Match Thread: Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Fatullah Mar 1, 2014 (14:00 local | 08:00 GMT | 03:00 EST | 02:00 CST | 00:00 PST)

[Rifat]

বিসমিল্লাহির রাহমানির রাহিম

Vs.

Bangladesh Squad:

Mushfiqur Rahim
Abdur Razzak
Al-Amin Hossain
Anamul Haque
Arafat Sunny
Imrul Kayes
Mashrafe Mortaza
Mominul Haque
Naeem Islam
Nasir Hossain
Rubel Hossain
Shamsur Rahman
Shakib Al Hasan
Sohag Gazi
Ziaur Rahman



Afghanistan Squad:

Mohammad Nabi (c)
Asghar Stanikzai
Dawlat Zadran
Fazal Niazai
Hamid Hassan
Hamza Hotak
Karim Sadiq
Mirwais Ashraf
Mohammad Shahzad (wk)
Najibullah Zadran
Nawroz Mangal
Noor Ali Zadran
Rahmat Shah
Samiullah Shenwari
Shapoor Zadran


May the Best Team Win

[naim519]

I love Afghan rice and their kebab. It's incredibly good. Their rice is long grained, buttery, colorful if mixed with brown rice, and a bit on the sweet side. However combined with kebab, which is juice and marinated with herbs, it's the perfect combo. Afghan people are strong and proud. I hope our Elish mach can over power their chicken kebab.

BTW, (side-topic) I've been wondering what happens when prayer time comes during the game? Anyone with insight?

[Rifat]

I have incredible respect for Afghanistan, the country, the people, their history. Alhamdulillah It is an honor to open this match thread.

[Night_wolf]

Kababer same Ilish mach ta choto hoye gese!..koi gelo amader poddar ilish!

[naim519]

Originally Posted by Night_wolf
Kababer same Ilish mach ta choto hoye gese!..koi gelo amader poddar ilish!

Poddar Elish mach is ban for showing its private parts to other Elish mach.

[ma_o_mati]

Jotil thread. Asho khela baad diya shobai khai. Jitbe Bangladesh.

[Zeeshan]

So if we played Italy you would've posted pasta? And sausage for austria/germany while vegeterian curry for playing Gujrat XI?

Jus sayin.

jpul (just pulling ur legs)

[tanvir_nus]

Let me tell you guys, dont get your hopes high for this one or against them in the T20 World Cup. I fear a defeat is looming. We are not going to be able to take the pressure, players short of confidence, the confident ones are out of the team and the ones in the team are out of form. Our bowling sucks to the max, there is no wicket takers. All in all, a disaster around the corner. Atleast you heard it here first! We are losing this one!

[Nadim]

Feeling hungry at 7:33am because of post 1. Dhettt

[Jadukor]

Originally Posted by Nadim
Feeling hungry at 7:33am because of post 1. Dhettt

Khati kotha

we will win with Bonus point

[Roni_uk]

Afghani kabab over Ilish mach ---- any day for me

But I still want Ilish mach to win :/

[godzilla]

If mushfiq is out due to that shoulder injury then i guess it would be wise and would be highly of the team's interest to let shakib play after all. All this is not worth loosing to Afghanistan.

[weekyd]

Fear not guys. Afghans can't play spin. If our Razzaq and co and keep them at bay by bowling in the right areas and create pressure they will crumble. They are a good unit but not experienced enough. Against us will be their 4th ODI against a Test playing nation.

They have a couple of good bowlers but nothing our boys can't handle. Chasing or defending I think we will triumph.

[Razi]

With Mash out and if Mushy also doesn't play things would be really bad for us. Anyways, hoping Mushy would play then this would be my XI against the Afghans:

1. Imrul
2. Shamsur
3. Mominul
4. Mushy (c)
5. Naeem
6. Anamul (wk)
7. Nasir
8. Zia
9. Arafat
10. Razzak
11. Al-Amin

We need to strengthen both our batting and spin department if we are to win against Afghanistan comfortably. No use playing 3 pacers against them seeing how they handled Gul & co.

[Nadim]

Hamid Hassan will play this game. He was rested against Pak so can play against us. Afghans definitely doing their homework. Our players and coaches probably busy eating murir moa a

[roman]

If Mushy cant play, who will lead the side? Hope its not Razzaq

All the best bd

[kiriket]

The selectors can end up with something like this:

Imrul
Shamsur
Anamul
Nayeem
Mominul
Nasir
Zia
razzak
shafiul
Shohag gazi
Rubel

Now you may question what is imrul Nayeem Shafiul and Gazi doing here...looks like team from 2011 who only fought for sommanjonok porajoy.

[meazz1]

We're missing dal, fish and rice in post #1, be fair to all!

[mufi_02]

Hehehe, this guy is 26 years old..or maybe I don't know. Taile to amader Shahadat 21 years

[mufi_02]

They have many ullahs - Samiullah, Najibullah. We are missing our Mahmudullah.

[Doctor Cric]

1.I Kayes2.Shamsur Rahman3.Mominul hq4.Anamul hq (wk)5.Nasir hossain (C)6.Naeem Islam7.Ziaur Rahman8.Shohag Gazi9.Abdur Razzak10.Arafat Sunny11.Al Amin hossain(if mushy cann't play)

[simon]

looking forward to this match, too many bed time stories from BC members regarding Afghan beating BD.
let's see what happens.
This actually is the best chance for Afghan to beat us as we are missing out many senior players.

BTW, I prefer that Afghan food.

PS: looking fast forward to NAsir vs Shapooriya

[Nadim]

Razzak is likely to lead if mushy does't pass his fitness test tomorrow morning. Sunny will be in for Gazi and al Amin for Mash according to various newspapers.

[epitaph]

AFG has a good fast-bowling attack, but that's about it. Their batting is subpar both technically and strategically. They've someone with a 54 SR at 3, and their best batsman bats at 5. It seems their strategy is to survive without losing many wickets as long as possible and, then, hit out in the end.

Winning of course is a must - and unless we play very poorly, we should - but getting a bonus point is also of utmost importance at this stage. It may significantly improve our chances of making the final. Mushy not making it would be a blow, and AFG will have the most amount of motivation in this match of the tournament, though. So, getting that bonus point may not be easy.

We saw a lot of improvements from the SL ODIs to the India game. Hopefully, we'll continue to get better. Versus India, one or two players gifted their wickets (which is much better than before, but there's still room for improvement), Naeem and not Zia coming on at the batting PP overs made no sense, we should have pushed for more runs toward the end, and Zia not bowling more and the reason given for that didn't make any sense either. Our confidence/morale must have improved after the last game even though we lost, our decision-making needs to improve more, and there's a lot of room for improvement strategically.

My preferred lineup: Anamul, Shamsur, Momin, Mushy/Imrul, Naeem, Nasir, Zia, Sohag/Arafat, Razzak, Rubel, Al-Amin

Sohag/Arafat is the only q-mark for me along with where Imrul should bat if Mushy can't make it. Sohag is probably better for this match esp. if Mushy can't play.

[Tiger Manc]

Why do I get the feeling our long tail will cause us problems.

Potentially:

7. Ziaur
8. Razzak
9. Sunny
10. Al Amin
11. Rubel