Congrats the boys on winning and finishing on top of the group!
Saying that, not happy how close AFG came to a win. Habibul Bashar being the team manager, I see presence of his influence in pre-scripted team captaincy:
1) The two spinners, Mahedi and Raqibul, did well keeping RR in check in the first half of AFG innings. But, once their overs are done, pacers struggled to keep RR in check. Saif could have introduced himself or Joy as a third spinner in the middle overs, keep overs from his two main spinners to mix up with the pacers later.
2) Mahedi has been in good batting form while Akbar has been struggling. Yet Mahedi has been coming to bat after Akbar every match. IMO, Akbar should be dropped, handing over keeping gloves to Zakir.
Now we wait to see who loses the Ind-Pak match. I will prefer to face India in the semi, as they brought their U/23 team. Pakistan brought their A-team (like us) with a good number of players who already played for Pakistan Men's team.
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