BAN vs NED 2025: Bangladesh vs Netherlands, 1st T20I Match Preview

Overview

The Netherlands (NED) are in Bangladesh (BAN) for the first time, as the two sides will square off in a historic first T20I of the bilateral series on Saturday, August 30. This highly-anticipated contest will be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet.

Bangladesh have been in excellent form of late in the shortest format of the game. They have won four out of the last five matches in T20Is, with their only loss coming in their most recent outing against Pakistan, where they had already claimed an unassailable lead in the series. With the Asia Cup 2025 on their radar, the Bangla Tigers would be looking to showcase the best of their abilities in the series against the Netherlands as well.

The Netherlands, on the other hand, have also tasted quite a decent amount of success in their last five 20-over encounters, winning thrice, while losing once each against Scotland and Nepal. The Scott Edwards-led side would be looking to make a mark against the Asian giants and cause an upset against the Litton Das-led side at their own home.

Match Details

Pitch Report

The Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet is a venue known for its excellent nature of batting. The pitch is known for high-scoring encounters and thus far, a total of 13 international matches in the shortest format of the game have been held here. Of these, nine have been won by the teams batting second. Going by history, the captain calling it correctly for the upcoming encounter must also ask the opposition to set his side a target.

Head-to-Head record in ODIs

BAN vs NED Predicted Playing 11s

Bangladesh

Litton Das (captain and wicketkeeper), Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Nurul Hasan, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam

Netherlands

Vikramjit Singh, Max O'Dowd, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (captain and wicketkeeper), Noah Croes, Cedric de Lange, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein, Sikander Zulfiqar