Bangladesh Vs Netherlands | World Cup 2022 | Match thread

[godzilla]

Here is to hoping we start our WC campaign with a win

[Eshen]

Our ex fielding coach Ryan Cook is currently with NED, so will be good source of insider info for them...

[Night_wolf]

Tom Cooper: We don't see Netherlands beating Bangladesh as an 'upset'


I don't know what drugs he was on that he needed to say this lol..we see BD beating Netherlands as an upset at the current moment

[WorldCup11]

I think Bangladesh will win today. I have seen it time and time again, when expectation is so low as it is now, Bangladesh somehow manage a win out of nowhere. But I do agree, if BD wins today, it'll be an upset.

[Eshen]

Predicted XI: Shanto, Soumya, Litton, Shakib, Afif, Yasir, Mosaddek, Sohan, Taskin, Hasan, Mustafiz

I would have preferred to see Shanto benched, Litton-Soumya to open, an extra bowler in Miraz or Ebadot (depending on whether we will see an used pitch or a fresh pitch for this match), and Shoriful in place of Musta. But none of those things are likely to happen.

[Eshen]

From CI -

Conditions are overcast, but no rain, so should start as scheduled hopefully.

[Eshen]

"We wanted Litton to play up but he has stayed at 3 and contributed with the bat." - Jamie Siddons

Siddons makes it sound like it's Litton's choice to bat at one down! Is he saying some bs to support Sujon-Sriram or is Litton himself now shying away from opening?!

[Eshen]

"I can't see anything that's going to scare the batters," says Dale Steyn. "Evenly paced pitch with not a lot of spin, but there could be a bit of swing."

"The bowlers are going to have to work hard, because the batters might have the upper hand," adds Ian Bishop. In terms of pitch dimensions, it's once more short boundaries square of the wicket, with them measuring 61 and 60 metres respectively.

- CI

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Predicted XI: Shanto, Soumya, Litton, Shakib, Afif, Yasir, Mosaddek, Sohan, Taskin, Hasan, Mustafiz

I would have preferred to see Shanto benched, Litton-Soumya to open, an extra bowler in Miraz or Ebadot (depending on whether we will see an used pitch or a fresh pitch for this match), and Shoriful in place of Musta. But none of those things are likely to happen.

Our team management has become so predictable, no out of box thinking at all...

Meanwhile, NED brought in 19 years old leggie Shariz Ahmad. Perhaps we should ask Ryan Campbell to leave NED to work for us?

[godzilla]

Originally Posted by Night_wolf
Tom Cooper: We don't see Netherlands beating Bangladesh as an 'upset'


I don't know what drugs he was on that he needed to say this lol..we see BD beating Netherlands as an upset at the current moment

Lmaooo ... I was thinking the same

[Eshen]

It's time for Tamim to hand over his "Dot Baba" title to Shanto

[NoName]

Originally Posted by Eshen
It's time for Tamim to hand over his "Dot Baba" title to Shanto

More like SS lol

We may get rid of Tamim, but we will never be rid of a 'Dot Baba' opening

[godzilla]

Lol, same old same old. Losers

[NoName]

LOL bhuje gesi, ajke amra ekta SLA khaise harbo

[Eshen]

Openers did better than expected. It's time for Shak-LKD to anchor the innings.

[BookFinder]

No timing in their shots. What are these fools doing?

[Eshen]

Someone better justify today why Riyad has been left out...

[NoName]

All of our aerial shorts were barely clearing the inner circle, this was on the cards

[Eshen]

And the schoolboy leggie got the most experienced T20I player in the world...

[BookFinder]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Someone better justify today why Riyad has been left out...

You won't go anywhere with players like Riyad, Shan Masood etc. These players 30 off 30 are completely meaningless.

[BookFinder]

If they lose today it will be a shameful defeat. I honestly don't think anyone will watch BD Cricket anymore.

[Eshen]

Rain came to rescue us?

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by BookFinder
If they lose today it will be a shameful defeat. I honestly don't think anyone will watch BD Cricket anymore.

Lol we lost to Hong Kong in one of the previous world cups and still kept coming back for this loser team.. Netherland in comparison is like Australia

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by BookFinder
You won't go anywhere with players like Riyad, Shan Masood etc. These players 30 off 30 are completely meaningless.

With 30 average and ~125 SR, Shan Masood is more than good enough to replace any of our current top three, including LKD. IMO, he did a wonderful job holding together Pak innings yesterday. The problem was they brought back an under fit Afridi in a crunch match, instead of holding onto Hasnain.

As for Riyad, Yasir just shown once again what a premature decision it was to axe Riyad to make place for him.

[godzilla]

If you guys think it was a ok thing to leave Riad out, better tell us who is doing a better job than him