CWC 2019: Ranking the opening combination for each team

8. Bangladesh:

Quarter-finalists of the previous edition, Bangladesh will be looking to better their record at the World Cup

The runner-up of Asia Cup and quarter-finalists of CWC 2015, Bangladesh also have problems in their batting unit and unstable opening pair adds woes in it. They don't have a stable opening partner for veteran Tamim Iqbal. Anyone between Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar will be the opening partner of Tamim. The numbers suggest that Sarkar should open with Tamim as the duo of ‘Tamim-Sarkar’ averages 44.61 while the pair of ‘Tamim-Das’ averages only about 28.

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7. New Zealand:

New Zealand's opening pair will be crucial for their performance

The aggressive duo of Martin Guptill and Colin Munro is the expected opening pair for New Zealand in the World Cup. The duo has managed to score only 508 runs with an extremely poor average of about 25 with no century stand against their name. The team management of New Zealand can give chance to Henry Nicholls to open the innings if the duo of ‘Guptill-Munro’ fails regularly in the World Cup.