LAHORE: Russell Domingo, Head Coach of visiting Bangladeshi cricket team, has criticized the average pitches Pakistan has prepared for the ongoing T20I series here.
He lamented that the pitches were not appropriate for the Bangladeshi team that is composed of young players: “The wickets have not been great and a little bit average. It was not easy to bat on them, the pitch was a bit better today but we have a very young batting line-up!”
Cricket T20I: Pakistan needs to cleansweep BD to remain at the top
25th of January, 2020
LAHORE: Green Shirts that have won the second T20I match against Bangladesh by nine wickets here today at the Gaddafi Stadium here, will have to win all three T20I against Bangladesh to retain its top position in this format.
Bangladesh that had opted to bat first after winning the toss set a winning target of 137 runs. Pakistan’s Ahsan Ali was sent back to the pavilion for a duck. He was caught by Mahmudullah Riyad off paceman Shafi-ul-Islam in the second over.
Later Mohammad Hafeez (with nine fours and a six) and Babar Azam managed to salvage the situation by means of their 131-run partnership. Pakistan managed to score 137 runs in 16.4 overs losing one wicket against BD’s 136/6 ((20).
Babar, who was out sans scoring, was given Player of the Match award. Pakistan won the first match, also in Lahore on Friday, by five wickets.
Teams:
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Skipper), Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Ahmad, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket keeper), Shadab Khan, Ahsan Ali, Amad Butt, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Musa, Usman Qadir and Haris Rauf.
Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (Skipper), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Mithun, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Hasan Mahmud.
Cricket T20I series: Green Shirts beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets
24th of January, 2020
LAHORE: Green Shirts managed to win the first T20I against visiting Bangladesh here at Gaddafi Stadium by 5 wickets though its Skipper went back to the pavilion sans scoring any run.
Visiting team, that had won the toss and opted to bat first, had set a target of 142 runs for five wickets for Pakistan in the first of the 3-match series being played here.
Shoaib Malik’s half century enormously helped the Green Shirts mustering the total up with three balls to spare. Opener Mohammad Naim, scored 43 off 41 while Tamim Iqbal’s bat yielded 39 from 34 balls.
The visitors scored 141 in the allotted twenty overs for five wickets.
Teams:
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Skipper), Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Ahmad, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Shadab Khan, Ahsan Ali, Amad Butt, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Musa, Usman Qadir and Haris Rauf.
Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (Skipper), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Mithun, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Hasan Mahmud.
LAHORE: A 15-member Bangladesh Cricket team has arrived here today to play a three-match T20I series against the Green Shirts.
The visiting team was transported to their hotel from Airport amid hermetically sealed security.
Bangladeshi team that will hold a practice session at the Gaddafi Stadium here today will play first T20I at the same ground tomorrow (Friday, 24th of January, 2020).
Cricket T20I : Madugalle named referee by BD
20th of January, 2020
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s governing body of the game has named sixty-year-old Ranjan Madugalle, (who has so far refereed in 102 T20Is), for the upcoming T20I series between Pakistan and Bangladesh to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium on 24, 25 and 27 January (2020).
Interestingly, 27-years ago in December 1993, he had made his international refereeing debut in the Pakistan versus Zimbabwe Test. In January, 2006 he came to Pakistan for refereeing the three-Test series against India.
PCB has appointed Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza as the on-field umpires, Ahmed Shahab as third umpire and Tariq Rasheed as fourth umpire for the three matches.
Cricket: Green Shirts’ squad for BD T20I
17th of January, 2020
ISLAMABAD: PCB has announced T20 squad for the upcoming Bangladesh series scheduled to commence from 24th of January.
Cricket 1The 15-man squad, which was announced by Pakistan head coach-cum-chief selector Misbahul Haq and Babar on Thursday (16th of January, 2020) include Shoaib Malik, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Rizwan, Moosa Khan, Shahdab Khan, Usman Javed and three youngsters Ahsan Ali, Amad Butt and Haris Rauf. While former skipper has been excluded, Babar Azam will be the team captain.
Commenting on his choice of players the chief selector held: ““We have lost eight of our last nine T20Is and as the number-one ranked side, this is unacceptable. We need to end our losing cycle and get back to winning habits leading into the upcoming Asia Cup and ICC T20 World Cup. This has played a critical role in our decision-making.
“Hafeez and Shoaib bring a total of 200 T20Is between them and if you mix these with the other youngsters we have in the side, then I think it becomes a good blend of experience and youth.”
Those who were not selected include: Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan and Wahab Riaz. It may be noted that Asif, Fakhar, Haris, Amir and Wahab were also in the squad that lost 3-0 to Sri Lanka at home in October.
Cricket 2Babar, while commenting on the recalling of veteran all-rounders Shoaib Malik and Muhammad Hafeez in the 15-man squad for the 3 ODIs, stated: Cricket 3“I am happy with the selected squad and want to thank the selection committee for entertaining my request for Hafeez and Malik. I believe they still have plenty to offer to Pakistan cricket in the shortest format and their experience can be critical to our performances in the upcoming series.”
The second T20I will be played on 25th day of January and the last match will be played on 27th of January, 2020.
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