NZ-W vs BD-W Dream11 prediction Women's T20 World Cup: New Zealand vs Bangladesh women predicted playing 11

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Women's T20 World Cup: New Zealand vs Bangladesh women's Dream11 prediction NZ-W vs BD-W New Zealand and Bangladesh will face off in the hunt for their first win in the group stages of the Women's T20 World Cup at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town on Friday (February 17). The match will start at 6:30 PM IST.

Both teams will also fight to keep themselves in the title battle as anything less than a win will push them out of the World Cup race. New Zealand suffered back-to-back losses to Australia and South Africa by heavy margins while Bangladesh suffered a similar fate at the hands of Sri Lanka and Australia.

Women's T20 World Cup: NZ-W vs BD-W injury update, key players

New Zealand women injury update, key players vs Bangladesh women

There's no latest injury update for New Zealand women's cricket team but they have a lot more headaches as far as the form of their crucial players is concerned. All quality batters in Sophia Devine, Suzie Bates, and Amelia Kerr have failed to score runs in a cumulative batting failure as New Zealand batters scored 76 and 67 respectively.

However, both the batting failures came in Boland Park and this match is being played at Newlands, where Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, and Maddy Green felt comfortable and scored runs.

Thankfully, White Ferns' reliable bowlers have picked wickets at least with Lea Tahuhu taking five wickets in the group stages so far while Amelia Kerr took a three-for against in-form Australian batting.

Hayley Jensen has been among wickets as well with two wickets in the last game while she looked more in her elements on Cape Town surface with economical bowling spells and three wickets. Eder Carson also found form as the 21-year-old off-break took a couple of wickets against South Africa.

Bangladesh women injury updates, key players vs New Zealand women

No injury has been reported leading into the match for Bangladesh with the onus of scoring runs lies with skipper Nigar Sultana, who has entered the Women's T20 World Cup in top form.

The remainder of the batting unit has been disappointing in the last game against mighty Australians but the likes of Sobhana Mostary, Shamima Sultana have scored some runs this World Cup, including the warm-ups.

As far as bowling is concerned, pace sensation Marufa Akter has relished bowling in South African conditions as she took seven wickets in four matches. Nahida Akter failed to take wickets in the two games but has been an economical face of Bangladesh bowling and took two wickets in the warm-up as well.

The same goes for Rumana Ahmed, who has been effective in stopping runs whenever asked to bowl.

Women's T20 World Cup: New Zealand vs Bangladesh women's squads

New Zealand women's squad Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Eden Carson, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

Bangladesh women's squad Nigar Sultana Joty (c) Marufa Akter, Fargana Hoque Pinky, Fahima Khatun, Shorna Akter, Salma Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Shamima Sultana, Murshida Khatun, Nahida Akter, Rumana Ahmed, Lata Mondol, Ritu Moni, Disha Biswas, Sobhana Mostary

Women's T20 World Cup: New Zealand vs Bangladesh women's predicted playing XI

New Zealand predicted playing 11 vs Bangladesh Suzie Bates, Maddy Green, Georgia Plimmer, Sophia Devine(C), Amelia Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Jess Kerr, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Eden Carson

Bangladesh predicted playing 11 Murshida Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Salma Khatun, Ritu Moni, Rumana Ahmed, Nigar Sultana(C), Shamima Sultana, Nahida Akter, Fahima Khatun, Marufa Akter

Women's T20 World Cup: NZ-W vs BD-W pitch report

The last match played at the ground saw Pakistan women beat Ireland by 70 runs after the Asian nation scored 165 with opener Muneeba Ali scoring the first century of this Women's T20 World Cup.

Newlands Cricket Ground wicket is among a few grounds in South Africa that assist spin and could play to the strength of Bangladesh bowling. The average T20 score on the surface has been 150 runs in the first innings and 141 in the second. Saying that the team batting second has won 16 times in comparison to 10 for the team batting first.

NZ-W vs BD-W Dream11 prediction New Zealand vs Bangladesh women

Wicketkeeper M Green, N Sultana
Batter S Bates, M Khatun, S Mostary
All-rounder L Tahuhu, A Kerr, R Ahmed
Bowler H Jensen, E Carson, M Akter

Captain and vice-captain choices Bangladesh's N Sultana's top batting form makes her an obvious choice for captaincy while L Tahuhu has shone with the ball despite her team's poor show. Pacer M Akter has delivered wickets with the ball for Bangladesh and could trouble New Zealand's top-order early on.