Big picture: A 'proper contest' awaits

England will have their hands full, but there's also a lot of respect for this side in Bangladesh. The English players are BPL regulars, and even played plenty of Dhaka Premier League in the past decade. Just like everywhere else in the world, England now have better understanding of conditions, attitudes and cultures, and Bangladesh expects nothing different this time.

They will be without Harry Brook and Ben Duckett - who are in New Zealand with the Test side - but they have Will Jacks, James Vince and Mark Wood among their recalls into the ODI side. Rehan Ahmed seems like an interesting choice too, given how the Dhaka pitches tend to assist spinners.

It promises to be a great contest between the England and the side, like many others around the world, that wants to be the next England.

Form guide

Bangladesh LLLLD (last five completed matches, most recent first)
England LWWWL

In the spotlight: Tamim-Shakib and Moeen

Team news: Taijul, Rehan in focus

Tamim will slot into Anamul Haque's place. Taijul Islam could play in Ebadot Hossain's slot as the third specialist spinner.

Bangladesh (probable): 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Litton Das, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Yasir Ali, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Taijul Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.

England may be tempted to play young legspinner Rehan Ahmed instead of one of the fast bowlers. Will Jacks, James Vince and Phil Salt are their batting options.

England (probable): 1 Jason Roy, 2 Dawid Malan, 3 James Vince, 4 Will Jacks, 5 Jos Buttler (capt, wk), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Reece Topley.

Pitch and conditions

The Shere Bangla National Stadium pitch is expected to assist spinners as usual, but the BPL's knockout phase, couple of weeks ago, saw plenty of runs scored here. The 12pm start time is to avoid heavy dew after sunset.

Quotes

"They are the world champions. They have one team playing somewhere else, they have another team here. They have mind-blowing depth of talent. We want to see where we are at, and find out the gap that we have to bridge. If we do well in these conditions, it will give us confidence."
Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha on whether the hosts can lift themselves against a strong opponent.