Bangladesh tour of Afghanistan & Afghanistan tour of India

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Shakaib amazes me. Such a quality player, BD's first & only superstar cricketer. Yet as a player T20 format remains his achilles heel and as a captain he appears to lack confidence in himself. The way he plays he should be the one to help the team re-adjust the required run rate. But instead he keeps pushing himself down the order. Going in number six is likely to leave you with tail-enders, who might not be able to help you put up a secure fight. Shakaib should instead be up the order keeping his eyes on the run-rate and supporting other batsman pile the runs.

By now BD should have been like Sri Lanka from 1996 & Shakaib should have taken example from Ranatunga. In the 1996 World Cup final SL lost two early wickets. Gurusinha and Arvinda DeSilva stabilised the innings. When Gurushina departed Ranatunga put himself to the task. He not only provided strong support to DeSilva to pile up the score but also adjusted the run-rate in SL's favour (strike rate of 127.02, pretty good for that era | source: cricinfo). I know T20I and ODI are too different animals, and the way ODI's were played in the 90's is significantly different from the way it is played now, but the essence of captaincy remains the same in all formats = take the risks, burdens & responsibilities. Another example is Imran Khan in 1992 World Cup Final. He was a mid-tail-end all rounder but pushed himself up the order to no.3 in the final to keep the score & run-rate running. Same match he put Wasim Akram, himself a tail-end bowling allrounder, to bat & he put quick score on the card.

As for Afghanistan. It would be a big mistake to consider them as an emerging side. BD had a fresh start at cricket. Afghanis have grown up with cricket around them in refugee camps & have mastered it, even mentally. They are born mature. Same goes for Ireland but they & their support seems to lack same level of passion at this point. India-Afghanistan clash will be interesting one. Afghanistan is more reliant on their bowling & probabilities are that Indians on their own turf will overwhelm them. But would still be fun to watch.

Prayers & hopes with Afghanistan.
 

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Wow .. .what an end by Nabi. What a win for afg. BD looked in control in the middle overs

India better not take them lightly

They did bring professionalism in the way they chased a low target like 135. After the fall of early wickets they slowed down to give themselves a certain amount of time in the middle, Samiullah Shenwari's innings was a perfect example of how matured Afghanistan has been with their game and at the end Nabi just gave himself 4 balls to end the game with some very good clean striking which was just stupendous!!!

And I don't think India would take the Afghans lightly, infact I think India would go for an all out attack to continue their home dominance as they have been doing over the years :yes
 

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Afghans are playing very good.
 

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Bangladesh have no plan. Surprise to see after such a long run they couldn't find the right batting line-up.
 

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Bangladesh have no plan. Surprise to see after such a long run they couldn't find the right batting line-up.
Exactly my thoughts, the team that is in International Cricket for almost 2 decades now should have better management. Also the BPL tournament along with DPL is doing them no good. BCB should focus on the core and that is international cricket. How can a team be without a coach for 6 straight months?
 

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Exactly my thoughts, the team that is in International Cricket for almost 2 decades now should have better management. Also the BPL tournament along with DPL is doing them no good. BCB should focus on the core and that is international cricket. How can a team be without a coach for 6 straight months?

They should better change their lookout towards their opponents, they are way too overconfident and if things don't go in their favour they come with reasons showing insecurity about their place in International Cricket. So at the end of the day they just don't improve :facepalm
 

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Aghanistan's bowling looks strong but the main concern is batting. Will they be able to survive against India's top notch bowling?
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Aghanistan's bowling looks strong but the main concern is batting. Will they be able to survive against India's top notch bowling?
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They'll struggle with both bat & bowl against India.
 

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Wow that was some final ball finish.
So happy tiger(meow) get whitewashed.
 

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Aghanistan's bowling looks strong but the main concern is batting. Will they be able to survive against India's top notch bowling?
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They will be blown away by Ashwin - Jadeja.
Too much pressure on Mystery bowlers.
 

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Why are they gonna try Rahul in the middle order again ? He failed and was dropped, don't want this to happen again. The guy should open ! Nair is more established batsmen in middle order than Rahul and Nair even had a good FC season in difficult pitches. Would have preferred Nair over Rahul for #4 position even though Rahul had an outstanding IPL.
 

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So not a bad day for in the end for Afghanistan. The pre match talks and the talks about not showing nerves actually back fired. The way they started it seemed that lot of nerves were talking. The bowling line and length and constant field changes proved that. Also there is nothing wrong in that, this is your first match and your first day. No matter how much first class cricket you play, playing TEST matches is a big deal. India started off brilliantly and good to see Vijay in runs as he was lacking match practice prior to this match. I feel bad for Karthik, coming back into the team after 8 years and getting out to a run out. With Jadeja left, I think we will score atleast 500 runs.

I welcome Afghanistan to the world of Test Cricket and wish them all the best. They have learnt playing Test Cricket from Pakistan (domestic setup) and I am pretty sure the learning was adequate.
 

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Its sad that no one is discussing this match nor did people come in to watch. Now my only hope is that since it was a Thursday the crowd was less but I really hope that the crowd picks up on Saturday and Sunday. Afghanistan and Ireland as new entrants need all the support they can get. Dont let them down!
 

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