Battered Bangladesh eye go back to existence in T20I useless rubber in opposition to Pakistan
2021-11-21 18:55:39
With the three-match collection within the bag, Pakistan are more likely to proceed tinkering with their beginning XI for Monday’s fixture in Dhaka
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Pakistan don’t seem to be famend for finding out from their errors temporarily, however over the weekend, this facet righted one fallacious from six years in the past. In 2015, days after the Global Cup ended, Pakistan went to Bangladesh for a three-match ODI collection and a solitary T20I. Undercooked, in all probability even unmotivated, they discovered themselves flayed through the house facet, who in the end despatched Saeed Ajmal into global retirement. In 2021, when Pakistan needed to flip up in Bangladesh once more to play a limited-overs collection simply 5 days after every other Global Cup concluded, they’ve proven none of the ones hangovers from 2015, taking the most productive trail to a sequence win.
The house facet’s lurch into freefall may have some technique to run but. Collection wins in opposition to Australia and New Zealand earlier than the T20 Global Cup grew to become out to be totally beside the point when it got here to performances on the match, with Bangladesh failing to win a unmarried Tremendous 12s sport, whilst the 2 aspects they vanquished on house soil competed within the ultimate. Returning to acquainted comforts in opposition to Pakistan, too, hasn’t given them any respite, and two relatively detached performances, in spite of the go back of a raucous crowd, see them enjoying for delight on Monday.
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Bangladesh: LLLLL (remaining 5 finished fits, most up-to-date first)
Pakistan: WWLWW
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Bangladesh introduced past due on Saturday that tempo bowler Kamrul Islam Rabbi and batter Parvez Hossain Emon had been added to their squad for the 3rd sport. Each avid gamers are but to make their T20I debuts.
Bangladesh (possible): 1 Mohammad Naim, 2 Saif Hassan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Yasir Ali, 5 Mahmudullah (capt), 6 Afif Hossain, 7 Nurul Hasan (wk), 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Aminul Islam/Kamrul Islam Rabbi, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Taskin Ahmed
Pakistan have tinkered with their line-up within the first two video games, and it would not be a marvel to peer that proceed. Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi each and every were given a relaxation, so Haris Rauf may well be in line for a similar within the ultimate sport.
Pakistan (possible): 1 Babar Azam (capt), 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Haider Ali, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Khushdil Shah, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Mohammad Wasim, 11 Haris Rauf/Shaheen Afridi
Pitch and prerequisites
The pitches in Dhaka had been what now we have come to be expecting from Bangladesh, and the two-paced nature and loss of leap saved ratings low within the first two video games. The elements will have to no longer play spoilsport.
Stats and trivialities
- Bangladesh remaining misplaced a house T20I collection in December 2018, when West Indies beat them 2-1. They gained the remaining 3 house bilateral collection earlier than the continuing one
- Shoaib Malik is 77 runs clear of changing into the 3rd Pakistan batter inside of a month to succeed in 2500 T20I runs. Mohammad Hafeez and Babar Azam were given to the landmark on the T20 Global Cup within the UAE
Danyal Rasool is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @Danny61000
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