Post tournament Asia Cup – Analysis – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 the worthy winners – Part 2
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The Master Blaster showed patience to grind out a 138- ball ton and looked relived after lifting his bat for the first time (in terms of significance) since the mega World Cup event last year – where he scored his last hundred.
However, his stupendous effort was overshadowed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 creamed some pretty average bowling to all parts as the home team created history in front of their devoted fans. The match finally answered the relevance of Asia Cup – where the Little Master reached his impeding hundred, while the Bengali fans at last were treated to some majestic display from their own team.
That contest left the tournament wide open, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 now battling it out with Pakistan in a crucial game. The Sunday clash ideally marked the intensity between both teams which was tested to its maximum with three resounding scores in excess of 100.
It started with Pakistani openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737.
The animated youngster played an innings of a life time, racking up 183 in an utter dominating display. His innings was marked with controlled aggression, giving respect to the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482.
Men In Green skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 to do them a favour by beating the local side in the penultimate game of the tournament.
However, the Lankans failed to show up in full force and were swept aside quite convincingly by the Bangladeshi bowlers before the inform batting unit jelled expertly to help their team to qualify for only their second final since their inception.
The victory for the hosts meant that the defending champions were knocked out, leaving the Asia Cup 2012 to be owned by a new victor.
While Pakistan remained the favourites to lift the title, their opponents had come a long way from just being underdogs and now possesed the abililty to be ranked as real title contenders. They were most likely to offer a sterner test, especially in front of a packed Bangladeshi audience.
The key players for the local side were Shakib-al- http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146, the team looked all set to conquer Pakistan.
The Men In Green however, were also keen in lifting themselves up following an unfortunate thumping from their arch-nemesis. While their weak link (batting) carried out their duties appreciably, the bowling line up failed to maintain their good work and now were eying redemption in term s lifting the cup for only the second time in their history.
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