India, Bangladesh encounter will bring to close the inauguration round of matches for all participating teams. March17th will showcase the Bangladeshi neighbors take on India first time outside the sub-continent. Bangladesh is not close to the ‘minnows’ bunch as acknowledged by the Indian captain, Dravid. It will be a different outing for the Indians as they take on a very young Bangladesh team, which will be overpowered by the Superstar effect showcased by the Indians’ armory.
On paper, Indians are a far superior side compared to Bangladesh. They have only lost one out of the 14 contests between the 2 teams. Indians have batsmen like Saurav and Sachin who will be raring to go against Bangladesh with averages of 56 and 49 respectively. Adding to this will be the fact that Sachin enjoys an average of 80 in all the opening encounters of India’s World Cup clashes plus he has not scored a century so far against Bangladesh, the only test playing nation against which he has not done. He will be waiting to better his record in this match. So Indian fans will expect ‘runs feast’ from Sachin. No wonder the stadium is already booked to its full capacity.
Despite all these odds in India’s favour, Bangladesh has the ability to outclass their opposition. Their captain, Habibul Bashar has 3 fifties to his credit against India. He will add solidity to the batting department which already has batsmen who can shock any opposition. Moreover they have capable new ball bowlers like Mortaza and Hossain and spinners like Rafique, Razzak and Saqibul who can make the best out of the slow and low Carribean pitches. Moreover, Indians have an aging team as against the young brash of Bangladesh.
A couple of unexpected wickets and agile fielding could boost the confidence of this Bangladesh team and who knows might even win them the match. But the Indians will surely not take them lightly and will try to win and that too in a manner which is convincing.
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