Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Entertainment Cricket and Other Sports
1

On BD tour so far…Pakistan have lost 4 matches in a row… :jhanda: :smiley:

Tought to open this thread in the hope that the tide will turn in favor of Pakistan…

Begin Time: 12:30 GMT

2

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Afridi will crush BD InshaAllah :jhanda:

3

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

**T20 Squad

  1. Ahmed Shehzad
  2. Sarfraz Ahmed
  3. Mohammad Hafeez
  4. Mukhtar Ahmed
  5. Sohaib Maqsoo - Injured - Sami Aslam should be in squad
  6. Haris Sohail
  7. Mohammad Rizwan
  8. Saeed Ajmal
  9. Shahid Afridi (C)
  10. Sohail Tanvir
  11. Saad Nasim
  12. Wahab Riaz
  13. Sohail Khan
  14. Umer Gul
  15. Junaid Khan

My Team for T20 from above squad

  1. Ahmed Shehzad
  2. Sarfraz Ahmed
  3. Mohammad Hafeez
  4. Mukhtar Ahmed
  5. Sami Aslam should be in squad
  6. Mohammad Rizwan
  7. Shahid Afridi (C)
  8. Mukhta Ahmad
  9. Sohail Tanvir
  10. Wahab Riaz
  11. Umer Gul

**

4

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Pakistan Win Ratio against BD in T20 is 7-0 :jhanda:

Can Bangladesh shake off T20 rust?

http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/208800/208817.png

THE PREVIEW BY MOHAMMAD ISAM
[RIGHT]
[/RIGHT]
Match facts
Friday, April 24, 2015
Start time 1830 local (1230 GMT)

Play01:59

Isam: Bangladesh go in with more confidenceBig picture
Pakistan are among the most successful T20 sides while Bangladesh are 12th in terms of wins, but on current form the home team is the favourite going into the only Twenty20 international in Mirpur. Bangladesh have just swept the ODI series 3-0, and each of those victories were more one-sided than the previous one.
Bangladesh, however, have not played a T20 for more than a year. Their only match in this format after the World T20 at home was washed out in the West Indies in August last year. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has not staged a domestic T20 tournament since December 2013 either, so the players will need to adapt their ODI confidence and skills to the shorter format.
Pakistan have won the most T20 internationals. Shahid Afridi’s side has T20 match-winners like Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir and Ahmed Shehzad. These players appear in domestic T20 tournaments around the world. Shehzad, Afridi and Tanvir are only part of the T20 side, while Gul and Ajmal have struggled so far in Bangladesh.
Pakistan may have won 50 out of 85 T20s, while Bangladesh only have 11 wins in 41 games, but the number the visitors will want to improve is their zero victories on this tour so far.
Form guide
Bangladesh LLLLL (last five matches, most recent first)
Pakistan LWLLW
In the spotlight
Shahid Afridi has often been Bangladesh’s scourge, but will he be viewed differently now that the home side has finally had success against Pakistan? Afridi did not have a successful World Cup and is taking over the leadership of a team that has just suffered an unprecedented defeat. Will he be able to lift himself for one game, in the only format he plays internationally?
Soumya Sarkar bludgeoned the Pakistan bowlers in the third ODI for an unbeaten 127 off 110 balls, a perfect preparation for his T20 debut. He has a 100-plus strike-rate in domestic T20s, and is expected to open with Tamim Iqbal on Friday.
Team news
Bangladesh could include Litton Das or Rony Talukdar in place of Mahmudullah, who made just 26 runs in the ODIs and averages 14.65 in T20s. They could also take a chance on Mustafizur Rahman, the rookie left-arm pace bowler.
Bangladesh (probable): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mahmudullah/Litton Das/Rony Talukdar, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Sabbir Rahman, 7 Nasir Hossain, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Arafat Sunny, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
Sohail Tanvir, a T20 specialist, is likely to replace Junaid Khan. Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has showed inclination towards picking newcomers ahead of established names in this series so far, so Mukhtar Ahmed could play instead of Mohammad Hafeez.
Pakistan (probable): 1 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Mohammad Rizwan, 5 Mukhtar Ahmed, 6 Shahid Afridi (capt), 7 Saad Nasim, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Wahab Riaz, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Umar Gul
Pitch and conditions
An evening start doesn’t mean conditions will be any different in Mirpur. The curator Gamini di Silva is likely to prepare another batting-friendly pitch with minimal turn.
Stats and trivia

[LIST=|INDENT=4]
[li]The top three wicket-takers in T20 internationals - Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi - are all in Pakistan’s current squad.[/li][li]Shakib Al Hasan has a chance to overtake Abdur Razzak to become Bangladesh’s highest T20 wicket-taker. They are currently level on 44 wickets.[/li][li]Mustafizur Rahman is yet to play a domestic T20 match.[/li][/LIST]
Quotes
“We haven’t played a T20 for a long time. But our recent performance has made us positive. It is hard to adjust to this format and we have just one day to do so. We have to set individual plans and targets within this time.”
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza
"We have a very good combination in T20. I am very positive and confident that we will do well."Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi

5

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

we love u boom boom :jhanda:

Bangladesh v Pakistan, Only T20I, Mirpur[RIGHT]April 23, 2015[/RIGHT]Afridi banks on experienced combination

http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/208800/208817.png

MOHAMMAD ISAM
[RIGHT]13 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter[/RIGHT]
50shares13

http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/205200/205295.jpg

Shahid Afridi wants Pakistan’s preparations for next year’s World T20 to start in earnest © AFPShahid Afridi, Pakistan’s T20 captain, said the addition of experienced players in their line-up has made the Twenty20 side slightly more formidable than the current ODI side. He also admitted that his own performance in the one-off game against Bangladesh on Friday will be crucial.
Pakistan are the most successful international T20 side, with 50 wins in 85 matches and their players also dominate T20 records. The top three wicket-takers in T20Is are Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul and Afridi, and, of the three of the Pakistan batsmen to score more than 1000 runs in the format, two - Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez - are in the current squad
“At the moment, I am saying yes, the T20 team is better than the ODI side,” Afridi said. "Tomorrow will be a good game. I am not saying we will win one-sided. It will be a good game. T20 is all about opportunities, if you get one, don’t miss it.
“It is a new format now. Myself, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez are all back. It was good to see Hafeez bowling again. We have a very good combination in T20. I am very positive and confident that we will do well. I have to perform very well because my performance has always helped Pakistan. Everyone doesn’t need to give a lot of performance but if 11 players can give enough performances, it will help us win.”
Afridi, who arrived in Dhaka with the T20 specialists last Monday, said it was hard to prepare for tours that had only one or two T20 games but said the time was right for Pakistan to start preparing for next year’s World T20.
“It is hard, to be honest. You have just one match in the tour, you have to get the boys together,” he said. "But since cricket has become so professional, players can now adjust very quickly between formats. We are playing T20s against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.
“The World T20 is also coming up, so we have to build a unit. Hopefully we can play a similar line-up in the World Cup and not make last-minute changes. As a captain, I will try to prepare a new captain for the future too.”
Afridi was happy with the discipline within the team but echoed the opinions of ODI captain Azhar Ali and bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed by stating that the current group of youngsters need more time to adjust to international cricket.
"The dressing room atmosphere is very positive. No doubt Bangladesh are playing very well at the moment. With our team, obviously if you don’t have three-four seniors and you are going with new talent - new guys with a new captain - it takes time to have a rebuilding process. I am hopeful that in a few months they will do well as a unit.
“Bangladesh have been using the same unit for a long time. There are many new players in this team so of course there is disappointment with the series loss, but your expectation has to be adjusted according to the current team,” he said. “This is the not the era of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Inzamam-ul-Haq. In 6-8 months, the more cricket they will play, the better they will become.”
Afridi said that despite their 7-0 win record against Bangladesh in T20s, they expect a hard game on Friday: “You don’t think about the past. If you look at it at the moment, the combination with which Bangladesh are playing, they are doing very well. We have to come hard at them tomorrow.”

6

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat...

7

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Pak 31/0 off 6.0 overs...

8

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

currently selfie boy 17 runs off 30

9

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Selfie couldn't add anymore runs.. out on 17 off 31

Currently Pak 51/1 in 9.4

10

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Pak 53/1 the half way...nice to see that Shehzad got out on 17(S/R 54.83)...he was wasting the deliveries anyways... :D

11

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

65/2 off 11.0 overs...Afridi wrongly given out caught behind... :D

12

Shehzad had the second lowest strike rate amongst all t20 international matches ever played for a player facing at least 30 balls. Absolutely pathetic. Let that sink in.

13

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Shehzad should have been more patient.

14

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Pak 77/3 in 12.1

15


in street cricket we never tried to get out such lad who is wasting balls, Bengalis should have done the same

16

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Need a few overs of 20 runs each... :D

17

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

What should I say except :sadaf:

18

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Mukhtar has done good work in his 1st International appearance as i was expecting from him But Shahzad .....

19

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

Nice over for Pakistan 13 runs

20

Re: Only T20I: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka - Apr 24, 2015

same team except Ajmal. Last chance for Ajmal