England v Sri Lanka Betting Tips & Predictions
The ICC Cricket World Cup hosts are back in action this weekend when England take…
We’ve had our fair share of competitive matches and high-profile upsets during the ICC Cricket World Cup that has been held in the UK and shown live on Sky Sports, but this fixture won’t provide us with another shock. That’s the thinking of traders at major bookmakers who believe India are set to claim victory at a canter. Here are our top Bangladesh v India betting tips and predictions.
Bangladesh face the unenviable task of trying to stop an in-form India side on Tuesday afternoon when the rivals meet at Edgbaston in Birmingham from 10.30am GMT. The fortunes of both teams involved in this fixture have been very different from match one and that is expected to show in the final result of this game. Bookies seem convinced in their stance, but we have seen many games go against the grain already. Will this be another big priced upset?
For as good as India have been for most of this World Cup campaign so far, they come into this fixture on the back of defeat, having fallen to England as recently as Sunday. That was a must win match for the host nation and it showed in their play as they battled to a valuable victory which kept their dreams of winning a first World Cup alive. The locals were favourites to win the trophy but have been made to battle for every bit of joy that has come their way, finding out they’ll get nothing for free this summer, not even from the weather.
At the conclusion of what was a thrilling contest, England edged India by a score of 31 runs, with the board at the conclusion of the match reading England 337-7 against India’s 306-5. Spectators enjoyed a full day of cricket and it went down as one of the best matches we’ve seen from this competition so far. The win meant more to England than their opponents and that showed in the performance of both sides, the victors finding a bit more when needed.
England were impressive with the bat in hand and had Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy to thank for a stunning opening stand of 160. They were also convincing in their fielding but found India – who were determined to protect their proud unbeaten record at all costs – difficult to shift. Virat Kohli led by example and was backed up by Rohit Sharma but, in the end, they couldn’t do enough.