bangladesh to scrape it.
T20 WORLD CUP TEAM GUIDES
Sky Sports Cricket (Sky 404, Talk Talk 404, BT TV 423, Virgin 504) will broadcast the series in the United Kingdom, with the content available online via its streaming platform Sky Go.
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra will have live ball-by-ball radio commentary of all tournament matches, accessible through the BBC Sport website, BBC Sounds or DAB radio.
The Star Sports network is showing the tournament in India. Matches can be streamed via Disney+ Hotstar
Other broadcasters by territory:
Australia - Fox Sports, Channel 9, Kayo Sports
New Zealand – Sky Sport New Zealand
Pakistan - PTV Sports, Ten Sports
Bangladesh - Ghazi Tv (GTV)
Sri Lanka – SLRC (Channel Eye)
South Africa – SuperSport
Caribbean – ESPN
Middle East and North Africa – eLife TV, StarzPlay, Switch TV
USA – ESPN+
Singapore - Star Cricket, Star Hub and Singtel
Malaysia - Fox International Channels
Hong Kong - Star Cricket
Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (c), Shakib al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Naim, Nurul Hasan, Shamim Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Saifuddin, Shariful Islam, Taskin Ahmed
Scotland: Kyle Coetzer (c), Richard Berrington, Dylan Budge, Matthew Cross (wk), Josh Davey, Ally Evans, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Calum Macleod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Hamza Tahir, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal
Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
Scotland: George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer, Richie Berrington, Calum Macleod, Matt Cross, Michael Leask, Mark Watt, Josh Davey, Chris Greaves, Brad Wheal, Safyaan Sharif
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