Pakistan v Bangladesh | 2nd T20I | Lahore | 25th January, 2020 | Bangladesh innings

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A somewhat lacklustre last over win for Pakistan against the visitors yesterday may have given hope to Bangladesh fans about what their team can do if they fielded better but for the hosts, a few batting issues to sort - will we see a change to the playing XI for Pakistan today?

Remember, Pakistan needs to win ALL the games in the series to retain their number one T20I ranking....

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Which side will win the 2nd T20I between Pakistan and Bangladesh today? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvBAN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvBAN</a></p>— PakPassion.net (@PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/PakPassion/status/1220946925140238337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Teams arrive for 2nd T20I

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[ataullah]

Whats start time uk time?

 

[Abdullah719]

Whats start time uk time?

Match starts in an hour and 5 mins.

 

[Abdullah]

I'm unnsure how we can have Imad batting as high as 6 with ZERO firepower below him!!
I think we just have to risk taking umer or Kamran as wicketkeeper.
Everybody can then slot one down with Malik floating

 

[Abdullah]

Sharjeel
Babar
Kamran
Rizwan
Malik
Iftikhar
Imad
Ammad
Shadab
Amir
Shaheen
Rauf
Slogger
Slow left arm
Hafeez


I'm hoping this will be the squad ( u have to assume Hafeez and Malik will make it)

 

[imshally81]

BD win the toss and bat first again...

 

[ARK Rafay]

Sharjeel
Babar
Kamran
Rizwan
Malik
Iftikhar
Imad
Ammad
Shadab
Amir
Shaheen
Rauf
Slogger
Slow left arm
Hafeez


I'm hoping this will be the squad ( u have to assume Hafeez and Malik will make it)

No need of Rizwan when you have Kamran. And add Hafeez for Malik and Khushdil for Rizwan.

 

[imshally81]

Same XI for Pakistan...

 

[Theo_14]

Pakistan unchanged. Shameless lol. Should have given A. Butt a chance.

Hardly Innovative Misbah.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Tough series for Pakistan and they don't want to break the winning combination

 

[Abdullah]

No need of Rizwan when you have Kamran. And add Hafeez for Malik and Khushdil for Rizwan.

Rizwan hussain

 

[ARK Rafay]

Honestly our coaches and selectors should be banned from saying 'winning combination'

 

[Abdullah]

BD win the toss and bat first again...

Is it the same wicket again?

 

[Slim]

Wasim akram cleaning that samosa off Athar's face. So romantic. )

 

[imshally81]

Is it the same wicket again?

I don't think... But not sure..

 

[Slim]

Pakistan unchanged. Shameless lol. Should have given A. Butt a chance.

Hardly Innovative Misbah.

We can take a chance in third t20i. I am highly critical of the current Misbah-Waqar regime but i want the team to start winning at least.

 

[imshally81]

Pak should get rid of both Husnain and Rizwan asap...

 

[chazam]

Good chance for Pakistan to maintain #1 rank

 

[angrypathan]

Unplayable from Shaheen. What a bowler

 

[Afhan Ali]

Hope it will be batting paradise pitch

There is no point to score just at 7 runs per over in a t20 match.
Ridiculous from PCB.

 

[Gullycricket]

Jaffa from Shaheen

 

[ammar_merry]

ball is seaming and babar is bowling imad.No point giving him second over

 

[PakPremi]

Let's see how many posters will spread doom and gloom on Pak cricket today.
Fair decision not to make changes as it would not be right to drop players on basis of one game. Ideally Khusdil and Ahmmed should have been selected originally in place of Imad/ifti and Husnain.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

The ground and outfield looks in pretty bad shape. Barely much grass around the pitch and the rest of the colour of the grass looks barely green.

 

[Ronaldo7]

I'd be happy if BD scores 170/180 as it'll test our batting

 

[Slim]

Shaheen is simply too good.

 

[Slim]

The ground and outfield looks in pretty bad shape. Barely much grass around the pitch and the rest of the colour of the grass looks barely green.

Its winter season dude, the grass becomes like that. I have been to the stadium for PSL and Zimbok series. Its usually a green outfield.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I did not watch a ball of first game yesterday, but is the crowd bigger today already?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Its winter season dude, the grass becomes like that. I have been to the stadium for PSL and Zimbok series. Its usually a green outfield.

This is true, just hope that in time for PSL it gets a bit better.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I'd be happy if BD scores 170/180 as it'll test our batting

That's what they'll need to make a match out of it anyway.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Hasnain gets Mahedi

 

[Slim]

LOL, bangla getting smashed.

 

[Ronaldo7]

This is getting boring already
We should have batted first

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Dropped by Rizwan?

 

[Slim]

Hasnain on

 

[imshally81]

Rizwan dropped the catch...

 

[Slim]

This is getting boring already
We should have batted first

What is wrong with you?
Excellent bowling display by our pace attack and its boring for you?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

This is getting boring already
We should have batted first

That was what I wanted too or hoped for lol

 

[Slim]

India is playing KLR as a keeper and here we are playing a specialist keeper in t20Is who cant even keep properly

 

[Dagestani_Eagle]

It was not an easy chance

 

[Slim]

That was what I wanted too or hoped for lol

Not going to happen. You dont get smashed for 170 when you are number 1 and other id a minnow.

 

[Ronaldo7]

What is wrong with you?
Excellent bowling display by our pace attack and its boring for you?

If it was an odi or a test match then it'd been amazing to watch but T20is are all about power hitting and big totals.
Bd will barely reach 140 here and that isn't a good enough total for a T20i game

 

[Deewana Mastana]

91mph by Rauf

 

[Slim]

If it was an odi or a test match then it'd been amazing to watch but T20is are all about power hitting and big totals.
Bd will barely reach 140 here and that isn't a good enough total for a T20i game

Thats your definition.

Dont forget you are playing against a minnow.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Rauf now should bowl after the 10th over IMO

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Tamim is the key for Bangladesh here

 

[Deewana Mastana]

They'll go after Shadab and Imad by the looks of how they are batting against the quicks

 

[Ellipsism]

Hasnain getting some shape here. Impressive.

Babar needs to be proactive and get a slip in.

 

[shah_1]

Husnain getting the ball to seam away from right handers but bowls a garbage last ball

 

[shah_1]

Better pitch

 

[ahsan17]

Who is the female commentator? Is it Zainab Abbas?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Who is the female commentator? Is it Zainab Abbas?

Urooj Mumtaz

 

[Deewana Mastana]

That was a poor lbw decision very marginal

 

[Slim]

They'll go after Shadab and Imad by the looks of how they are batting against the quicks

and Liton gets out to shadab

 

[Slim]

That was a poor lbw decision very marginal

how was that poor? it was a correct decision, had it been poor it would have been reversed.

 

[shah_1]

The pitch is good but it is just that Pakistan bowling has been great

 

[PakPremi]

India is playing KLR as a keeper and here we are playing a specialist keeper in t20Is who cant even keep properly

There has been nothing wrong with Rizwan keeping since he took over from Sarfraz. The catch today was near impossible .

 

[Ronaldo7]

45 in 9 overs isn't that great in ODIs and they're scoring at that pace in a T20i )

 

[Slim]

45 in 9 overs isn't that great in ODIs and they're scoring at that pace in a T20i )

No wonder they are ranked 9th and [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] was saying they will beat us.

 

[Slim]

Clobbered that for a six

 

[globalcitizen]

Looking at the way Pakistan struggled to score 140 is last game, Bangla might be trying to setup a similar score this time. Is strategy going to work to be seen

 

[Omer2002]

Babz just wants to chase a higher score...whats the point of using 7 bowlers

 

[shariqnoor]

Hasnain is the most garbage bowler I've seen for a long time. No seam, no swing, isn't even express pace. There's nothing in his bowling that can trouble any good quality batsman. Investing on a lost cause.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Rauf has to be in the T20 WC in Australia.

He needs to be playing consistently going to the WC for Pakistan now.

 

[Hyperion66]

Tamim has become a total grinder of late, padded up his stats but hardly any impact. Let's see if he can compensate for this strike rate later on.

 

[Hawkeye]

BD are too weak for us.

It's their bad luck that Malik the minnow basher is also playing. ) )

 

[Ellipsism]

Hasnain is the most garbage bowler I've seen for a long time. No seam, no swing, isn't even express pace. There's nothing in his bowling that can trouble any good quality batsman. Investing on a lost cause.

Did you not watch his second over?

 

[Afhan Ali]

Hasnain is the most garbage bowler I've seen for a long time. No seam, no swing, isn't even express pace. There's nothing in his bowling that can trouble any good quality batsman. Investing on a lost cause.

A worse version of M Sami.

 

[Hawkeye]

Camera work is so pathetic. PCB went for the lowest quality bidder.

 

[shah_1]

Camera work is so pathetic. PCB went for the lowest quality bidder.

Poor quality

Hopefully PSL isn't like that

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Why is Sarkar pushed down to the middle order in T20's? Thought he's better and aggressive at the top and that is what they have lacked in the 2 games.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Camera work is so pathetic. PCB went for the lowest quality bidder.

They're always going for that because they're spending all the big bucks on the security

 

[shariqnoor]

A worse version of M Sami.

Sami was lethal when he broke through. Swung the new ball and was deadly with reverse. Consistently bowled 147-150kph. I blame Wasim, Waqar for not developing him when he played with them and he just never learned the art of picking wickets.

Hasnain is utter trash. Don't know what selectors see in him. Rubbish. Same with Musa.

 

[Abdullah719]

Sami was lethal when he broke through. Swung the new ball and was deadly with reverse. Consistently bowled 147-150kph. I blame Wasim, Waqar for not developing him when he played with them and he just never learned the art of picking wickets.

Hasnain is utter trash. Don't know what selectors see in him. Rubbish. Same with Musa.

The selectors see that he can bowl 150+ and is just 19 years old. Any country will invest in a bowler with that armoury. As long as the action isn't Wahab-esque and the bowler has a brain, he can develop the requisite skills.

It's a bit strange to be going on about how trash Hasnain is on a day where he's bowled pretty well. And he was moving the ball earlier too.

 

[Rana]

What was the point of giving shadab this over when the pacers were bowling so well?

 

[shah_1]

Shadab is poor

 

[shariqnoor]

Rubbish pitches. In Australia, scores are going to be 170-190 consistently. And here we're having 130-140 pitches. What kind of preparation is this? Pakistan's Achilles heel has been power hitting so they've prepared 140 pitches so there's no need to power hit at all.

 

[Snowflake]

Babar's bowling changes have been pathetic! Shocking captaincy

 

[Ronaldo7]

Rubbish pitches. In Australia, scores are going to be 170-190 consistently. And here we're having 130-140 pitches. What kind of preparation is this? Pakistan's Achilles heel has been power hitting so they've prepared 140 pitches so there's no need to power hit at all.

Blaming the pitch instead of the batting lol