Match Thread| Australia vs Bangladesh| Monday 21st March | Match 22, World T20 2016 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 14:00 GMT

[Zeeshan]

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Australia Squad

SPD Smith*, DA Warner, AC Agar, NM Coulter-Nile, JP Faulkner, AJ Finch, JW Hastings, JR Hazlewood, UT Khawaja, MR Marsh, GJ Maxwell, PM Nevill†, AJ Tye, SR Watson, A Zampa

Bangladesh Squad

Mashrafe Mortaza*, Shakib Al Hasan, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed

[Rana Melb]

Chances are there... just we need to have self believe. Bowlers are the key tbh. Spinners will make difference in this highway track.

[Vepu]

Originally Posted by Rana Melb
Chances are there... just we need to have self believe. Bowlers are the key tbh. Spinners will make difference in this highway track.

Spinners usually get tonked in Banglore. Flat high road pitch with bath tub size field. Pacers will have to use all their variations to restrict australia here. Just hope that we learnt something from Eden game

[Vepu]

I dont get the Austin Powar reference though

[Purbasha T]

Unleash the 'Fizz'

[Shubho]

So many people have pinned their hopes on 19 year-old Fizz like he's the second coming of you know who. Frankly, I'm a little scared he will fall well short of expectations and then be subjected to all kinds of abuse from the very "fans" that are now praying for his swift return to action.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Vepu
I dont get the Austin Powar reference though

Really you don't?

[Vepu]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
Unleash the 'Fizz'

Fizz to khali fizzzz koira joila uitha fushhhh koira niva jay. Hope he plays 3/4 games before breaking down again. Ai boyoshe bole manjay betha loia boia roise 1 mash. Hisa maittam

[Vepu]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
Really you don't?

Betting/rooting against the odds? I wouldnt call BD less favourite in this match though.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Vepu
I dont get the Austin Powar reference though

There changed it to make you happy.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Vepu
Betting/rooting against the odds? I wouldnt call BD less favourite in this match though.

Intuitively I feel there might be an upset, but 99% of the day we show up they will hammer us out of the park.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Vepu
Spinners usually get tonked in Banglore. Flat high road pitch with bath tub size field. Pacers will have to use all their variations to restrict australia here. Just hope that we learnt something from Eden game

Sunny made the first breakthrough no? Problem wasn't the spinners in Eden but rather wrong line bowling. Too many were on leg side and many full toses.

[Vepu]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
Intuitively I feel there might be an upset, but 99% of the day we show up they will hammer us out of the park.

I do not believe we are that much of a push over anymore. Or are we? Lets see

[Vepu]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
Sunny made the first breakthrough no? Problem wasn't the spinners in Eden but rather wrong line bowling. Too many were on leg side and many full toses.

Exactly. I was talking about the performance of the pacers in Eden. They need to learn quick and adjust. They need the realize the importance of accuracy and variations of pace/line/length in a flat pitch.
Smaller boundaries will make the spinners less effective Im afraid

[aklemalp]

The match winning predictor thing might break down...favoring Australia 191%

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Vepu
I do not believe we are that much of a push over anymore. Or are we? Lets see

We got the thing. But our players are mostly in the closet all the time.

[Rana Melb]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
The match winning predictor thing might break down...favoring Australia 191%

Lol how a system has calculated 191%?

[Night_wolf]

lol love the OP

[WarWolf]

Originally Posted by Vepu
I dont get the Austin Powar reference though

This is Zee himself, not Austin Powers.

[WarWolf]

Nice thread Zeeshan.

[Nocturnal]

Bismillah!

the last time we played with them 2 yrs back ... Taskin bowled really well ...
http://www.espncricinfo.com/world-t2...ch/682957.html

[Jadukor]

Can we get a 40 ball 70 from one of our top 3 plz?

[ma_o_mati]

Hv to do things differently, think outside the box against Aussies if we r to win.

1. Open bowling with sunny and Mustafiz
2. Keep Alamin away from powerplay overs.
3. Bowl riyad, nasir
4. Bowl more slower deliveries wicket to wicket.
5. Shakib needs to keep it simple and tight. No need give more air and flight. Just bowl line and length.

[NoName]

If the pitch is as flat as everyone is saying, then the bowlers will have no choice but to take it hard. Maybe, just maybe, our batsmen can grow a pair for once.

[Roey Haque]

Da boyz ditch the khaki pants and dress shoes for trainers and sneakers, landing in Bangalore. This tells me they want to train right away to get the loss out of their system.