Published: Mar 16, 2016, 04:44 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 16, 2016, 04:44 PM (IST)
Pakistan is playing against Bangladesh their first match of T20 World Cup 2016 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat with Sharjeel Khan and Ahmed Shehzad opening the innings for Pakistan. Bangladesh has Taskin Ahmed opening the attack but Pakistan has remained in control right since the beginning of the match. Shehzad played the right shots and also successfully completed his half-century, but what turned to be interesting to witness was MS Dhoni’s ‘Helicopter’ shot which was emulated by Shehzad but eventually got caught at deep mid-wicket, straight to fielder who did not have to do much and went for 52. This promoted Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi to come in and Pakistan are playing at 157 for 2 at the moment in 16 overs. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Pakistan vs Bangladesh, T20 World Cup 2016, Matc h 13, Group 2 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
This is the match between Group 2 teams. Pakistan have been through tough time, as their defeats to India and Bangladesh was enough for critics to write them off as favourites for the T20 World Cup 2016. Pakistan have been struggling in almost all departments, and their batsmen have caused them too much troubles with their failures and inconsistent performances. On the other hand, after India, Bangladesh have one of the most lethal top three batsmen. Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar will open the innings while Sabbir Rahman, who was very impressive in the Asia Cup T20 2016 tournament, will be posing threats to a talented Pakistani bowling attack, that has the likes of Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Irfan and Wahab Riaz. READ: Pakistan vs Bangladesh, T20 World Cup 2016, Match 14 at Eden Gardens: Mohammad Aamer vs Tamim Iqbal and other Key Battles
Pakistan entered World T20 on a positive note winning the first warm-up match against Sri Lanka by 15 runs.
