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Bangladesh look to outbat India

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PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad): Bangladesh sought to put up a bold face ahead of their opening World Cup encounter against India with a former captain saying the minnows were capable enough to outbat the former champions who had a weak bowling attack. "Our batting will be the key against India. Bangladesh must take advantage of a slightly weaker Indian bowling attack. If we can upset either India or Sri Lanka, we can progress to the second round," said Aminul Islam, first Test captain of the Bangladesh team. Bangladesh have been in good touch in recent times. They have beaten both New Zealand and Scotland in their warm-up games. Prior to that they had defeated Bermuda and Canada in a triangular series. Bangladesh had also thrashed Zimbabwe 3-1 in a four-match series before embarking for the West Indies. The Asian minnows are drawing inspiration from the recent performances of their in-form batsmen like Shahriar Nafees, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful and captain Habibul Bashar. Bangladesh's bowling too has been in news for right reasons. Mashrafee bin Murtaza has taken 49 wickets, the highest by an international bowler last year while Abdur Razzak ran him close with 45 scalps. Many reckon it's the best Bangladesh side ever to have played in a World Cup. They have had a fair share of wins in recent years, having beaten Sri Lanka and India, their Group B opponents, as well as mighty Australians in 2005. "If the players adapt well, they have a good chance. There are a lot of expectations going into the tournament. It usually rubs off positively upon the players and makes them work harder," remarks Khaled Mashud, who has been controversially left out of the team for the 2007 World Cup. Aminul though does not forget the issues which can dog the Bangladesh team in the showpiece event. "They do not have enough all-rounders, a must in one-day cricket and looks more like a Test outfit," said Aminul. "Our bowling is also weak as both the spinners are left-arm spinners," he said, while expressing doubts over Mashrafee's fitness. Aminul also feels the team lacks a pinch-hitter. "Someone who can score a quick-fire 30 or 40 in the end gives the scoring rate the impetus, like Lance Klusener did for South Africa in the 1999 World Cup. However, we don't have one," he said. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1084800

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Re: Bangladesh look to outbat India i so hope zaheer goes medieval on their collective third world arses. these chutiya*s are getting a bit too carried away with their new zealand victory and some former pakis are building them up too. i hope we absolutely obliterate these monkeys.

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Re: Bangladesh look to outbat India Its nice to know the bangladeshis actuali bliv that they can beat India.. but belief mus also b mixed with realism... And dont temme the bangladeshis are actuali upto some mind games !!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

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Re: Bangladesh look to outbat India some of their predictions... IND 150 all out. BAN 151/3 in 40 overs. -------------------------------------- toss: india. fields first. bangladesh: 189/10 41.2 overs (tamim 37, aftab 25, bashar 54, ash 44. patel 4/34, kumble 3/45) india: 176/10 37 overs (sehwag 45 off 29, tendu 23, dravid 60. masri 5/38, rafique 3/27) mom: masri. ----------------------------------------- BD 335-4 (50 overs) India 187 all out (41.2 overs) MoM: Mashrafee Mortaza ------------------------------------------ india: 497/5 50 overs (sehwag 99 off 69, tendu 157, dravid 87, dhoni 103 off 71. masri 3/78) bangladesh: 498/9 47.4 overs (nafees 75 off 59, tamim 67 off 30, aftab 145 off 63, mini collapse, ashraful 137* off 82. pathan 4/149, kumble 0/92) ---------------------------------------------- ndia bat first 112/10 BD 118/0 win by 10 wickets. india kicked in the bum out of the WC. they should have really stayed back in india and not bothered showing up for the WC. its out of their league. ------------------------------------------ I gave up after that :doh::doh::doh::doh::doh:

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