Dhaka: Pakistan cricket team will face Bangladesh in opening match of Asia Cup 2012 under rain threat on Sunday.
The Asia Cup will be the first test for new Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore, the Sri Lanka-born former Australia player and also a former Bangladesh coach who steered Sri Lanka to the 1996 World Cup title.
Bangladesh’s key player Shakibal-Hasan said that countering Pakistan’s spinners would be crucial.
“Handling Pakistan’s spin attack is vital for us, and moreover their fast bowling unit is also good. I think they have the best bowling unit of all the teams playing in this tournament,” he told reporters.
Pakistan cricket team is hope full to win the title after a decade. Naveed Akram, Manager Pakistan cricket team, before leaving for Bangladesh, said they were hope full for a good performance in the tournament, however they had faced a defeat in World Cup semifinal against India last year but they know the blue shirts were under pressure after a defeat against Australia.
India won the last edition of the tournament in Dambulla in Sri Lanka in June 2010.
The 2012 Asia Cup, the 11th edition of this tournament, China was interested to host the Asia cup at Guangzhou but it was decided by the Asian Cricket Council that Bangladesh will host the event. It will be the third time Bangladesh will host the event.
The event was supposed to be held between 1 March 2012 and 11 March 2012. But it is rescheduled to avoid conflicting with the ODI tri-series in Australia that also includes Sri Lanka and India, which is ending on March 8. Now the tournament will be played from 12 March to 22 March.
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