Surrey Jaguars vs Bangla Tigers Mississauga Prediction: Jaguars have better head-to-head record

Bangla Tigers Mississauga take on Surrey Jaguars in Match 18 of Global T20 League 2024 Canada at CAA Centre - Sports and Entertainment Complex, Brampton, Canada on 5th August 2024. The head-to-head record is good for the Jaguars against the Tigers. Who will win this game of cricket?

Bangla Tigers lost their opening game but then won three games in a row, only to lose their last group game against the Brampton Wolves. Their batting order also failed to impress much in that game as they were bowled out for the mere total of 79 runs, losing the game by 8 wickets.

Iftikhar Ahmed has been a star, with 112 runs coming in 5 innings at an average of 112 and a strike rate of 100. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been solid with 96 runs in 5 innings at an average of 19 and a strike rate of 133.

While Shakib Al Hasan has little to contribute with the bat, he looks impressive with his slow left-arm spin, bagging 6 wickets from 4 innings at an economy rate of 5.68. David Wiese has been an all-rounder, equally instrumental in the successes of his team, making 78 runs at a strike rate of 141 and picking up 8 wickets at 6.31.

The other player who looks a threat is left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam of Bangladesh. He has picked up 6 wickets at an economy rate of just 5 this season.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Muhammad Waseem, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Rayyan Pathan, David Wiese, Gurpal Sidhu, Ali Khan, Shoriful Islam, Dillon Heyliger

As the Surrey Jaguars have succumbed to a defeat of 6 wickets at the hands of the Brampton Wolves, they have only one win this season with two games left for them to make it to the playoffs. They will be heavily dependent on the performance of Marcus Stoinis, their highest scorer, who has runs amounting to 132 in 3 innings at an average of 44 and a strike rate of 148, with 5 wickets at an economy rate of 4.72.

Other than Stoinis, there are other match-winners within Surrey's ranks in Kyle Mayers, Sunil Narine, and Mohammad Nabi. Each of them can turn their arms to contribute with the bat as well as the ball. Given the slow nature of the track, the spin bowling by Narine and Nabi will prove quite essential in making things tough for batters to score freely and always keeping the opposition under pressure. Narine has 8 wickets in the series at an economy of 7.18 and is due for another match-winning spell.

Ben Lister gets 5 wickets at an economy of 5.35 and is the anchor of the Surrey bowling unit, who will be instrumental in their quest for success.

Kyle Mayers, Sunil Narine, Mansab Gill, Shreyas Movva-wk, Brandon McMullen, Marcus Stoinis-c, Mohammad Nabi, Hamza Tariq, Harmeet Singh, Logan van Beek, Ben Lister

The game between Bangla Tigers and Surrey Jaguars would be a do or die fight for both teams if they want to keep themselves competitive in the tournament. Though Surrey Jaguars have a fine bowling lineup with the presence of talented spinners like Sunil Narine, their batting depends a lot on Stoinis. While Bangla Tigers have a well-balanced team, more importantly, they defeated Surrey Jaguars in their previous encounter this season, proving that they do have a very good chance of winning the next match. We, therefore, go with Bangla Tigers winning this crucial game.