T20 World Cup 2021, Match 23: West Indies vs Bangladesh, Stats Preview: Player records and approaching milestones

In what can be called a do-or-die encounter, West Indies will meet Bangladesh in their upcoming fixture. The encounter takes place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday (October 29). Both teams are coming off two successive defeats and one more loss can their end their chances of qualifying for T20 World Cup 2021 semi-finals. While defending champions West Indies haven’t lived up to the expectations, the Bangla Tigers have many loopholes in their ship.

Speaking of the defending champions, the Kieron Pollard-led side kick-started their campaign in a terrible manner, getting bundled out for 55 against England. They subsequently lost the game by six wickets. While they put up a better batting show against South Africa, their bowlers couldn’t defend 143. The Caribbean team might be studded with numerous match-winners. However, they need to perform as a unit to thrive.

As far as Bangladesh are concerned, they would have been confident after posting 171/4 against Sri Lanka. However, their bowlers couldn’t defend the total. Bangladesh’s previous outing against England was even more dismal. They posted mere 124/9 while batting first and allowed the Three Lions to cross the line in 14.1 overs. Hence, it would be interesting to see how they perform against the Men in Maroon.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 23rd game of the T20 World Cup 2021:

Head to head: West Indies are just a tad ahead of Bangladesh as far as head-to-head record in T20Is is concerned. In 12 clashes, the Caribbean side has won 6 games while five encounters went in Bangladesh’s favour. One of their matches got abandoned. These two sides have met twice in T20 World Cup and the head-to-head record is 1-1.

55 – Chris Gayle needs 55 runs to become the second batter to complete 1000 runs in T20 World Cups.

6 – Kieron Pollard needs six big hits to complete 100 sixes in T20I cricket. He’ll be the third West Indies player to get the feat after Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis.

2 – Shakib needs two wickets to become the fourth bowler to take 400 wickets in T20 cricket.

1 – Nasum Ahmed needs just one scalp to complete 50 wickets in T20 cricket.

11 – Bangladesh have won 11 T20Is this year, joint second-most by any Test-playing nation. Only South Africa (12) are ahead of them.

18 – Mohammad Naim needs 18 runs to become the first Bangladesh player to complete T20I 500 runs in a calendar year.

4 – Bangladesh suffered their fourth-biggest T20I defeat in terms of balls remaining in their last game against England, 35.

110 – Mahmudullah needs 110 runs to become the first Bangladesh player to complete 2000 T20I runs.

115 – Shakib Al Hasan can also complete 2000 T20I runs. He requires 115 runs to get the milestone.

44 – Mushfiqur Rahim needs 44 runs to become the fourth Bangladesh player to complete 1500 runs in T20I cricket.

50 – Andre Fletcher needs 50 runs to complete 1,000 runs in T20Is.

4 – Oshane Thomas is four scalps away from completing 50 wickets in international cricket.

1 – Jason Holder needs one scalp to complete 300 wickets in international cricket.

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