Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the 3rd match of the Asia Cup - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – March 16, 2012
On Thursday, March 15, 2012, Pakistan won their Asia Cup match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 by six wickets after successfully chasing 189 runs to win the match at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh.
With this victory, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on Sunday will be a no pressure game for the Men in Green.
Earlier, Sri Lanka after winning the toss failed to post a staggering total on the board as Pakistan pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859.
Pakistan then saw a commendable partnership between skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 as the duo fancied their side towards victory.
Haq played an unbeaten knock of 72 runs, while Akmal departed in the dying moments of the innings after smashing 77 runs.
Cheema was named as the Player of the Match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 Riyad, wants his side to focus on India’s top batting order and get early breakthroughs in order to give the world champions a tough time in today’s (Friday, March 16, 2012) clash between the two teams in the Asia Cup.
“India have very strong top order batting, so we have to make sure that we get early breakthroughs as well as keep up the momentum if we want to do anything against them,” said the Bangladesh player.
He hoped his pacers would be able to halt India’s ace batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 from scoring his 100th century.
Bangladesh's captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045, is aiming to give team India a run for their money in the Asia Cup clash today at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Bangladesh skipper feels that India’s bowling attack is not lethal enough as compared to Pakistan and Sri Lanka and this is one factor which might help his batsmen.
“Their bowling attack seems less stronger than Pakistan's or Sri Lanka's, that's what I feel personally. This is what is giving us confidence against India," reckoned Rahim.
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