On 16th March 2016 the second match of Super10 stage of T20 World cup 2016 between Pakistan and Bangladesh will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In the Asia cup 2016 both the team faced each other in a crucial T20 match where tigers won and entered to the tournament final. Hope this time Pak team is ready for the battle and send all the pain to the opponent back which they have faced in the recent tournament. The match will start on 3:00 pm and you can check live score of the same here.
Earlier Pakistan team not coming to India for the World T20 due to security issues but after the commitment of Indian government they arrived yesterday and have a practice session before a warm-up matches. Shahid Afridi the captain said that we all are very positive, learnt a lot from the previous tournament and will not repeat the mistakes we have done earlier in the past and it will be great tournament for us.
Bangladesh team is the second qualifier team of the T20 World cup 2016 after beating Oman in the final qualifier match. They are the runner-up of the 2016 asia cup. All their players are performing extremely well. Sabbir Rahman is playing extremely well, Tamim Iqbal the man who hit first hundred of the tournament and also the leading run scorer, captain Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Al-Amin Hossain are the key players of their team.
If we look on to the Pakistan team, the return of Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Amir strengthen the bowling squad where Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (Star batsman of PSL) , captain Shahid Afridi powering up the batting line-up. So the team looks good and if sticks to the basics of cricket, can go longer in the T20 World Cup.
Here is the squad of the both the team :-
Pakistan Squad:-
Shahid Afridi (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Irfan, Rumman Raees, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Babar Azam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Khurram Manzoor
Bangladesh Squad :
Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Abu Hider, Nurul Hasan
Here is the details of Pakistan vs Bangladesh T20 match :
2nd Match T20 World Cup 2016, Group 2, Super10 | ||
Vs | ||
Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | |
Date | 16th March 2016 | |
Time | 3:00 pm (Local Time) | |
Toss | Pakistan won the toss and opt to bat first |
Live score of the match will be updated here as soon as match started.
Match Result: Pakistan won the match by 55 runs.
PAK: 201/5 in 20 overs
BAN: 146/6 in 20 overs
Man of the Match : Shahid Afridi for his 49 runs on 19 balls.