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Bangladesh (112/3) cruise to a dominant 7-wicket win over Pakistan (110) in the opening T20I of the series

Many of the BD players who played today were in the U-19 team that won the 2020 U-19 World Cup.

Great to see these youngsters are making it to national team. They should form the core for the next 10-15 years (in sha Allah).

Tanzid, Emon, Shamim, Shoriful, Towhid, Tanzim etc.
 
I thought it could be a highly competitive series between two equal cricketing nations but it looks like Bangladesh have a clear upper hand over Pakistan in this minnow battle.
 
Jokes aside, there is clearly a lack of confidence in Pakistani cricketers and people in general after Operation Sindoor. The way Bangladesh who are worse than Oman in cricket beat them without breaking sweat, it just goes to show how down they are. PM Modi has taken away their mojo. Once the Brahmos started hitting them, they never recovered from it on the ground and mentally. Failed Marshal Munir has killed the nation’s aura. Pakistan people are in a severe aura debt and it might be decades before it’s reversed.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
India have never lost to BD in Mirpur in this format.
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It is funny they troll when they along with Bangladesh and Windies are the worst touring side in this form

Last 3 years teams away from home (including neutrali venues) against regular test playing nations

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Mike hesson is wrong if he thinks we are gonna win matches with bits and pieces players in khushdil, m nawaz and faheem. Better to have proper bowlers and batsmen instead of them esp sufyan muqeem a better spinner than nawaz and khushdil. Strategy should be to have one proper batsman like farhan instead of khushdil and one proper bowler instead of nawaz, this deducts the need for all rounder as proper batsman will not give his wicket away easily and proper bowler will not allow the need for part timer
 
Bangladesh secure seven-wicket win over Pakistan in series opener

Bangladesh beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the first T20I to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday evening. The second T20I of the series will be played at the same venue on Tuesday, 22 July, with the first ball scheduled for 5pm PKT.

After being put in to bat, Pakistan were bowled out for 110 in the 20th over, with Fakhar Zaman top-scoring for the side with a 34-ball 44. Fakhar’s innings included six fours and a six, while Mohammad Abbas Afridi (22 off 24 balls, 3x6s) and Khushdil Shah (17 off 23, 1x4, 1x6) were the only other batters to reach double figures.

The touring side, who had scored at over 10 runs an over until the third over, went on to lose nine wickets for 78 runs, with the last four wickets falling for just seven runs.

For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed picked up three wickets, while Mustafizur Rahman bagged two.

In reply, the hosts achieved the target in 15.3 overs, losing three wickets in the process. Opening batter Parvez Hossain Emon returned unbeaten on 56 off 39 balls, hitting three fours and five maximums. He shared a 73-run stand for the third wicket with Towhid Hridoy (36 off 37, 2x4s, 2x6s), after debutant Salman Mirza struck twice in his opening spell.

Left-arm pacer Salman ended with figures of two for 23 in 3.3 overs, while Abbas was the other wicket-taker with figures of 2-0-16-1.

Scores in brief:

Bangladesh beat Pakistan by seven wickets

Pakistan 110 all out, 19.3 overs (Fakhar Zaman 44, Abbas Afridi 22, Khushdil Shah 22; Taskin Ahmed 3-22, Mustafizur Rahman 2-6)

Bangladesh 112-3, 15.3 overs (Parvez Hossain Emon 56 not out, Towhid Hridoy 36; Salman Mirza 2-23)

Player of the match – Parvez Hossain Emon (Bangladesh)

Source: PCB
 
The batting failed today but has shown a bit of life. The real issue is the awful bowling- if Hasan ali is your main man, and Faheem Ashraf is even a 4th bowler, you aint winning many games unless the opposition dies from boredom. The fact that SSA and Naseem are even worse should be ringing loud alarm bells in Naqvis office. We are in new a transition phase with guys in their mid 30s.🤔
 
Mike hesson called it out and rightly so what kind of pitch is that it was not upto international standard so sluggish really hard to time the ball bangladesh should be ashamed of did they get these pitches in Pakistan answers is no.
 
Bewal Express said:
The batting failed today but has shown a bit of life. The real issue is the awful bowling- if Hasan ali is your main man, and Faheem Ashraf is even a 4th bowler, you aint winning many games unless the opposition dies from boredom. The fact that SSA and Naseem are even worse should be ringing loud alarm bells in Naqvis office. We are in new a transition phase with guys in their mid 30s.🤔
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I think batting was the culprit today. 110 was under-par.

Needed 140 minimum.

Bowlers did okay. There were 3 dropped catches.
 
@sweep_shot
Congratulations
I see potential in your team.

Unfortunately I will not be around much longer to celebrate more of such days with you in the future as im retiring at 69k. Wishing Bangladesh cricket well. You all deserve to see some success finally.
 
sweep_shot said:
I think batting was the culprit today. 110 was under-par.

Needed 140 minimum.

Bowlers did okay. There were 3 dropped catches.
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You are right and that will happen with guys in new roles and the nature of the team picked. As a team we aint going anywhere with a bowling lineup that I can only describe as awful
 
Salman Ali Agha speaking during the post-match presentation:

"It was not enough runs. We started well but we kept on losing wickets. We will sit down and talk about and next game we will have to be better."

"Whenever you come to Bangladesh, you expect these kind of pitches but yeah we were not upto the mark and we should have rotate the strike more."

"The bowlers bowled well, when you are defending 110, there is no margin for error. That's how T20 goes - we have to keep improving and wins and losses come with that,"
 
Whether he's right or wrong, it's never a good look for the coach to criticize the pitch when his team got bowled out for 110 and the other side chased it down in 16 overs.
 
It is a poor pitch but it is hardly an unknown. Hesson and the team should have been prepared. This is how they prepare the pitch all the time. It works for them occasionally but hasn't helped them develop their game.

We were about to go down a similar route with Aqib Javed wanting to completely rebrand our cricket and make lottery spin pitches across our domestic structure.
 
sweep_shot said:
LOL. Yup.

Mirpur pitch actually got better. 140-150 is now par here. It was far worse a few years ago.

Anyway, I want to see better pitches suitable for T20. These pitches should used for Test and ODI only.
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When Australia toured BD in 2021 for a 5-match T20 series, par score was 110-120.

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Well this brave new world is far worse than the tired old system we were told that was going to be left behind. Who is genuinely surprised? There is no talent in Pakistan cricket right now. Just replacing 'stat padders' with 'mindless sloggers'.
 
sweep_shot said:
LOL. Yup.

Mirpur pitch actually got better. 140-150 is now par here. It was far worse a few years ago.

Anyway, I want to see better pitches suitable for T20. These pitches should used for Test and ODI only.
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They are making stadium in Rajshai. It is a significantly higher scoring ground than Dhaka. Akbar Ali who is a way more powerful batter than Litton smashed 131 off 110 against RSA emerging.

 
BDfanforever said:
They are making stadium in Rajshai. It is a significantly higher scoring ground than Dhaka. Akbar Ali who is a way more powerful batter than Litton smashed 131 off 110 against RSA emerging.

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Rajshahi. Awesome.

I have always loved that city. I have never been there but saw some travel vlogs.

They should also use Bogra and Khulna stadiums. There is a stadium in Fatullah too. Need to use different stadiums for different pitches.

I am a Borishailla and I hope Barisal will have an international stadium also.
 
One thing to remember is that 160 is/was a par score up until recently in T20. It started just recently when IPL started with all the impact player shenanigans where we have seen scores of 300 in T20. So slowly in the last 2 years or so, scores are starting to surpass 200.
 
BDfanforever said:
One thing to remember is that 160 is/was a par score up until recently in T20. It started just recently when IPL started with all the impact player shenanigans where we have seen scores of 300 in T20. So slowly in the last 2 years or so, scores are starting to surpass 200.
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Even in t20is, India is scoring 280 every where against all the big teams with their a sides.bang lost by 135 runs in a t20 game. Ipl is a just lab.Against eng with wood, archer, rashid etc India scored 250.
 
BDfanforever said:
They are making stadium in Rajshai. It is a significantly higher scoring ground than Dhaka. Akbar Ali who is a way more powerful batter than Litton smashed 131 off 110 against RSA emerging.

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Is Chittagong stadium where ishan scored 200 is not a batting pitch? Bang can play majority of matches there atleast it they want to improve.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Bangladesh pitches are always like this. I don't think they have any funding either to improve their pitches. Also their team will lose more at home with true wickets.
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Spoken like a typical misinformed Indian.

Bangladesh is not a broke cricket board. They are the 5th richest. You don't need much funding to improve pitches. LOL. Learn how pitch curating works.

The reason why they doctor like this is because they want to avoid defeats I guess. India used to do the same in the 90's. India still do it to this day (i.e., WC 2023 final).

Anyway, I am against pitch doctoring. BD shouldn't do this like Indians. :inti
 
Bewal Express said:
The batting failed today but has shown a bit of life. The real issue is the awful bowling- if Hasan ali is your main man, and Faheem Ashraf is even a 4th bowler, you aint winning many games unless the opposition dies from boredom. The fact that SSA and Naseem are even worse should be ringing loud alarm bells in Naqvis office. We are in new a transition phase with guys in their mid 30s.🤔
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SSA and Naseem look bad when faced with top quality batting line-ups, not against Bangladesh.

These new boys don’t have the pace to trouble international level batters.
 
Congratulations Bangladesh. Keep up the good work.

Parvez has been impressive. Both Parvez and Tanzid play aggressive, got the big shots. New style of BD brand of cricket. Led well by captain LK Das. GOOD signs for BD cricket in T20 format.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Is Chittagong stadium where ishan scored 200 is not a batting pitch? Bang can play majority of matches there atleast it they want to improve.
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Chittagong ground is boring. Too flat.

This is not IPL. I personally don't want to see 230-250. I want to see a balance between bat and ball. :inti

I think 160-180 pitches are the best. Something in it for everyone.
 
What the heck is going on with Paxstan.. I nearly made a post before the series talking about how Pakstan would trash the Bangladeshi kitty cats, glad I didn't. You can trust Paxstan.....
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Whether he's right or wrong, it's never a good look for the coach to criticize the pitch when his team got bowled out for 110 and the other side chased it down in 16 overs.
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100%
Don't blame your trigger happy top order, don't blame your team selection, and don't give credit to the opposition when you can blame the pitch for everything.
 
Its appalling how Pakistan keep benching Farhan their most in form player. Also if you plan to consistently bowl Saim then why not play a specialist bat instead of Khushdil or Nawaz.
 
amvbfm said:
Its appalling how Pakistan keep benching Farhan their most in form player. Also if you plan to consistently bowl Saim then why not play a specialist bat instead of Khushdil or Nawaz.
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Yeah true.

I actually forgot saim bowled when looking at the he squad yesterday but we technically played four spin all rounders saim, agha, Khush and Nawaz
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Yeah true.

I actually forgot saim bowled when looking at the he squad yesterday but we technically played four spin all rounders saim, agha, Khush and Nawaz
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It cannot be ignored as a one off considering he has bowled at least 2 overs in the last three games against Bang - so it appears to be a definite tactic. So if you know that Saim will open the bowling and Salman is there as backup why play both Nawaz and Khushdil? Why not replace one of them with Farhan.
 
I hope the Rizwan-Babar haters are happy with these results. This was always bound to happen. Without Rizwan, Babar, Shaheen, Naseem even a substandard outfit like BD will beat us. Time to wake up and smell the coffee. We need Riz-Bar back in the side. If you want to split them at the top fine but cannot leave them out.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
It is funny they troll when they along with Bangladesh and Windies are the worst touring side in this form

Last 3 years teams away from home (including neutrali venues) against regular test playing nations

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Who cares about W/L in T20I? Apart from T20 WC last year, India has ZERO to show since 2007 LOL!
 
amvbfm said:
Its appalling how Pakistan keep benching Farhan their most in form player. Also if you plan to consistently bowl Saim then why not play a specialist bat instead of Khushdil or Nawaz.
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Yeah it does seem like overkill. However Mike Hesson said on the PCB Podcast from 9:45 onwards that he believes the idea of specialist batters is outdated and wants players who are multiskilled. And by having more allrounders giving more batting depth, they can go harder with the bat.

He also said he wants 6-8 bowling options for the captain to cover all matchups, i.e. a left-arm spinner if there's two RHBs at the crease.


Mickey Arthur had a similar philosophy. I'm not personally a big fan of some of our allrounders who contribute little with either bat and ball.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Apparently you care lol That is why you are whining about Riz, babar coming back into the side.
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Riz-Bar are legends of the game and I have been screaming my lungs out about how Pak will perform without them. Proof is for everyone to see that we are getting smashed by a pathetic T20 side like BD. Likes of Wasim, Waqar could probably turn up even now and beat BD. It is shameful. That has nothing to do with India being a failure in T20 since 2007 apart from one T20 WC win in 2024.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Riz-Bar are legends of the game and I have been screaming my lungs out about how Pak will perform without them. Proof is for everyone to see that we are getting smashed by a pathetic T20 side like BD. Likes of Wasim, Waqar could probably turn up even now and beat BD. It is shameful. That has nothing to do with India being a failure in T20 since 2007 apart from one T20 WC win in 2024.
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well why do you care about bilaterals?
 
200X stronger team and their fans are humiliated by Minnows Bangladesh .

Few days ago some delusional wannabe posters saying Pakistan is 200X stronger team than Bangladesh . 😂

:kp
 
I didn't watch the full match - saw bits and pieces of it here and there. But did see the full highlights. Complaining about the pitch - it's a fair call - BD needs to develop sporting pitch if they want to be competitive outside of BD or else will be stuck as a 140-160 runs team.

But ... But... What is there to complain about when you play brain dead shots? Can you really complain about the pitch at that point. Some of the outs were simple catches or didn't hit hard enough. On the same pitch, these BD kids were smacking 6's ... Why couldn't Pak bowlers take advantage of the same pitch?
 
Markhor said:
Yeah it does seem like overkill. However Mike Hesson said on the PCB Podcast from 9:45 onwards that he believes the idea of specialist batters is outdated and wants players who are multiskilled. And by having more allrounders giving more batting depth, they can go harder with the bat.

He also said he wants 6-8 bowling options for the captain to cover all matchups, i.e. a left-arm spinner if there's two RHBs at the crease.


Mickey Arthur had a similar philosophy. I'm not personally a big fan of some of our allrounders who contribute little with either bat and ball.
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That philosophy was again exposed yesterday when a specialist batter at the top might have come in handy. I am all for depth but not at the cost of the main role.

For instance if Saim is being given priority over Farhan just because of his bowling then that makes no sense for me given Farhan's great form. Similarly, Khushdil hasn't really done much to cement the finisher role but keeps getting picked most probably due to his ability to bowl a few tight overs. He is definitely useful but would I take him over Abrar or Sufyan just to lengthen the batting? Never. He might bowl well twice every ten games but chances are he will get tonked in the rest and his batting just hasn't been good enough to justify his place as a specialist. Same goes for Faheem. Also, the quality of a bowler is much more important than just a matchup. Bowling a part-timer just for the sake of a match-up is pointless if he is bowling rubbish.

Overs from bats or cameos from bowling allrounders or bowlers should be a secondary criteria rather than picking bits and pieces players just to lengthen the batting or for the sake of matchups - that rarely works. The Pakistan think tank is trying too hard to replicate the aggression of other teams without analyzing our own strengths and weaknesses.
 
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