Pakistan will fight for survival when they take on Bangladesh in the 31st match of the ongoing ODI World Cup. The match will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

In the 31st match of the 2023 Cricket World Cup, Pakistan will face Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday afternoon. Pakistan defeated the Netherlands and Sri Lanka in their first two games but have since suffered defeats from India, Australia, Afghanistan and South Africa. Bangladesh also won their opening match against Afghanistan by six wickets with 92 balls remaining but have not won any of their five matches since then and were easily beaten by the Netherlands by 87 runs in match 28 here at Eden Gardens on Saturday.  This match starts in Kolkata at 2:00 pm local time.

Pakistan pushed South Africa to victory on Friday and could easily have walked off the field victorious had it not been for a referee's decision. It was their best performance from their last three defeats and we reckon they have enough with both bat and ball to win this clash.

Bangladesh have been very weak in this tournament and will finish in ninth place this game. However, they still have a lot to play for as only the top eight teams will qualify for the 2025 Champions Trophy, so we can expect them to give it their all in this game to achieve victory.

Match Preview

Pakistan and Bangladesh will play the 31st match of the 2023 ODI World Cup on Tuesday (October 31) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Pakistan have lost their last four games while Bangladesh come here having lost five games in a row.

Pakistan faced South Africa in their last game and scored 270 runs in 46.4 overs. Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel scored half-centuries for Pakistan. Shakeel was the top scorer with 52 runs and 52 deliveries. South chased the target of 271 runs in 47.2 overs with a wicket in hand.

Bangladesh suffered a defeat against the Netherlands in their last game. They failed to reach the target of 230 runs. None of the batters managed to score more than 40 runs for Bangladesh.

Pitch Report

The pitch is expected to be extremely favorable for the bowlers in this game. In the last five matches at this venue, the average first innings total has been 205 runs. Given the conditions, the team that wins the toss could choose to bat.

Toss Prediction

Seven of the last eight ODIs at this venue have been won by the team that batted first, so we expect both skippers to choose to bat first if they win the toss.

Weather Report

Head to Head

Match Prediction

Very few pundits saw Bangladesh as real top four contenders before the tournament began, but Pakistan were expected to be challenging at the top of the table and their recent results have been very disappointing. However, they did very well against South Africa and this classic game could well have ended in their favor. Bangladesh have exciting players, but as a team they are yet to perform well against the stronger teams. Due to the lack of consistent run scorers, we see no path to victory for Bangladesh and expect Pakistan to emerge victorious and win this game at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.

Pakistan beats Bangladesh

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Betting Tips

Bet on Pakistan to win.

Probable Playing XI

Pakistan

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Pakistan Key Players

Mohammad Rizwan – The wicket-keeper batsman is Pakistan's leading run-scorer in the competition with 333 runs at an average of 66.60. He always scores his runs at a quick rate and will look to do the same in this game.

Shaheen Shah Afridi - Once again the left-arm pace bowler didn't deserve to be on the losing side after dismissing Quinton de Kock, David Miller and Gerald Coetzee against South Africa.

Haris Rauf - The powerful 29-year-old right-arm fast bowler added another 2 wickets to his tournament tally on Friday and takes 147 international dismissals into this game.

Bangladesh Key Players

Mehidy Hasan Miraz – The all-rounder could well be moved up the batting order to open this game after top scoring in the last game. He was in brilliant form early in the competition in this format and batted aggressively.

Mahmudullah - The highly experienced batting all-rounder has already scored a century in this tournament and seemed to be the only middle-order to keep Bangladesh in the match against Netherlands.

Mustafizur Rahman - The left-arm fast bowler's value has declined over the last 12-18 months with the emergence of some younger fast bowlers, but his slower balls were very effective here at Eden Gardens on Saturday.

Shakib Al Hasan - The captain was home between the last two games but was particularly strong with the ball against the Netherlands, taking 1-37 from his 10 overs, including a first wicket.