Bangladesh and South Africa are going to meet in the field of run drought.

Bangladesh and South Africa are facing each other in the T20 World Cup 2024 group-stage match. The two teams will enter the field at the Nassau International Cricket Stadium in New York at 8:30 PM Bangladesh time on Monday.

So far no team has touched 140 in 8 innings on this ground. A strong batting line-up like India was all out for 119 runs with 1 over to spare. The thought of facing Anrich Norkiad on such a wicket is scary. And if the name of the team is Bangladesh, they don't have many happy memories in the recent past.

Bangladesh's T20 International encounter against South Africa shows the statistics 8-0, Bangladesh never came close to victory. Rather, the rate levels and gaps seem to be increasing.

The only hope here for Bangladesh is that the South African team is incredible on a stage like the World Cup.

As South Africa lost two consecutive World Cups against the Netherlands in T20 and ODI formats, South Africa again played in the ODI World Cup semi-finals. This South Africa lost 6 wickets chasing 104 runs this time.

Bangladesh cricket team's batting is in such a state that there is no such thing as tough opponents and easy opponents.

The top order of Bangladesh's batting line-up failed with Zimbabwe, the USA, and Sri Lanka all.

How deep the batting failure of Bangladesh is will be clear from the statistics. Bangladesh's third-highest run-scorer in international T20 cricket this year has an average of 20.

In such a scenario, Bangladesh will field against Anrich Norkiad on this New York wicket, who took Bangladesh's four wickets for 10 runs on a well-batted wicket in Sydney. He took 3 wickets for 8 runs in Abu Dhabi the previous year.

Anrich Norkia vs Bangladesh in T20 World Cup - 6 overs 5 balls, 7 wickets for 18 runs. Bartman has joined this time, and Maharaj, Rabada, and Jansen are there.

Only Liton Das showed some resistance in those two matches of the 2021 and 2022 World Cups, scoring 34 in Sydney and 24 in Abu Dhabi. Bangladesh's total score was 101 in Sydney, and 84 in Abu Dhabi.

How is the match going to be?

In the much-awaited India-Pakistan match, there was not much run, Pakistan lost the target of 120, and not much improvement can be expected there in one day.

ESPN Cricinfo writes that, with low to moderate scores likely, the wicket will be a bowler's paradise.

As pace and swing make it difficult for the batsmen to play at times, the Nassau International Cricket Stadium has added uneven bounce.

Bangladesh has won one match and South Africa has won 2 matches, both teams with unchanged XI have more chances in the field. However, the Bangladesh management has an eye on Shariful's recovery as well, once Shariful's hand injury is fixed, he will enter the XI. South Africa has already played two matches on this wicket, and Bangladesh will enter this field with the experience of a warm-up match against India, even if they do not play an official match.

South African captain Aiden Markram said, "We have got the opportunity to play two matches here, but we will have some advantage. Bangladesh will field a tough team, we are ready to take this challenge."

According to Aiden Markram, scoring 140 will be the first challenge.

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingh also emphasized wickets, which she feels can reduce the difference in strength between the two teams.