After losing their first match to India with a huge difference, Bangladesh will land on the cricket field with more hunger to open their account in the point tables.The third match of Asia Cup T20 2016 will be played between Bangladesh vs UAE on 26 February at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.
Bangladesh is the team which has impressed everyone with their performances in international cricket last year 2015. The team won series against India, South Africa and Pakistan. The team has shown growth and is capable to return back into the game anytime. Bangladesh Team will be led by Mashrafe Mortaza and will be benefited by the experience player like Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib al Hasan are all experienced cricketers. Though the team is weak in bowling section, early breakthroughs are expected from Mustafizur Rahman and Shakib.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) the opponent team is the weakest team in the tournament but their latest performance in qualifying round where they won all matches against Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Oman will make the other team to rethink about their strategies for the match. The will be led by captain Amjad Javed
Bangladesh vs UAE team squad
Bangladesh | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | |
---|---|---|
1 | Mashrafe Mortaza (captain) | Rohan Mustafa |
2 | Shakib Al Hasan | Muhammad Kaleem |
3 | Imrul Kayes | Shaiman Anwar |
4 | Mohammad Mithun | Mohammad Shahzad |
5 | Mahmudullah | Amjad Javed (Captain) |
6 | Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) | Muhammad Usman |
7 | Soumya Sarkar | Mohammad Naveed |
8 | Sabbir Rahman | Swapnil Patil (wk) |
9 | Nasir Hossain | Saqlain Haider |
10 | Mustafizur Rahman | Ahmed Reza |
11 | Al-Amin Hossain | Qadeer Ahmed |
12 | Taskin Ahmed | Usman Mushtaq |
13 | Arafat Sunny | Zaheer Maqsood |
14 | Abu Hider | Farhan Ahmed |
15 | Nurul Hasan | Fahad Tariq |
Previous Performance of Bangladesh in Asia Cup
Bangladesh best performance in Asia Cup was in 2012, where the team reached to the final but was not able to win against Pakistan and lost the match by 2 runs. Till now the team has played 37 matches and were successful in only 4 matches loosing 33 matches. The winning percentage is only 10.81.
Previous Performance of UAE in Asia Cup
The United Arab Team have qualified for Asia Cup only twice in 2004 and 2008.UAE has played only 4 matches in Asia cup and has lost all four.
Bangladesh vs UAE previous encounter
Both team have played only one match against each other that too in group stage of Asia Cup 2008. The match resulted into Bangladesh huge win by 96 runs over UAE.
Bangladesh vs UAE Match-3 Asia Cup 2016
Date: 26 February 2016, Friday
Venue: Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur
Time : 7:00 pm (Indian Standard Time)
Match 3 Live Score
Toss: UAE won the toss and opted to field first.
Bangladesh : 133/8 in 20 overs
UAE : 82/10 in 17.4 overs
Match Result : Bangladesh won the match by 51 Runs and moved to 3rd position in asia cup 2016 points table.