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| Bangladesh 267 (Mushfiqur 71, Shakib 63, Shapoor 2-20) v Afghanistan |
No doubt, the outstanding irony captaincy of the Nogor Express Mashrafi & the combination of talented Shakib Al- Hasan of Bangladesh made once again Bangladesh wins over with joys , pride and full of sporty excitement by entire nations .
Bravo BD TIGERS …..
The country was expecting just the way the BD Tigers performed in today’s cricket against Afghanistan , the first debut team in the world cup sided-off and restricted under test team.
Bangladesh made 267 run at the firing edge of the pitch in combination with the talented miracle boy Shakib Al-hasan & Mashrafi – The nogor Express contributions. Shakib and Mushfiqur added 114 runs in 15.3 overs, at 7.35 runs per over. When they came together at the start of the 30th over, Bangladesh were four down and were going nowhere, their run-rate a sluggish 4.10. Shakib made 63 off 51 balls with six fours and a pulled six over backward square leg, a rescue effort if there ever was one from the No. 1 all-rounder in the world.Sabbir Rahman, preferred ahead of Nasir Hossain at No 7, hardly contributed as Bangladesh added just eight runs in 2.1 overs after Shakib's dismissal in the 45th over. Mushfiqur fell soon after for 71 off 56, with six fours and a six, but after Shakib's dismissal a lack of strike frustrated him. Bangladesh's batting-order reshuffle went as far as shunting Mominul Haque down to No 9, a place for a slogger not a solid top-order batsman but a spate of boundaries from captain Mashrafe Mortaza in the last three overs gave them something to bowl at.Hamid Hassan and Shapoor Zadran bowled within themselves in the first six overs but it was enough to keep Anamul Haque and Tamim Iqbal quiet. The pair batted gingerly, barely showing any intent in near-perfect batting conditions.Hassan bowled Afghanistan's first ball in the World Cup, a wide, but thereafter committed both openers to playing, moving the ball around ever so slightly from a full length. Tamim's time in the middle was eventful, as he latched on to overpitched balls to drive through the covers twice while also surviving a caught-behind appeal when replays showed he had nicked Hassan.
Aftab Alam and Mirwais Ashraf seemed like innocuous first and second- change bowlers, given how Hassan and Shapoor were charging in. Tamim, however, was looking jittery, looking for improbable singles and getting his calls wrong on a number of occasions. First signs of impatience came in the 13th over when he charged and missed Ashraf and was almost run-out next ball.In the medium-pacer's next over, he poked at one angling across and Afsar Zazai took a smart catch, diving to his left. Ashraf then trapped Anamul with a brute of an in-ducker to dismiss him for 29 off 55 balls. Anamul wasted Bangladesh's only review too.Mahmudullah and Soumya Sarkar had to restart the innings and batted conservatively till the 24th over. But the scoring rate was also down to Ashraf, who hardly gave them anything to hit. Finally, in his ninth over, Soumya struck him for a six over long-on and tucked one through fine-leg to spoil his figures.Afghanistan then brought back Shapoor, and the left-armer struck immediately, trapping Soumya leg-before for 28 before dismissing Mahmudullah at the start of the 30th over. This brought together Shakib and Mushfiqur, Bangladesh's best batting pair.Having bowled very well for the first 29.1 overs of the Bangladesh innings, Afghanistan gave away too many four balls during the Shakib-Mushfiqur partnership. They seemed to tire in the field as well, conceding overthrows and letting balls go through their legs. Afghanistan also failed to review an appeal in the 41st over, when Aftab had an lbw appeal turned down. Replays suggested the ball was going on to hit the stumps, and had hit Mushfiqur's front pad before his bat.
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