Bangladesh+Zim to play an Prelim Round in 2014 World T20 Along with 6 Associates

[Moh899]

Originally Posted by ReZ_1
So how about staging the bpl b4 the qualifying tournament?

AFAIK, Bpl 3 starts in December. Cant remember the source tho.

[ReZ_1]

Originally Posted by Mauryan
does anyone have any official links for this news? I cant find anything except some bangladeshi website called bdcricketteam.com which regularly posts fake news and cricket europes ireland page.

http://www.prothom-alo.com/sports/ar...7%8B_%E2%80%99

[Mauryan]

Originally Posted by ReZ_1
http://www.prothom-alo.com/sports/ar...7%8B_%E2%80%99

Is that really a reliable source? I highly doubt it

[reyme]

The new was confirmed by BCB game development chairman! How much more reliable source you want?

[rinathq]

Apparently Bangladesh wont have to play qualification for being the host. Saw it on couple of pages in Facebook. Don't know if its true...

[NoName]

Damnit, which is it?!?!

[Moh899]

Originally Posted by NoName
Damnit, which is it?!?!

This is why in the first place,you don't believe Facebook pages, and bangla newspapers. Wait till it becomes news on top cricket sites.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by rinathq
Apparently Bangladesh wont have to play qualification for being the host. Saw it on couple of pages in Facebook. Don't know if its true...

now i am sure BD will have to play qualifiers, anything that rumors about in FB the opposite always happens

[NoName]

Originally Posted by Moh899
This is why in the first place,you don't believe Facebook pages, and bangla newspapers. Wait till it becomes news on top cricket sites.

Bangla newspapers must be terrible..

[Naimul_Hd]

I did not care much about 'Tamim's reaction' when he first heard this news but Mushy's interview gives me a heart attack !!

টি-টোয়েন্টি বিশ্বকাপের ফরম্যাট নিয়ে অনেক কথা হচ্ছে। বলা হচ্ছে আগে থেকে কেউ জানত না। আপনি কি জানতেন?
মুশফিক: আমিও কনফিউজড। আগে কখনো শুনিনি যে আয়োজক দেশ হয়ে কেউ বাছাইপর্ব বা এ রকম ফরম্যাটে খেলবে। আগে থেকে আমারও জানা ছিল না। কোচ শেন জার্গেনসেনের কাছ থেকে প্রথম জানতে পারি। অবশ্য শেনও নিশ্চিত করে বলতে পারছিল না যে, এ রকমই হবে। বলছিলেন, এ রকম হতে পারে। এটা আমাদের জন্য দুশ্চিন্তার।

 দুশ্চিন্তার মনে হচ্ছে কেন?
মুশফিক: দুশ্চিন্তার, কারণ এ রকম ফরম্যাটে তো আগে কখনো খেলা হয়নি। বাছাইপর্ব উতরে পরের পর্বে যেতে হবে। দুশ্চিন্তা এটা নিয়েই। এর বাইরে আর কিছু না।

 এর কি কোনো ইতিবাচক দিক আছে? গ্রুপের তিনটা ম্যাচই জিতে মূল পর্বে গেলে তো আত্মবিশ্বাসও বেশি থাকবে...
মুশফিক: সবকিছুরই পজিটিভ-নেগেটিভ আছে। আমরাও এখন সেভাবেই ধরছি। তিনটা ম্যাচ খেললে ম্যাচ প্র্যাকটিসটা খুব ভালো হবে। তবে এটাও ঠিক, আমাদের ওপর অনেক চাপও থাকবে। কারণ বাছাইপর্ব থেকে কোয়ালিফাই করে পরের রাউন্ডে যাওয়া খুব কঠিন হবে। তবে আমাদের সামর্থ্য অনুযায়ী খেললে সম্ভব।

 কোনো ঝুঁকি কি অনুভব করছেন? যেহেতু টি-টোয়েন্টিতে অনিশ্চয়তা অনেক বেশি...
মুশফিক: অবশ্যই। টি-টোয়েন্টি ফরম্যাটে তো ছোট-বড় দল বলে কিছু থাকে না। আমাদের জন্য কঠিনই হবে। তবে আমার মনে হয়, টি-টোয়েন্টিতে আমরাও ধীরে ধীরে উন্নতি করছি।

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Expected a confident and bold statement from Captain. If a captain says,'if we can play our potential then we can beat associate teams' then how do you expect to win a match against top 8 teams ?

[Gowza]

BD players really got to fix their mindset, they need a hard working, winning, take no prisoners mindset. get on it boys!

[AsifTheManRahman]

There you go, the excuses have started coming. Papon should get the BCB to start investing in diapers, because no one wants to see wet pants on grown men.

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[King13]

All our players have mental problem. However, Afghanistan or Ireland are likely to upset Bangladesh or Zimbabwe, and I think most likely Bangladesh, knowing they wet their pets... easily.

[Night_wolf]

confidence is oozing from our captain

[AsifTheManRahman]

They'll crumble under pressure yet again. It's just inevitable.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Walmart e sale dise mone hoy. If Papon cared about our players, he'd take advantage of this opportunity.

[kalpurush]

ATMR seems particularly interested in diapers lately...




any good news boss?

[jashan83]

Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd
Did he post any fake news ? This news has been posted few other official sites too. Why this hate on the OP ? If you are furious about this news then hate those double mouthed ICC guys. They are changing their minds every now and then.

Thanks for the good words. I guess some people have their ego's bigger than themselves, but I don't blame them as most of them are kids who are full of passion and it will take some time to control their ego's and become more mature. Now this news has been confirmed by Bangladeshi media also. It is just a matter of time when it will be confirmed by ICC, who would be waiting for stadiums to be ready and then would probably announce the schedule to confirm the news

On the format, it is sad that the Big 3- BCCI, CA & ECB are so arrogant that they simply don't want to play the lesser teams. They have virtually brought the 10 team format to both ODI and T20 WC (Though officially it is 16 teams) and 4 teams for Test World Cup

On Bangladesh, I think it is the right time to shut up the critics. There is no doubt that in BD, BD is better than Associates, Zim and can even challenge the likes of NZ and Pak(Seeing their Present Level). They proved it by performance of NZ tour, Asia Cup, WI Tour. It will be the mental strength of BD players that will be the difference between going out in first round or Ending up at top 6 teams in the tournament (Winning T20 WC is still far off).

So it is time to appoint a captain with good mental strength even though he may be a youngster or lesser of a players. Let's hope for the best.

[MHRAM]

I dont think we should worry too much about T20s. Even if we are plain horrible in T20 for some while it would not matter.

We need to work harder in longer formats which will ensure that we can win tests and that means full tour with stronger teams which too will come with a fair share of T20s. Also, BD will become a popular place to import some players for domestic leagues. Look how SL players are being imported to DPL

[rinathq]

Lets looks at the scenario for which players are having a heart attack for

Format: T20
Opponents: Associates
Venue: Home

T20 isnt a format for the feint hearted kids. Thats the only reason why Bangladesh has been so unsucessful on this format. Not only do you need to play with maximum intensity, you also need to enjoy the game. Until our players learn how to enjoy the game, I am afraid T20 will continue to be a nightmare for them.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Bhai, Azerbaijan er naam shune already amader playerra pant bhijay feltese, ekhane abar UAE ki tene anar mane ta ki?

আজারবাইজান - ডাইবেটিস ঠিক করার জন্য। ইউ-এ-ই কোষ্ঠ কাঠিন্ন্য রোগ যেন না হয়। comprende amigo?

[Tigers_eye]

However, I think this is a good. Ranking'a improvement dorkar. Considering we are what 9th and Ireland 8th?

[AbuDarda]

নিউজগুলা তো বটেই,পুরো বিষয়টাই বোগাস! বাংলাদেশ জিম্বাবুয়েকে কোন কোয়ালিফাইং টাইপ কিছু খেলতে হবে না! এই দেখেন ক্রিকইনফোতে দেওয়া নিউজ আর কোয়ালিফাইং এর গ্রুপিং,স্পষ্ট করে দেওয়া আছে যে এই দুই গ্রুপের শীর্ষ দল বিশ্বকাপে খেলবে,বাংলাদেশের কোন প্রসংগই আসেনিঃ
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-worl...ry/660465.html

[AbuDarda]

"The teams have been divided into two groups, with the top side from each progressing automatically to the World T20 without having to appear in the final of the qualifiers. The second placed team from group A will play the third from group B and vice-versa, the winners of which will continue on to the World T20. The losers will await the winners of similar matches between the fourth and fifth placed teams from both groups to mount a second charge at qualifying. The two winners of these matches will be the fifth and sixth Associate side to join the ten Test nations for the World T20"

[Naimul_Hd]

T20 WC is knocking at the door and we are yet to know if we need to play in Qualifiers or not. WTH.