Strategy: Bangladesh should not use powerplay if bats badly first against big teams

[pellu]

Since run rate matters and we are already in a hole, we should try to stop making net run rate any worse. Interesting thing about run rate computation is that it does not pay attention to powerplay. So let's say we bat first against Australia and score only 150. Now if we take powerplays in first twenty overs, they probably would finish the game in 20 overs. BUT if we do not take powerplays (after the first one) at all, they probably would score 150 in 30-35 overs. That would damage our net run rate much less.

I know it is a negative strategy but Sri lanka was essentially a similar script today against South Africa.