Bangladesh at the Asia Cup 2014

[Zunaid]

We have an Asia Cup thread in international Cricket, however I felt we needed a Bangladesh focused thread here on Bangladesh Cricket. Hopefully we will use this to discuss Bangladesh specific issues. Of course, we expect to have specific match threads for Bangladesh matches also in this forum as usual.

Let's go Bangladesh!

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Bangladesh Schedule:

Date and Time	Match
Wed Feb 26 (50 ovs) 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 03:00 EST | 02:00 CST |00:00 PST 2nd Match - Bangladesh v India Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Sat Mar 1 (50 ovs) 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 03:00 EST | 02:00 CST |00:00 PST 5th Match - Bangladesh v Afghanistan Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Tue Mar 4 (50 ovs) 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 03:00 EST | 02:00 CST |00:00 PST 8th Match - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Thu Mar 6 (50 ovs) 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 03:00 EST | 02:00 CST |00:00 PST 10th Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

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[Tehsin]

If nothing, this is great for all the Asian sides to get exposure to the local grounds. They should have an advantage over the rest. As for BD, time to shake off a disappointing tour and start fresh. We'll miss Shakib dearly.

[Vahroone]

So there's an Ind vs Ban game on Wednesday? Nice, I hope you don't beat us as usual lol.

[aklemalp]

Do we have the youngest captain in this tournament?

[MohammedC]

Post by Bangladesh Cricket Video.

[Moh899]

we're changing jerseys every series..and none of them are even good looking...good lord

[Navo]

Warm up/practice jersey me thinks

[Jadukor]

"Afghanistan er shathe jetar iccha asey abong onno tin dol er shathe valo khelar iccha asey"
Tranlation= we might scrap a narrow win against Afghanistan but we will most likely receive a major hammering from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

[epitaph]

Why is the Asia Cup being held in BD again this year after 2012? Not that I'm complaining, it's great for us, but how's the host country selected?

[SMHasan]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
"Afghanistan er shathe jetar iccha asey abong onno tin dol er shathe valo khelar iccha asey"
Tranlation= we might scrap a narrow win against Afghanistan but we will most likely receive a major hammering from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Strategy is to take the pressure off from the team. If we say we will want to win all the matches then it will put pressure on them.

No one likes to lose, I am sure all the team members are willing to do well.

[MohammedC]

Originally Posted by epitaph
Why is the Asia Cup being held in BD again this year after 2012? Not that I'm complaining, it's great for us, but how's the host country selected?

Indian refused to host it because they did not want to lose in front of their own crowd.

[shuziburo]

I am planning to stay away from this Asia Cup. The problem is I'll come back 5 minutes before the first match.

[arifmmu]

my 1st eleven for 1st match against India in Asia Cup:
1. Shamsur
2.Imrul
3.Naeem
4.Mominul
5.Mushfiqur
6.Nasir
7.Ziaur
8.Gazi
9.Mashrafi
10.Rubel
11.Razzak

[Jadukor]

100 run kortey amader most times 4 ta wicket porey jai... so if we play with just six batsman at most we will score 200-240.
We need to bat deeper and have the firepower to capitalize on the batting powerplay even with 5 wickets down. We need to bat till number 7-8.

[mufi_02]

Originally Posted by arifmmu
7.Ziaur
8.Gazi
9.Mashrafi
10.Rubel
11.Razzak

these 5 will score 20 runs at max

[aklemalp]

My eleven :
I just don't care which play but they just have to play like the big teams to win this thing. All teams are laughing at Bangladesh

[Zunaid]

I haven't heard any laughter. Where? Who?

[horizon]

Originally Posted by epitaph
Why is the Asia Cup being held in BD again this year after 2012? Not that I'm complaining, it's great for us, but how's the host country selected?

It was India's turn but they didn't host it as it is non-profitable. Most of the money from the tourney actually goes to the pocket of ACC.

[sheikh]

Originally Posted by MohammedC
Indian refused to host it because they did not want to lose in front of their own crowd.

Super Like

[epitaph]

Originally Posted by horizon
It was India's turn but they didn't host it as it is non-profitable. Most of the money from the tourney actually goes to the pocket of ACC.

Unbelievable. BCCI cares about profit so much that they don't care about home-field advantage in a semi-major tourno (major being WC's), one they were embarrassed in last time.

[horizon]

Originally Posted by epitaph
Unbelievable. BCCI cares about profit so much that they don't care about home-field advantage in a semi-major tourno (major being WC's), one they were embarrassed in last time.

The problem is in India, very little attention is given to this tourno. I am not sure why ... but India didn't host Asia Cup since 1991 and in between they hosted two WCs. I am quite sure they could have if they wanted to ...

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Zunaid
I haven't heard any laughter. Where? Who?

Did you not see the cartoon on cricinfo about shakib?? And here in the Caribbean west Indies and Ireland are definitely not playing.g like Bangladesh. I deliberately skip the last odi by doing my homework instead. All the talk before the Sri lankan series, the actual Sri lankan series, negative body language by.some of the senior players. I used to respect shakib as a role-model. But to gain my respect again he will do the thing that a gentleman does and prove me wrong (I actually had a dream last night about Bangladesh playing Pakistan in this Asia cup and shakib was there at.the.crease batting on.95) . I was screaming at the top.of.my lung with excitement. I.wish to see a much better performance from our tigers. Sorry zunaid brother if I offended you. Its just.my emotions getting the better out of me

[NoName]

Originally Posted by epitaph
Why is the Asia Cup being held in BD again this year after 2012? Not that I'm complaining, it's great for us, but how's the host country selected?

Don't want to host Pakistan probably, and go through all the legal work and hassle for them to come plus elections are nearing soon for them as well.

[Zunaid]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Did you not see the cartoon on cricinfo about shakib?? And here in the Caribbean west Indies and Ireland are definitely not playing.g like Bangladesh. I deliberately skip the last odi by doing my homework instead. All the talk before the Sri lankan series, the actual Sri lankan series, negative body language by.some of the senior players. I used to respect shakib as a role-model. But to gain my respect again he will do the thing that a gentleman does and prove me wrong (I actually had a dream last night about Bangladesh playing Pakistan in this Asia cup and shakib was there at.the.crease batting on.95) . I was screaming at the top.of.my lung with excitement. I.wish to see a much better performance from our tigers. Sorry zunaid brother if I offended you. Its just.my emotions getting the better out of me

Our emotions are our worse liabilities. We just need to get a pair and man up (and of course, refrain from showing in public that we do have a pair).

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Zunaid
Our emotions are our worse liabilities. We just need to get a pair and man up (and of course, refrain from showing in public that we do have a pair).

Ha ha, good one zunaid brother