bangladesh Will face Ireland in the first match of the three-match T20 series. This article provides details about the playing 11 of Bangladesh vs Ireland for the first match of the series.
Bangladesh Playing XI vs Ireland- 1st T20I, Ireland tour of Bangladesh 2025:
Openers: Saif Hasan, Tanjeed Hasan
Bangladesh will be looking to start the three-match T20 series against Ireland with a win to continue the momentum achieved by winning the series 2-0 in Test cricket against the same opponent.
Bangladesh will be missing one of their most experienced players in the T20I setup, Taskin Ahmed, who has not been selected for the first two matches, with the rest of the bowling lineup being the same as in the previous T20I assignments.
The onus will be on the opening pair with Saif Hasan, who has been elevated to the role of vice-captain of the team, and Tanjeed Hasan being responsible for getting the team off to a good start as well as scoring runs individually.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Liton Das (wicketkeeper/captain), Tauheed Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hussain.
After the openers will come the middle order who have shown what they are capable of doing in the middle phase of the batting innings, but have not been able to do so on a consistent basis.
Players like Liton Das, Tauheed Hridoy, Zaker Ali and Nurul Hasan will look to take advantage of the upcoming opportunity and deliver solid performances with the bat.
All eyes will be on Bangladesh T20 captain Liton Das, who was in good form in the recently concluded Test series against Ireland, to lead from the front.
The host team will favor its top five batsmen to score most of the runs for the team while batting first and also while chasing.
Bowlers: Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzeem Hasan
It is expected that Bangladesh will go into the first T20 match with only a few fast bowlers, which means the onus will be on the spinners to cause major damage.
The responsibility of the spin bowling department will be handled by the trio of Nasum Ahmed, Rishad Hussain and Mahedi Hasan.
Of the three spinners, Nasum Ahmed will bowl an over or two in the powerplay as he is well equipped to do so.
The spinners will be entrusted with the responsibility of controlling things, especially in the middle overs, as a large number of matches are won by the team which wins in the middle overs, be it with the bat or the ball.
Another reason why spinners will play a big role in the match is that if they are able to take more than 7-15 wickets, it will make things easier for the fast bowlers at the end of the innings.
Along with the spinners, the fast bowling duo of Tanzim Hasan and veteran fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman will also look to stem the flow of runs and take wickets with the new ball and at the end of the innings.