Bangladesh v Pakistan – T20 – Match Preview
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 will take on Bangladesh in a one-off Twenty20 match of a complete series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday, November 29, 2011.
The Men in Green have been in impressive form under skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, as they have been winning in all three formats of the game recently.
The team won a Test, One Day International and Twenty20 series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 side.
Misbah has a very well balanced squad when it comes to limited-over cricket, as he has some solid batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Farhat-c64218 are likely to open the innings for the team and their ability of hitting the ball ferociously is not unknown to anyone.
The latter has been a touch inconsistent in the past, but has a very good opportunity to cement his spot in the side after doing well against Bangladesh.
On the other hand, Hafeez is a world class all-rounder and can turn things around both with the bat and ball. He has been performing consistently for Pakistan over the past year and opens for the team in all three formats.
The 31-year-old cricketer is ranked number four in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Twenty20 all-rounders list and will look to take the top spot.
Coming down the order, Pakistan’s middle-order is quite strong with batsmen like Misbah, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088.
The latter of the four appears to be the only weak link in the side currently, as he has been unable to perform since making a comeback to the national side against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in a recently concluded tour.
However, he can be replaced by veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325, who is a regular member of the Test and ODI fixtures, but has not been a regular member of the team in the shortest format of the game.
Further down the order, the Men in Green have http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, who has been in terrific form recently. The veteran is a match winner and can devastate any opposition on his day. He is second in the list of ICC twenry20 all-rounders and is likely to take the
top spot from Australia’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 sooner than later.
Coming to the bowling of the tourists, there is no question mark over the team’s potential of producing bowlers. They have the best attack when it comes to Twenty20 cricket, as Afridi, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 are the first three in the list of highest wicket
takers.
Other than the above three, seamers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665 add flexibility to the line up, forming a formidable bowling attack in the shortest version of the game.
Considering the variety and flexibility in the Pakistani team, it will be a difficult task for Bangladesh to overcome them.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 and his men will have the home advantage and will hope of making most of the conditions.
They have some match winners like Shakib-Al-Hasan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 and the skipper himself, but will still be tested against 11 match winners of the opposition.
The recent performances and stats clearly indicate that the Men in Green will have the upper hand tomorrow, but they are also tagged as an inconsistent unit and this might work in favour of the opposition.
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