Bangladesh vs Netherlands T20 World Cup 2022 Match 17 Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Bangladesh begin their T20 World Cup campaign by facing the Netherlands in Match 17 of the Super 12 Round in Group 2 on October 24 at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Scott Edward-led Dutch side entered the main draw of the tournament by defeating Namibia and the United Arab Emirates in the qualifying round with their only loss coming against Sri Lanka in Geelong.

Heading into the global tournament, Shakib Al Hasan’s Bangladesh failed to make it to the finals of the recently-concluded Tri-Series held in New Zealand as they are enduring a terrible year in T20 internationals. The Asian team has lost 11 out of the 16 matches played in 2022 with victories coming only on four occasions. Notably, they were also knocked out of the qualifying round in Asia Cup as they could not enter the main draw of the competition.

On the other hand, the Netherlands have played 10 T20Is this year and sealed victories six times. Bangladesh’s hopes rely on their experienced captain Shakib along with Litton Das and pacers Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman. For the Dutch side, opener Max O’Dowd and Bas de Leede have been performing well in the ongoing tournament and they would hope the same from the pair in the Super 12 opener.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 17 in the Super 12 round in Group 2 between Bangladesh and Netherlands in T20 WC 2022:

Head-to-Head: Bangladesh and the Netherlands have met in three T20 internationals so far with Bangladesh claiming victories on two occasions and the Netherlands on one. In T20 World Cups, both have clashed in a solitary encounter in Dharamsala in 2016 when Bangladesh won by eight runs. It also turned out to be the last meeting between the two sides in a T20I.

3 – Shakib (47) needs three sixes to reach 50 maximums in T20Is.

4 – Shakib (122) needs four scalps to surpass Tim Southee (125) and become the leading wicket-taker in T20Is.

1 – Bas de Leede (49) is one game away from appearing in 50 international matches.

1 – Roelof van der Merwe (49) is one match away from appearing in 50 T20Is.

92 – Afif Hossain (908) requires 92 runs to complete 1000 runs in T20 internationals.

24 – Max O’Dowd (1476) needs 24 runs to get to 1500 T20I runs.

10 – Litton Das (590) is ten fours away from reaching 600 fours across formats.

8 – Bas de Leede (42) is eight fours away from completing 50 fours in T20 internationals.

8 – Stephan Myburgh (92) requires eight fours to reach 100 fours in the T20I format.