Saturday, May 1, 2010

IPL absentees ready for clash

The defending champion of previous ICC T20 cricket world cup, Pakistan will take on Bangladesh in an interesting group A match here in st.lucia. Pakistan has played only six international T20's since the last year final whereas Bangladesh has played only two. No player from either side was featured in IPL, both the team players have just played domestic T20's coming into this WORLD CUP whereas the majority of other international players featured in money rich but now considered corruption rich IPL.
Both the teams favours this short format, as we all know PAKISTAN is a real champ in this format and as far as Bangladesh is concerned, the shorter the format the greater their opportunity.
Cricket is a funny game as said by many famous cricketers but T20 adds more fun to it. Unmatched teams in a test match can provide you a thriller in a T20 match. The format is such that the margin of error is very low, your small mistake can cost you a match therefore you need to be on your toes for the whole 40 over’s.
Considering this match, Bangladesh can turn out to be a big threat for Pakistan as their recent performances against England and India speaks of their improved performances. Players like shakib ul hasan, mortaza, razzaq, ahraful and mahmudullah are all threats to any teams because on their day, they can turn the tables around. Pakistan will be without their T20 specialist umer gul, but still tell me is there any side more flexible than Pakistani team? FIVE all-rounders in the team and 3 of them would feature in any starting 11, my vote is for Pakistan in this cricket match.
Both the teams are blessed with quality spinners and it could be another low scoring match as the pitch would play slow.
Pakistan has to choose between sami and butt, if they play sami they will be with four fast bowlers and 3 spinners to back, but if they play butt, it adds an extra batsman to their line up. It will be interesting to know who plays.
Starting11 (PROBABLE)
Salman butt/sami, hafeez, kamran, umer, misbah, afridi,razzak, amir, asif, ajmal,amir

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  1. starting 11( probable)
    Salman butt/ m.sami
    kamran akmal
    M. hafeez
    umer akmal
    mis bah ul haq
    shahid afridi
    abdul razak
    fawad alam
    M.amir
    M.asif
    saeed ajmal

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  2. surprise surprise....asif not playing, so butt is playing and sami is playing, pak going for two qucikes..hopeing for a great game of cricket...

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