KOLKATA: It will be like ‘dream come true’ for most of Bangladeshi players when they take on Pakistan in their ICC World Twenty20 opener at Eden Garden on Wednesday.
The two side have played nice Twenty20 internationals head to head and Pakistan have had an upper hand with 7 wins out of nine,
It would not be an easy game for Pakistan at all as they have to prove a lot after the poor run in Asia Cup 2016.
They will be looking at their in-form batsmen like Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik and Sarfraz Ahmed, meanwhile, their top order really need to click.
Though, Mohammad Hafeez has showed n a glimpse of nick in the warm-up against Sri Lanka, he yet has to show consistency.
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Pakistan bowling attack will be largely relying on Mohammad Amir, though Mohammad Irfan and Wahab Riaz will look to keep Bangladesh’s top-order quiet. Shahid Afridi, Malik and, perhaps, Imad Wasim – Pakistan’s spin attack – will have a tough battle against the middle-order.
With Mustafizur unlikely, Bangladesh would be worried about the formation of their bowling attack. Taskin and Arafat Sunny went to Chennai on March 14 to have their actions tested after they were reported last week.
Mustafizur Rahman’s fitness, as a result, would be very important if Bangladesh are to field a strong bowling attack.
The bowler will be assessed prior to the match on Wednesday. Mushfiqur Rahim’s batting form is another worry but so far Tamim Iqbal has spoken loudly with his bat with knocks of 83* and 103* in the qualifier stage.
Bangla tigers will also be pleased with Shakib Al Hasan’s rediscovery of his timing with the bat and contributions with the ball. Sabbir Rahman and Mahmudullah have also been in good form. Al-Amin Hossain has risen to No. 6 in the T20 bowling rankings and will have to come up with the goods for Bangladesh in the last few overs.
Bangladesh (probable): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mohammad Mithun, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Al-Amin Hossain, 10 Mustafizur Rahman/Abu Hider, 11 Taskin Ahmed
Pakistan (probable): 1 Sharjeel Khan, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi (capt), 8 Imad Wasim, 9 Mohammad Amir 10 Wahab Riaz, 11 Mohammad Irfan.
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