Match Thread: 1st Match, Qualifying Group A: Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Dhaka; March 16, 2014 (15:30 Local | 09:30 GMT)

[kalpurush]

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[weekyd]

Good luck tigers. It's revenge time.

[Nadim]

Sommanjonok porajoy pls! no pressure

[Roni_uk]

Never thought I would have to say this before the match against the Afghans but i dont think we have any chance!

35 runs win against Netharlands

HK just beat Zimb

Good luck Bangladesh

[Moh899]

amar ekhono ei match niye voy lagse...keno bujhi na..amra je jitbo, ei vorosha ami pai na...

[naim519]

start praying.... here we go

[Rana Melb]

Rise of Afgan, result against Zim and our below par performance @ PRACTICE MATCHS is making me nervous and demoralized. This qualifying round would be a nail bitter. The key thing for us would be Killing instinct…. Hunger for win…. n Kill 'em all attitude.

We need to do well in every department and in every game till the end.

I just wonder how many genuine hitters in our team who can hit the ball really hard and clear the boundary. I am sorry to say that theY are very few....
1. Jia
2. Shamsur
3. Shabbir
4. Anam ( maybe)

Big hitters are the key for T20 games. You don’t have to be technically good batsman to obtain success in this format. I think we are not thinking enough whilst selecting our team.. Any thoughts?

[Rommel]

I'm confident that we will play very well and come out with a solid W. Go Tigers!

[Ajfar]

I just hope our players don't let that revenge crap get in their head. I'm afraid that guys like Nasir and Tamim will get all hot headed and be like I'll show them who we are and try to hit everything out of the park. That's how we lost the last game.

[cricbook]

I just want to see zia instead of reza asap.... There is only way we will feel comfy for knowing we will have big hitter end of the innings...& tamim will clash from the begaining. I m not happy the way bd won against UAE. That's pethetic result against part time players. Wonder if tamim wasnt there , what would happend???

[cricbook]

Riad played well, but he bowled bad is heck... So hes ok for now as a back up for gazi. Looks like razzak learn his lesson & still showing threat against minnows. Sakib stop worthless batting man.... Nasir this World Cup would be u r last carrier decider .... & u know it. Keep failing will kick out for sure. Anam nothing to say, ai beta kokhon ki khele I'm not sure... Just waiting for real match what he does?
All together bd need to belive, whole bangladesh with them, they r not alone.... They just need fire & ice gum & hit the grape buscet.

[Moh899]

Originally Posted by cricbook
Riad played well, but he bowled bad is heck... So hes ok for now as a back up for gazi. Looks like razzak learn his lesson & still showing threat against minnows. Sakib stop worthless batting man.... Nasir this World Cup would be u r last carrier decider .... & u know it. Keep failing will kick out for sure. Anam nothing to say, ai beta kokhon ki khele I'm not sure... Just waiting for real match what he does?
All together bd need to belive, whole bangladesh with them, they r not alone.... They just need fire & ice gum & hit the grape buscet.

im confused on him too...not sure if he should stay or go...he was suppose to be our quintin de kock.but nahhh

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by cricbook
I just want to see zia instead of reza asap....

Zia is not in the official T20 squad, thus, won't be able to play...

Why not wish Reza that he can play to his potential and give his best? A good over or two from him might change a T20 match...never know!

[Gowza]

Quinton de kock only recently found some form and player some good knocks, before that he looked dire at international level, anamul is starting to find his way and I believe he will be a successful international batsmen, already 2 ODI tons, that isn't bad.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Rommel
I'm confident that we will play very well and come out with a solid W. Go Tigers!

We will play good and be in the semi...

[zunaid_bd]

After yesterdays performance I would say this will be a nail biting match.. lets keep our tigers in our prayers and we will win this game inshaAllah ! If not Allah maaf koruk this would be the darkest time of our cricketing history.. good luck all

[Rana Melb]

Only thing I can say this will be a high voltage match….. Anyone can win; to be honest as this is a shorter version. MD Nabi is a threat for us. Whatever the result would be I have a feeling that Afgan Eagle VS BD Tigermatch will be a high pressure match going forward (at least until WC2015).

By the way, Road to Canberra - I locked in the ticket for PAYBACK Match Bd VS Afgan 18 Feb, WC 2015 @ Manuka Oval, Canberra.

[riajul]

Good Luck.

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[ononto]

Originally Posted by Rana Melb
Only thing I can say this will be a high voltage match….. Anyone can win; to be honest as this is a shorter version. MD Nabi is a threat for us. Whatever the result would be I have a feeling that Afgan Eagle VS BD Tigermatch will be a high pressure match going forward (at least until WC2015).

By the way, Road to Canberra - I locked in the ticket for PAYBACK Match Bd VS Afgan 18 Feb, WC 2015 @ Manuka Oval, Canberra.

wow... high voltage ...high pressure... atomic blasts ...what else?
just kidding..

Resident Evil - Rise of Afghans

[ReZ_1]

Good wishes for Bangladesh team..

[Nadim]

We need to bat first.

[patriot]

^^ Absolutely. We are losing this if we bat second. Our players are sissies under pressure.

[cricbook]

Originally Posted by Moh899
im confused on him too...not sure if he should stay or go...he was suppose to be our quintin de kock.but nahhh

This is the first time im confused with the human capability like anam... When he is on song,,, goodness me hes like bd afridi... But some how he feels tigers will bite him in first 10 overs... So bhag anam bhag he does in the wicket & make us confused... Is he dam or bam???? Or chance pe dance???

[cricbook]

Originally Posted by kalpurush
Zia is not in the official T20 squad, thus, won't be able to play...

Why not wish Reza that he can play to his potential and give his best? A good over or two from him might change a T20 match...never know!

I understand your point... But when u see as a international player getting hammared by parttime players (12.5 run rate) yes performance does matter. Zia should be in, zia should come later... I belive he will later. Mark my word bcb will show someone injured to bring him in the squad... Hes quick 30 runs will help bd big times with wicket or two. In t20 u have to play who can hit who can change the game who can bowl when captain needed too.... So let's see what happend.. Hope reza can display some action march 16.... We need some support from others beside tamim, sakib, musy. So good luck tigers.

[Navo]

Originally Posted by Rana Melb
Rise of Afgan, result against Zim and our below par performance @ PRACTICE MATCHS is making me nervous and demoralized. This qualifying round would be a nail bitter. The key thing for us would be Killing instinct…. Hunger for win…. n Kill 'em all attitude.

We need to do well in every department and in every game till the end.

I just wonder how many genuine hitters in our team who can hit the ball really hard and clear the boundary. I am sorry to say that theY are very few....
1. Jia
2. Shamsur
3. Shabbir
4. Anam ( maybe)

Big hitters are the key for T20 games. You don’t have to be technically good batsman to obtain success in this format. I think we are not thinking enough whilst selecting our team.. Any thoughts?

Shakib! His whole batting approach nowadays seems geared towards T20. A 12 ball 30 here could be game changing, not to mention 16 ball 44s like against Pakistan recently.

And Mushfiq too nowadays.