I miss the old days on this board. Even if one of us suggested that we would beat a team like India, which has just gone to the world cup finals while we lost to Canada, it would be made clear that the person was joking. But these guys are trying to back up with figures why we ought to beat the world cup finalists "comfortably". Tehsin bhai, no disrespect to you but reading the posts on this board is getting increasingly frustrating.
Shahid, it doesnt matter how much we scored against India the last time we played them. The "last time" NEVER matters. Bangladesh scored 247 against India, India got bowled out for 204 against Holland, and hence Bangladesh will beat India is a completely flawed argument. Canada beat us, we beat Pakistan, so should Canada think they will beat Pakistan "comfortably" the next time they play??
All that will matter is how we play on the day, and on the day, what happened before is totally irrelevant. They can't turn up at the ground and hope that the numbers will win the game for them. This is not logic, this is sport, and you have to play hard and fight hard to win. If you are hopeful that we will win, or atleast put up a good performance, hope and pray that our boys fight and play to their potential. If they can do that, even if we don't win, we will give India and South Africa a run for their money. We need to be competetive. After the way we played in the world cup and the state of BD cricket in general (off-field), I don't think we will beat anyone comfortably. But if we fight hard, we might pull off an upset. Who knows, isn't the thought of that what keeps us glued when BD plays?
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