After nine months, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has once again experienced a change of heart. The National Sports Council (NSC) withdrew the nomination of BCB President Faruk Ahmed as a councilor last night (Thursday) after eight directors expressed no-confidence. At the same time, the organization nominated former Bangladesh national team captain Aminul Islam Bulbul as a new councilor. The BCB has approved this.
Amidst this uncertainty over the leadership of the BCB, Bangladesh is taking to the field tonight with the aim of avoiding a series loss. After losing the series to the United Arab Emirates, Liton Das’ team aimed to bounce back on Pakistani soil. Big names like Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are not in the opposing Pakistan camp. Bangladesh lost the first T20I against a team made up of PSL cricketers.
Bangladesh is confident of coming back strongly in the second T20I after forgetting the failure of losing by 37 runs in the first match. Team Tigers is taking to the field against host Pakistan at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore today. The game will start at 9 pm Bangladesh time. T Sports will broadcast it live.
The visitors had to stumble in the first match due to failures in all three departments. Although they gave Pakistan a little push in the fielding at the beginning, the Bangladesh bowlers could not maintain that rhythm until the end. Batting first, Pakistan scored 201 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the first match. But due to the batting failure, Bangladesh’s innings was folded for 184 runs in 19.2 overs.
Pakistani pacer Hasan Ali, who returned to the team after a long time on a batting-friendly wicket, took 5 wickets for 30 runs with a career-best bowling. The way Bangladesh’s batters have surrendered helplessly, there is no hope of returning to the series. However, captain Liton Das is determined to forget the disappointment and come back.
After the match, Liton said, ‘We could not do well in any department, bowling, batting or fielding, in the entire match. I will not say anything about those. But we have to come back strongly. There are still two matches left. It is important to do well not only in batting, bowling, but also in fielding in T20s. We could not do that in the entire match. It is possible to chase 200 runs on this pitch. Because the outfield is very fast, the wicket is also completely conducive for batting.
Bangladesh tasted defeat in all four matches on Pakistani soil in T20s. In total, the Tigers have lost 17 of the 20 matches against Pakistan. Pakistan will also want to win the series in the second match after a dominant victory in the first match. Pakistan succeeded in all departments in the first match except for the opening.
Bangladesh squad: Lits Das (captain), Mahedi Hasan, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Mehedi Hasan Miraj, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Patwari, Zaker Ali Anik, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Tanjim Hasan Shakib and Shariful Islam.
Pakistan squad: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Fahim Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub.
