Asia Cup 2012: Pakistan V Bangladesh – Toss Report - Bangladesh put http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 into bat in the Asia Cup opener
Bangladesh cricket team's captain, Mushfiqur Rahim, won the toss and put Pakistan into bat in the opening encounter of the latest edition of the quadrangular Asia Cup tournament, being played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium,
Mirpur today, March 11, 2012.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045’s decision to bowl first on a flat-looking pitch was quite surprising for the fans as well as the cricket pundits but the home skipper said that it was a fresh wicket conducive to bowling. Bangladesh have fielded three
pacers for the curtain raiser in Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiul-Islam-c89295.
This is Mortaza’s first international appearance for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahadat-Hossain-c2480 is also making a comeback to the side after two years. The last time Hossain had worn Bangladesh
colours was against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 on February 11, 2010.
Pakistani skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 is not going to open with Mohammad Hafeez, as Pakistan selectors recalled Nasir Jamshed after a gap of almost three years. Jamshed’s
last One Day International was against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in August 2009.
The wicket at Shere Bangla national stadium is deemed to be a flat one, conducive for batting and with no dew expected in the evening, it is being anticipated that batting would be quite difficult under lights.
Head to head Pakistan and Bangladesh have played each other nine times in the regional One-Day tournament, with the former winning all of them. So Pakistan go into the match as firm favourites but the Bengali Tigers have shown in
the past that they have the ability to surprise any world class team on their day and must be looking forward to make use of home advantage and make it a tough bout for Misbah and his men, who come fresh from a limited-overs series humiliation at the hands
of Poms.
Bangladesh: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Razzak-c41688, Shafiul Islam, Shahadat Hossain
Pakistan: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961
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