Bangladesh vs Pakistan | 1st ODI | Dhaka | 17th April | Bangladesh Innings

[Sakss]

Bangladesh Squad
Mashrafe Mortaza*, Shakib Al Hasan, Abul Hasan, Arafat Sunny, Mahmudullah, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Nasir Hossain, Rony Talukdar, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed


Pakistan Squad
Azhar Ali*, Asad Shafiq, Ehsan Adil, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan†, Rahat Ali, Saad Nasim, Saeed Ajmal, Sami Aslam, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Wahab Riaz, Zulfiqar Babar

 

[Sakss]

According to CI

Pakistan team got into a huddle where manager Naveed Cheema handed over ODI caps to Mohammad Rizwan and Saad Nasim',

 

[cricketerB94]

Pakistan team got into a huddle where manager Naveed Cheema handed over ODI caps to Mohammad Rizwan and Saad Nasim', says Mohammad Isam from Mirpur.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Some great points being made by Lala and Mushy on PTV sports

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Lala seems upset that Azhar Ali is opening. He believes Sarfraz and Hafeez should open

 

[Arsal_AK]

Rizwan and Naseem playing.

According to CI, they were handed over their ODI's caps.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Great News if Rizwan and Nasim are playing. Seems like Asad Shafiq will sit this one out

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

BD batting first

 

[Colt]

BD win the toss and Bat first

 

[Arsal_AK]

BD are batting first.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Riwan and Nasim both playing

 

[iHammad]

Lovely interview by Azhar

 

[Colt]

Azhar looks way to overweight..

 

[10sion]

Still lightly drizzling 15 kilometers from the Stadium. Hope it doesn't start raining heavily.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Azhar seems focused.

 

[Moh@n]

Great News if Rizwan and Nasim are playing. Seems like Asad Shafiq will sit this one out

Rizwan is a keeper right? So Sarfraz is going to be benched?

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Go Azhar Ali!

 

[axl100mph]

The worst player ever to play for Pakistan, saad nasim.
Men ussey gully ki team men khilaun

 

[10sion]

I hope they we aren't banking on Pakistan being poor chasers. They have easily chased 300+ scores against us. We should have chased...

 

[Arsal_AK]

Rizwan is a keeper right? So Sarfraz is going to be benched?

Sarfraz will be keeping.

Rizwan is good enough to get in as a batsman alone.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Still lightly drizzling 15 kilometers from the Stadium. Hope it doesn't start raining heavily.

Forecast??

Is is supposed to rain or just a light passing shower??

 

[axl100mph]

Azhar seems focused.

Lol, doesnt matter. No amount of focus is gonna help elevate his mediocre talent with the bat

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Junaid Khan take a 5fer please.

 

[iHammad]

Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Azhar Ali (capt), 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Saad Nasim, 5 Mohammad Rizwan, 6 Fawad Alam, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Junaid Khan, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Rahat Ali

 

[manick badsha]

No live tv telecast in india

 

[Arsal_AK]

Rizwan must come in at 4. No less.

Please don't ruin a promising career before it has even begun.

Haris, Rizwan, Fawad, Sarfraz, Nasim. That should be the order.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

They are both keepers but i think sarfraz will keep and rizwan will be in the field.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Azhar Ali (capt), 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Saad Nasim, 5 Mohammad Rizwan, 6 Fawad Alam, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Junaid Khan, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Rahat Ali

The best we can do with the resources.

For once they have selected the best 11 they could.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Lol, doesnt matter. No amount of focus is gonna help elevate his mediocre talent with the bat

Ehh i wouldnt say we have mediocre Batsmen. Harris sohail has to convert his starts and we have a solid middle order of Fawad, Sarfraz, and Rizwan. Also Saad Nasim can chip in. But somewhere we do lack is the fire power in our lower order. I think we will miss Akmal and Maqsood alot this series

 

[Professor]

The best possible team has been selected, now lets hope they can play to their potential .

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Why is Fawad coming at 6? What kinda joke is this?

 

[Laal]

Insanity not to open with Sarfraz. Why tinker with a working recipe?

 

[Orbis]

Thank god Shafiq is not playing!

But Saad Naasim is garbage, luckily he is only injury replacement. I want Sami Aslam to play next 2 games.

 

[Orbis]

Insanity not to open with Sarfraz. Why tinker with a working recipe?

He isn't an opener, though he has been good he is not a specialist. I think if he comes in the middle order he would soooo much better. Absolutely dominates spin and the older ball.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Azhar Ali (capt), 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Saad Nasim, 5 Mohammad Rizwan, 6 Fawad Alam, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Junaid Khan, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Rahat Ali

Big facepalm. It's time hafeez let others open. What is Fawad doing at 6 and Nasim at 4?

 

[Orbis]

Why is Fawad coming at 6? What kinda joke is this?

He should be at #4, no doubt about that. Only logical reasoning is because they want to maintain right-hand left-hand combination and Haris is at #3.

 

[The_KING]

Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Azhar Ali (capt), 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Saad Nasim, 5 Mohammad Rizwan, 6 Fawad Alam, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Junaid Khan, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Rahat Ali

Thankfully Ehsan Adil isn't playing.

 

[Logical]

Good morning !

Best selected eleven i believe. Cant wait to see Junaid/Wahab duo bowl in tandem. Also, will be the first time i see Ajmal bowl with his new action.

Btw whose our 5th bowler along with Haris?

 

[Arsal_AK]

Good morning !

Best selected eleven i believe. Cant wait to see Junaid/Wahab duo bowl in tandem. Also, will be the first time i see Ajmal bowl with his new action.

Btw whose our 5th bowler along with Haris?

Nasim and Azhar.

 

[Shafi]

I had a little hope to see Sami Aslam in the main 11.

 

[Zohaib Shah]

He should be at #4, no doubt about that. Only logical reasoning is because they want to maintain right-hand left-hand combination and Haris is at #3.

Well in a way Fawad can show Umar Akmal how this position is played.

 

[Orbis]

Nasim and Azhar.

Fawad is actually better than all of them in bowling. He should bowl as well.

 

[Arsal_AK]

He should be at #4, no doubt about that. Only logical reasoning is because they want to maintain right-hand left-hand combination and Haris is at #3.

fawad should ideally be playing test cricket. A player of his mould can only play ODI cricket if he is batting at 1-3.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Fawad is actually better than all of them in bowling. He should bowl as well.

Yes, Fawad is there too.

And nope he isn't better than Haris or Nasim.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Big facepalm. It's time hafeez let others open. What is Fawad doing at 6 and Nasim at 4?

It will be;

Azhar, Hafeez, Haris, Rizwan, Fawad, Sarfraz, Nasim.

CI has got it wrong.

 

[iHammad]

Most likely Fawad will bat at 4, Rizwan at 5 and Saad at 6

 

[TheNightWatchman]

VERY VERY inexperienced Batting line up...will be interesting.

 

[TheNightWatchman]

You can't help but say Azhar looks like a waste of space in this line up but he's captain unfortunately. Hope he proves me wrong

 

[Arsal_AK]

Sarfraz's best position and role in my opinion is at 5. Like what Riana does for India.

He is brilliant against spin and medium pacer. Once in, he can take the pacers on as well. So he can do a lot more here than any other place.
a) His ability against spin will be best utilized here.
b) He can provide us the much needed impetus in the middle overs.
c) Once set, he can be destructive as a finisher as well.

 

[Orbis]

Yes, Fawad is there too.

And nope he isn't better than Haris or Nasim.

Trust me, he is better than Haris. I am one of the biggest Haris fans. And Saad Naasim is garbage bits and pieces player.

 

[Zohaib Shah]

For now we will see the bowlers. I bet Junaid Khan will let out his frustration on missing out the World Cup in this match.

 

[Orbis]

Sarfraz's best position and role in my opinion is at 5. Like what Riana does for India.

He is brilliant against spin and medium pacer. Once in, he can take the pacers on as well. So he can do a lot more here than any other place.
a) His ability against spin will be best utilized here.
b) He can provide us the much needed impetus in the middle overs.
c) Once set, he can be destructive as a finisher as well.

Absolutely agree, it's about maximising your resources. Just because Sarfraz does comparatively better as opener than the likes of Jamshed, doesn't mean he should play there.

Can be a gun middle-order player.

 

[wasimjunior]

It will be;

Azhar, Hafeez, Haris, Rizwan, Fawad, Sarfraz, Nasim.

CI has got it wrong.

Can anyone tell me if saad nasim is any good? His first class stats look pretty average. Surely Sami was a better option l?

 

[Orbis]

Can anyone tell me if saad nasim is any good? His first class stats look pretty average. Surely Sami was a better option l?

He is garbage, picked on the back of a couple of CLT20 performances. Don't rate him whatsoever.

No idea why he was picked in ODIs, has done jack all in T20

 

[jog_1]

Can anyone tell me if saad nasim is any good? His first class stats look pretty average. Surely Sami was a better option l?

He's average at best. His fielding is better than his batting and bowling. Bits and pieces cricketer but he should be given some backing.

 

[Zohaib Shah]

With Sohaib Moqsood. This team will look like a power house.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Can anyone tell me if saad nasim is any good? His first class stats look pretty average. Surely Sami was a better option l?

Saad is better than Sami in the current scenario:
a) We need a bowling option.
b) Saad is better suited to slog a few down the order.
c) No place for Sami at the top of the order.

And nope he isn't any good. A bits and pieces player who at best could be a decent squad member.

 

[jog_1]

Junaid Khan starts, no real swing yet.

 

[10sion]

With Sohaib Moqsood. This team will look like a power house.

..and the return of Amir.

Talking of Amir, Bangladeshi opener Sarkar, with helmet on, looks kinda like Amir.

 

[jog_1]

Nvm, late swing

 

[hur rizvi]

any swing for Juni?

 

[Arsal_AK]

Trust me, he is better than Haris. I am one of the biggest Haris fans. And Saad Naasim is garbage bits and pieces player.

Nope, he inst.

Fawad can be a good test player coming in at five. But he isn't the player to be in the ODI squad when he cannot bat in the top three.

Even in tests if you move him one place down or to the top three, he is going to face massive problems.

 

[jog_1]

any swing for Juni?

Not much, but one of the balls swung away lately

 

[Zohaib Shah]

..and the return of Amir.

Talking of Amir, Bangladeshi opener Sarkar, with helmet on, looks kinda like Amir.

Awww... are you happy you got a Amir look alike on your team? To bad he can't bowl. But he maybe a better batsmen then him.

 

[jog_1]

Azhar Ali is batting at #3!

Sarfraz opening.

 

[Shafi]

Bangladesh looks like a big team

 

[green_wave]

No sami aslam
Bad call

 

[TheNightWatchman]

Junaid bowling pretty harmless pace right now

 

[hk031992]

any swing for Juni?

Yes, one delivery, was a gorgeous one though

 

[Mir jibran]

wats the pace of junaid

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Rahat Ali on now. Let's see how much swing he gets

 

[The_KING]

I must say it's a bit weird to see a Pakistani team without Misbah and Afridi. But I'm excited about the debutants. Hopefully they can perform well and be a part of the Pakistani team for next 10 or so years.

 

[Orbis]

I want Bangladesh to score 300 so Azhar can show his true colours.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Junaid khan bowling mid 130s

 

[mnt1]

136-138

 

[Hawkeye]

Saad Nasim is mediocre and Rizwan don't make the team as a batsman alone as he's inferior in both keeping and batting than Sarfraz or Umar.

Wonder why they're not opening with Sami who could have scored truck load of runs at the top and it would've been the ideal confidence boosting start for him.

Rest of the squad is good, but lacks firepower.

 

[10sion]

Awww... are you happy you got a Amir look alike on your team? To bad he can't bowl. But he maybe a better batsmen then him.

I just mentioned they look alike. Whats there to be happy about it? -_-

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Rahat swinging it both ways. Good to see

 

[Anchorman]

Junaid got his length spot on in the 1st over and Rahat doing the same in his 1st over. Good stuff.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I think Fawad Alam should be batting 4 and i guess sarfraz role in side will now be as a lower order striker and finisher, let see how that goes.

1st of all though are bowlers need to do a good job early on.