5 'Potential' Match Winners For Bangladesh In ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Here's a look at 5 players that can prove to be the biggest 'match winners' for Bangladesh in ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The story of Bangladesh in the world of cricket is a fascinating one. If, ever a book titled, “The Biggest Mysteries of Cricket” is published; the first chapter of the book would constitute the cricketing journey of Bangladesh.
In the last edition of the Champions Trophy, Bangladesh reached the semi-final stage of the mega event, but ended up bowing out with a defeat to India.
Do 'Bangla Tigers' Have What It Takes To Dream Again? Let's Find Out
A Closer Look at the Bangladesh's Squad:
The pitches in Bangladesh are one of the slowest pitches in the world, with an uneven bounce. Therefore, the players will naturally accommodate with the pitches of Pakistan, but the only difference will be the batting nature of the pitches, as Lahore, Rawalpindi are nothing short of a batting paradise.
A relatively younger squad will be travelling to Pakistan for the 2025 edition, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz's men dream again, as they aim at bettering the close-misses of the past.
Bangladesh Cricket Board made a bold decision by dropping veteran opener Litton Das, whereas, it will be all-but last chance for Soumya Sarkar, who barely made a cut into the squad after a strong showing against West Indies.
5 Bangladeshi Players To Watch Out In CT 2025:
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz: The Bangladesh captain has produced match-winning knocks on a regular basis from past couple of years, and is amongst the best all-rounders in the world right now. His expertise with both, bat and ball, will come in handy for the nation.
- Rishad Hossain: The formidable leg-spinner bamboozled opposition batters in the T20 World Cup 2024, and further proved his worth by delivering some power-packed knocks in the lower order recently against West Indies.
- Nahid Rana: After a very long time, Bangladesh finally have a young bowler who bowls deadly bouncers, and generates extra bounce and pace off the pitch. Nahid Rana uses the force of his entire back while delivering a ball, and becomes very unpredictable on any sort of pitch.
- Taskin Ahmed: Taskin Ahmed's experience will help the younger bowlers of Bangladesh in ICC Champions Trophy 2025, as the veteran will be heading into his 3rd edition, and most probably, his last. The right-armed pacer is extremely lethal when on-song, and opposition sides will be vary of the threat he possesses.
- Jaker Ali Anik: A promising young batsman, who unleashes sheer power-hitting at any given point of time, containing Jaker Ali Anik will be a huge task for opposition bowlers, as the middle-order batsman can prove to be a big headache.