[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Pakistan tour of Bangladesh (2021)

[sweep_shot]

Will the crowd be allowed at 100% capacity?

I believe they are allowing crowds. Here is one quote:

"As the COVID situation in Bangladesh is quite better now, we are planning to reopen the Stadium Gallery for the spectators in the upcoming Pakistan series (Starts from 19th November). Hope there will be no problem."

- Akram Khan, Chairman of BCB Operations Committee

 

[sweep_shot]

What kind of pitches we can expect? I guess all know already.

I think sluggish pitches can backfire for Bangladesh. Pakistan should do better than SENA countries on these pitches.

I would love to see good pitches.

Pakistan should win 5-0. Bangladesh are looking pretty down and out.

 

[Civil]

Hope we win these tests. For the t20s I am not as fussed about right after a world cup.

 

[shah9425]

Hope we win these tests. For the t20s I am not as fussed about right after a world cup.

Exactly these tests are very important for test championship need full points from these

 

[The_KING]

Babar the softie has to perform in the test series. He has been underwhelming as a test batsman so far.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Exactly these tests are very important for test championship need full points from these

Any ideas of when the squad is being announced?

 

[Artaxerxes]

It will interest to see what sort of pitches are prepared by BD.I hope they don’t prepare rank turners for all matches.

 

[Mobashir]

For the T20I's they should have rested many players.

My T20 XI :
Haider Ali
Fakhar Zaman
Shoaib Maqsood
Iftikhar Ahmed
Azam Khan (wk)
Kushdil Shah
Shadab Khan (c)
Usman Qadir
Mohammad Wasim Jnr
Shanawaz Dahani
Naseem Shah


Unfortunately they selected the same squad.

 

[shah9425]

Any ideas of when the squad is being announced?

I guess next week maybe

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan on their way....

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Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik will join the squad in Bangladesh on 16th November

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I guess next week maybe

hmmm admin says they fly out on the 21st, but was hoping it was going to be announced today seeing as they usually reveal the squad on a Friday.

 

[Savak]

Predicting Spinning wickets by Bangladesh. Rank turners from Ball one

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some things are just too important to let go of or leave at home <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MohammadRizwan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MohammadRizwan</a> <a href="https://t.co/xLQjnNwzf9">pic.twitter.com/xLQjnNwzf9</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1459240897422499841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

Pakistan T20I squad has arrived in Bangladesh - Iftikhar Ahmed also reached Dhaka from Dubai with the squad

The squad will quarantine one day in Bangladesh before starting practice - Captain Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik will join the squad on November 16 in Dhaka

 

[Mobashir]

They should have named a different squad. Really disappointing squad for the T20's.

 

[MenInG]

Bangladesh Cricket Board is going to announce the squad for the three-match T20I series soon as it was learnt that quite a few changes are being pondered in the squad compared to the one that played in the T20 World Cup.

 

[MenInG]

More pictures of Pakistan squad in Dhaka

 

[Saj]

All members of the National Twenty20 Squad have returned negative results for Covid 19.

Arriving in Dhaka this morning, all members underwent arrival testing.

The team management did not hold any cricket activities on Sunday and the squad will hold a gym and pool session at the team hotel tomorrow.

The squad will begin net sessions on November 15.

The first match of the T20I series between Pakistan and Bangladesh will be played on November 19 in Dhaka. Pakistan's tour of Bangladesh includes three Twenty20 Internationals and two Test matches.

 

[moghul]

Lambs overseas but BD are tigers on home soil, will be a good series.

 

[Osman]

Lambs overseas but BD are tigers on home soil, will be a good series.

Not sure how exactly this series will help Pak. Need to be preparing now for next T20 WC in Australia in under a year. Bangladesh pitches will give us no such preparation. We all saw what happened with the AUS VS BANG series in which Bangladesh thought they were the best thing since sliced bread and it all went down the pan - Australia are in the final and Bangla were literally playing this WC to make up numbers.

 

[shamaan]

They should have named a different squad. Really disappointing squad for the T20's.

Exactly they should have rested

Shaheen,Hassan Ali,Rauf and Malik should not be in the squad.

 

[MenInG]

Dr. Najeeb Soomro (Chief Medical Officer of the PCB) who was part of the ICC Men's Twenty20 World Cup squadhas now returned home.

A local doctor Manzoor Chaudhry has joined the national squad in Dhaka as Medical officer for the side on tour.

 

[DonJee]

anyone showing this in UK?

 

[pakpassfan]

Afaik rabithole only shows in BD

 

[pakpassfan]

It will interest to see what sort of pitches are prepared by BD.I hope they don’t prepare rank turners for all matches.

I hope to see good pitches..rank turners against Pakistan will be of 0 use for bangladesh

 

[Captain]

anyone showing this in UK?

Any broadcasters announced yet ?

 

[Saj]

Bangladesh received another blow ahead of the upcoming home series against Pakistan with Tamim Iqbal ruled out from the series due to a thumb injury. Bangladesh will be without the services of Mohammad Saifuddin for the entire series while Shakib al Hasan has been ruled out of the T20I series because of the hamstring injury he picked up during the T20 WC 2021.

Tamim started the net session last week to prepare for the Test series but went for an x-ray as he felt uncomfortable while batting against pace bowlers. The left-hander will now see a specialist overseas.
He was eyeing a comeback during the Test series but new scans have revealed that the opener now has a new fracture on his broken thumb. Bangladesh Cricket Board's chief selector Minhajul Abedin confirmed the development to Cricbuzz. "Yes, he is ruled out from the home series against Pakistan due to a thumb injury. The swelling has not healed and due to that reason he had another x-ray. It revealed he is having a fracture that was not found out previously,'' said Minhajul.

 

[Nasty Naz]

A weak Bangladesh squad has been weakened further.

Somehow, Pakistan will stay play their main players for no reason.

 

[MenInG]

Pictures (courtesy of PCB) of Pakistan T20I squad practicing at the Mirpur Cricket Academy

 

[asadee]

Nice to still see the Pakistan flag posted during the practice session. Lau ko bujhana nahi hai!!

 

[Shafi]

Looks like Babar still didn't learn his lesson. Hasan Ali will cost us Bangladesh T20 series now.

 

[gazza619]

I do feel a bit sorry for our boys.

I know Pakistan has hardly played any international cricket in recent months, but surely it must be mentally draining for the players to pick themselves up so quickly for the next tour. They should have been give a complete break of at least 2 weeks.

 

[shokz1408]

I do feel a bit sorry for our boys.

I know Pakistan has hardly played any international cricket in recent months, but surely it must be mentally draining for the players to pick themselves up so quickly for the next tour. They should have been give a complete break of at least 2 weeks.

I think it’s a good thing it’s so soon after the tournament, to help them overcome some of that recent pain of the loss. And I can’t wait to see more cricket.

 

[Babeikh]

Is there any news about TV coverage for this tour? Who is showing it in the UK?

 

[Executioner]

Pakistan are absolutely going to destroy Bangladesh irrespective of the pitch.

Bangladesh will be missing some key players in Tamim, Saifuddin and Shakib. Our backup players arent great either in T20Is. Normally when a team's back is against the wall, they try to fight back. But this Bangladesh side is absolute nonsense

In the past with far less prepared and low profile teams, BD won games abroad against good teams. In the last 2 years, we have gone from improving side to a borderline associate side. There is so much talent but the amount of application and mental prowess is zero. It seems like these cricketers just want to go home and play with plastic bats and balls with their nephews and/or kids. Pakistan Cricket Team are doing themselves a huge disservice by playing this series.

What does Pakistan achieve from this? Absolutely nothing.

 

[gazza619]

Is there any news about TV coverage for this tour? Who is showing it in the UK?

It seems like it might be on youtube.

 

[Babeikh]

Thank you. That would be good.

 

[shaz619]

Pakistan are absolutely going to destroy Bangladesh irrespective of the pitch.

Bangladesh will be missing some key players in Tamim, Saifuddin and Shakib. Our backup players arent great either in T20Is. Normally when a team's back is against the wall, they try to fight back. But this Bangladesh side is absolute nonsense

In the past with far less prepared and low profile teams, BD won games abroad against good teams. In the last 2 years, we have gone from improving side to a borderline associate side. There is so much talent but the amount of application and mental prowess is zero. It seems like these cricketers just want to go home and play with plastic bats and balls with their nephews and/or kids. Pakistan Cricket Team are doing themselves a huge disservice by playing this series.

What does Pakistan achieve from this? Absolutely nothing.

Any series with BD and Pak can be fun, BD got hammered in the T20’s but they have a good ODI unit / mindset, BD can also take advantage of preparing wickets to their strength to. I don’t think Pak should have selected a full strength squad though, for that matter I doubt BD would have wanted to do the same right after a poor WC.

Have no idea why Pak have selected Ali, there are some rumours he is carrying a niggle or two but the more pressing matter is his confidence which can be risked being dented further, I don’t know the full squad but they should give all the WT20 bench warmers a full run on this tour though

 

[gazza619]

Pakistan are absolutely going to destroy Bangladesh irrespective of the pitch.

Bangladesh will be missing some key players in Tamim, Saifuddin and Shakib. Our backup players arent great either in T20Is. Normally when a team's back is against the wall, they try to fight back. But this Bangladesh side is absolute nonsense

In the past with far less prepared and low profile teams, BD won games abroad against good teams. In the last 2 years, we have gone from improving side to a borderline associate side. There is so much talent but the amount of application and mental prowess is zero. It seems like these cricketers just want to go home and play with plastic bats and balls with their nephews and/or kids. Pakistan Cricket Team are doing themselves a huge disservice by playing this series.

What does Pakistan achieve from this? Absolutely nothing.

I think the pitches at home also play a role in the development of players?

Sad to see Bangladesh going no where with their progress.

 

[Executioner]

I think the pitches at home also play a role in the development of players?

Sad to see Bangladesh going no where with their progress.

Pitches are certainly a factor in our development.

At the U19 level, we have a strong program where we have some decent coaches and our U19 team plays a lot of cricket. An evidence of the talent pool and the strength of the U19 program was evident in the 2016 and 2020 U19 CWC where BD were 3rd and 1st respectively. I am aware that successes in age-group cricket is not the strongest indicator of ability in senior cricket.

After the age group level, the following problems appear:
1) Our domestics, which although has improved, is still very poor especially the quality of the pitches. India and SL have much better domestic structure
2) We dont have regular A team tours. In the last six years, our A team has toured abroad TWICE. Once to Lanka, once to England. A team doesnt have proper coaching staff either ofcourse.
3) At the national team, although the facilities and coaching staff are much better, and we play abroad a lot, when it comes to home games we play over 80 percent of our games in that mirpur pitch.

The problems we have can be easily fixed over time but administrators are focusing more on eye-wash than anything but changing coaches and some players.

 

[street cricketer]

Wow, cricket does come fast and non stop these days.

The tournament has barely finished and Pakistan are already in Bangladesh preparing for the T20 series while NZ will start playing the T20 series in India in 3 days time.

 

[Omer2002]

No i dont think it will be a cake walk at all ..Bangla pitches are spin crazy and i dont trust our spinners. Even in Tests first time without yasir lets see who steps up.

 

[Babeikh]

They should have named a different squad. Really disappointing squad for the T20's.

What squad would you have named?

 

[Hassaan HS]

A revamped side for Pak T20Is?

From the looks of it, the Bangladesh national team may well be in for a revamp for the upcoming series against Pakistan under newly-appointed team director Khaled Mahmud. The BCB director, who has served many roles for the national side, appears to be the one overseeing the inclusion of a few new faces in order to reshape the side after a disastrous World Cup campaign.

The Tigers would have to do without the services of ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, out with a hamstring injury, and Mohammad Saifuddin, who was ruled out midway through World Cup through a back injury.

Signs are, however, that a few other key members of the World Cup squad will be excluded for the Pakistan T20s slated to begin from November 19, with Liton Das not participating in the practice sessions and Soumya Sarkar currently engaged in the National Cricket League (NCL).

A few new faces such as Towhid Hridoy, Parvez Hossain Emon and seniors like Yasir Ali and Kamrul Islam Rabbi had begun training in Mirpur since the World Cup exit. However, veteran Mushfiqur Rahim was seen going through net batting on his own amid rumours that he will not play in the upcoming T20 series against Pakistan. Skipper Mahmudullah Riyad, who along with Mushfiqur was one of the four players to have returned to the country later than the rest of the squad, was seen in discussion with the squad.

Coach Russell Domingo, too, was present but his involvement in team discussion or lack thereof, gives indications of the rift that has appeared between the players and management. The confusion in forming a new-look Bangladesh, however, was apparent.

Pakistan, who lost in the semifinal of the T20 Cup World Cup against Australia recently, had already announced their T20 World Cup squad during the World Cup. On the other hand, Bangladesh, who crashed out of the Super 12 stage, are yet to name the squad for the Pakistan T20Is despite there being suggestions that the squad will be announced yesterday. Meanwhile, Pakistan have also announced their Test squad yesterday.

Mahmud, who would oversee selection, will have a few tough choices to make keeping in line with revamping not just the side but the overall activities of the side. To make his job a bit easier, a closed-door practice match between two teams composed of the players called to the national side's training was held in Mirpur yesterday, with no entry for journalists.

The limelight will once again be on the pitches on offer at Mirpur after it paved the way for series wins at home against Australia and New Zealand but did not provide adequate preparation for the World Cup. Pacer Taskin Ahmed was hoping for sporting wickets this time around.

"In white-ball cricket, there is rarely opportunities to bowl on bowling-friendly surfaces and most wickets for this format are sporting wickets. Hoping for sporting wickets at Mirpur but whatever the conditions, as a bowler, you have to adjust," Taskin said yesterday.

Via : https://www.thedailystar.net/sports...cup-2021/news/revamped-side-pak-t20is-2230916

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan T20 squad training session in progress for second consecutive day in Dhaka at the Mirpur Academy

The players will continue batting, bowling and fielding sessions in a three-hour training session today

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan is attending a training session today

Captain Babar Azam and all-rounder Shoaib Malik also reached Dhaka

Both the players will join the squad tomorrow if COVID 19 test report is negative

 

[MenInG]

Pictures (courtesy of the PCB) of the Pakistan T20I squad practicing at the Mirpur Academy, ahead of the 3-match T20I series against Bangladesh

 

[MenInG]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh called up four newcomers in its 16-man squad to play Pakistan in three Twenty20s this month.

The sweeping changes were in response to the disappointing performances at the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman where Bangladesh failed to register a victory in the Super 12s. Bangladesh was also beaten by Scotland in the preliminary round.

Opening batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto and legspinner Aminul Islam were recalled beside new batsmen Saif Hassan and Yasir Ali Chowdhury, wicketkeeper Akbar Ali, and pace bowler Shohidul Islam.

Opener Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar and fast bowler Rubel Hossain, who didn’t play in the T20 World Cup, were dropped, while allrounders Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin were unavailable due to injuries.

The other missing player from Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup squad was Mushfiqur Rahim, who was rested according to chief selector Minhajul Abedin.

Mushfiqur, who needs one more game to become the second Bangladeshi to 100 T20s, scored 95 runs at the tournament, including a half-century against Sri Lanka.

Calling Mushfiqur Bangladesh’s best batsman, Minhajul said he was rested to keep him fresh for the two test matches following the T20 series.

“Since Tamim Iqbal is not available in the test series due to his injury, we want our best batsman to keep him refreshed ahead of the test series,” he said.

“We have back-to-back test series against Pakistan and New Zealand, so after a lengthy discussion with the team management we decided to give him rest.”

The T20 series begins on Nov. 19 in Dhaka. The second is on Nov. 20 and the finale on Nov. 22 at the same venue.

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Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (captain), Naim Sheikh, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Shamim Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Saif Hassan, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Shohidul Islam, Akbar Ali.

 

[sweep_shot]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh called up four newcomers in its 16-man squad to play Pakistan in three Twenty20s this month.

The sweeping changes were in response to the disappointing performances at the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman where Bangladesh failed to register a victory in the Super 12s. Bangladesh was also beaten by Scotland in the preliminary round.

Opening batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto and legspinner Aminul Islam were recalled beside new batsmen Saif Hassan and Yasir Ali Chowdhury, wicketkeeper Akbar Ali, and pace bowler Shohidul Islam.

Opener Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar and fast bowler Rubel Hossain, who didn’t play in the T20 World Cup, were dropped, while allrounders Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin were unavailable due to injuries.

The other missing player from Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup squad was Mushfiqur Rahim, who was rested according to chief selector Minhajul Abedin.

Mushfiqur, who needs one more game to become the second Bangladeshi to 100 T20s, scored 95 runs at the tournament, including a half-century against Sri Lanka.

Calling Mushfiqur Bangladesh’s best batsman, Minhajul said he was rested to keep him fresh for the two test matches following the T20 series.

“Since Tamim Iqbal is not available in the test series due to his injury, we want our best batsman to keep him refreshed ahead of the test series,” he said.

“We have back-to-back test series against Pakistan and New Zealand, so after a lengthy discussion with the team management we decided to give him rest.”

The T20 series begins on Nov. 19 in Dhaka. The second is on Nov. 20 and the finale on Nov. 22 at the same venue.

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Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (captain), Naim Sheikh, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Shamim Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Saif Hassan, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Shohidul Islam, Akbar Ali.

Good to see Mushfiq, Litton, and Soumya being dropped. They should've been dropped much earlier.

Want to see Mahmudullah dropped too at some point.

Need a complete revamp.

 

[Charmander]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh called up four newcomers in its 16-man squad to play Pakistan in three Twenty20s this month.

The sweeping changes were in response to the disappointing performances at the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman where Bangladesh failed to register a victory in the Super 12s. Bangladesh was also beaten by Scotland in the preliminary round.

Opening batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto and legspinner Aminul Islam were recalled beside new batsmen Saif Hassan and Yasir Ali Chowdhury, wicketkeeper Akbar Ali, and pace bowler Shohidul Islam.

Opener Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar and fast bowler Rubel Hossain, who didn’t play in the T20 World Cup, were dropped, while allrounders Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin were unavailable due to injuries.

The other missing player from Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup squad was Mushfiqur Rahim, who was rested according to chief selector Minhajul Abedin.

Mushfiqur, who needs one more game to become the second Bangladeshi to 100 T20s, scored 95 runs at the tournament, including a half-century against Sri Lanka.

Calling Mushfiqur Bangladesh’s best batsman, Minhajul said he was rested to keep him fresh for the two test matches following the T20 series.

“Since Tamim Iqbal is not available in the test series due to his injury, we want our best batsman to keep him refreshed ahead of the test series,” he said.

“We have back-to-back test series against Pakistan and New Zealand, so after a lengthy discussion with the team management we decided to give him rest.”

The T20 series begins on Nov. 19 in Dhaka. The second is on Nov. 20 and the finale on Nov. 22 at the same venue.

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Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (captain), Naim Sheikh, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Shamim Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Saif Hassan, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Shohidul Islam, Akbar Ali.

so mahmadullah is still going to be captain for forseeable future. sounds like bangla t20 cricket going nowhere fast. expect very one sided series

 

[sweep_shot]

so mahmadullah is still going to be captain for forseeable future. sounds like bangla t20 cricket going nowhere fast. expect very one sided series

Yeah. I am surprised that he is still the captain.

I would make Mustafiz or Naim the captain.

 

[Charmander]

Yeah. I am surprised that he is still the captain.

I would make Mustafiz or Naim the captain.

and it sounds like mushfiqur rahim is only dropped to rest for test series. expect him to linger on as long as mahmadullah is in the team. so these changes are most likely temporary

 

[Logic]

Pakistan Test squad for Bangladesh tour

Kamran Ghulam, Imam-ul-Haq and Bilal Asif recalled; Imran Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani and Haris Rauf left out; Yasir Shah out injured

In absence of Yasir Shah, the leg spinner role will be fulfilled by Zahid Mahmood? Why not Shadab Khan?

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ban-vs-pak-test-series-kamran-ghulam-called-up-to-pakistan-squad-imam-ul-haq-recalled-1289509

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Pakistan Test squad for Bangladesh tour

Kamran Ghulam, Imam-ul-Haq and Bilal Asif recalled; Imran Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani and Haris Rauf left out; Yasir Shah out injured

In absence of Yasir Shah, the leg spinner role will be fulfilled by Zahid Mahmood? Why not Shadab Khan?

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ban-vs-pak-test-series-kamran-ghulam-called-up-to-pakistan-squad-imam-ul-haq-recalled-1289509

Shadab is a decent leggie but i reckon he needs to play more first class cricket in comparison to Zahid who has played 50 first class games.

Yasir Shah is injured.

 

[Logic]

Shadab is a decent leggie but i reckon he needs to play more first class cricket in comparison to Zahid who has played 50 first class games.

Yasir Shah is injured.

May be that is what the selectors were thinking. Because stats wise
Zahid
50 FC matches 145 wickets @37.02 with 58.6 SR

Shadab
17 FC matches 68 wickets @25.77 with 45.2 SR
6 Tests, 14 Wickets @36.64 with 68.1 SR

So Zahid has played more FC games but Shadab has played more Tests (actually Zahid has not played any yet).

 

[Shoaibbtt]

May be that is what the selectors were thinking. Because stats wise
Zahid
50 FC matches 145 wickets @37.02 with 58.6 SR

Shadab
17 FC matches 68 wickets @25.77 with 45.2 SR
6 Tests, 14 Wickets @36.64 with 68.1 SR

So Zahid has played more FC games but Shadab has played more Tests (actually Zahid has not played any yet).

Well if they gave Zahid a chance maybe he would, but we must bare in mind that Bangladesh are pretty left hander heavy so a leggie might not be as effective. Also management were persistent in giving Yasir Shah a chance so Zahid didn't really make the playing XI. Let's see what happens.

FYI Shadab hasn't played first class cricket for over a year now. Besides i reckon he along with others can use a rest after this.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Pakistan are absolutely going to destroy Bangladesh irrespective of the pitch.

Bangladesh will be missing some key players in Tamim, Saifuddin and Shakib. Our backup players arent great either in T20Is. Normally when a team's back is against the wall, they try to fight back. But this Bangladesh side is absolute nonsense

In the past with far less prepared and low profile teams, BD won games abroad against good teams. In the last 2 years, we have gone from improving side to a borderline associate side. There is so much talent but the amount of application and mental prowess is zero. It seems like these cricketers just want to go home and play with plastic bats and balls with their nephews and/or kids. Pakistan Cricket Team are doing themselves a huge disservice by playing this series.

What does Pakistan achieve from this? Absolutely nothing.

memories. There needs to be more cricket everywhere.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan are absolutely going to destroy Bangladesh irrespective of the pitch.

Bangladesh will be missing some key players in Tamim, Saifuddin and Shakib. Our backup players arent great either in T20Is. Normally when a team's back is against the wall, they try to fight back. But this Bangladesh side is absolute nonsense

In the past with far less prepared and low profile teams, BD won games abroad against good teams. In the last 2 years, we have gone from improving side to a borderline associate side. There is so much talent but the amount of application and mental prowess is zero. It seems like these cricketers just want to go home and play with plastic bats and balls with their nephews and/or kids. Pakistan Cricket Team are doing themselves a huge disservice by playing this series.

What does Pakistan achieve from this? Absolutely nothing.

Definitely. Pakistan should win 5-0.

Biggest issue for BD is the arrogance/delusion. Veterans think they are untouchable superstars while many fans were thinking Bangladesh would go to semi-final of World T20.

An honest self-reflection and humility are missing from BD players, BD board, and also many fans.

I personally feel all veterans should be dropped permanently and start from scratch (like they did in 2006-2007). Get new set of players with right attitudes and groom them.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Apparent rumour is that Shadab might captain the side for the first t20. Good news in my eyes.

 

[MenInG]

Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik's Covid-19 Tests has come out as negative

Both the players joined the national squad at the Team Hotel in Dhaka

Captain Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik will participate in the training session with the national squad today

The squad will take part in a training session for the third day in a row in Dhaka today

The training session will begin at 1:45 pm local time

The national squad will also conduct a full three-hour training session today

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan T20I squad continues their preparation for the upcoming T20I series against Bangaldesh

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Have Bangladesh ever won a Test match against Pakistan?

They can't get a better opportunity than this if they haven't. Yasir Shah is way past it and that left arm spinner uncle whose name I can't remember will be cannon fodder for Mushi, Shakib, Liton, Tamim etc who literally grew up playing plethora of such SLAO bowlers on dry turners.

But I think pak will somehow win one. Going with 1-1 in Tests and 2-1 either way in T20s..

Just wanted to call you out for this comment. You clearly were underestimating Pakistan. )