Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]
Bangladesh have given a decent target despite the poor batting performance of the middle order. I was thinking that they won't be able to score 200 runs. Surprisingly Jaker Ali and Nasum Ahmed played a good innings, which helped Bangladesh to score above 250 runs. The pitch is good for spin bowlers. Bangladesh will be able to win the match if Nasum, Miraz and Mustafizur can keep pressure on Afghanistan batsmen. I'm not expecting much from the other two fast bowlers. The odds is in favour of Bangladesh now.
Bangladesh has given a target of 253 runs to Afghanistan but this target is likely to be easily met by Afghanistan. Although Gurbaz, one of Afghanistan's best batsmen, was dismissed for 18 at the start but so far with the fall of the second wicket, Afghanistan have been able to cope with the loss of four early wickets. Today's match is very important for Afghanistan to win the series and definitely a do or die match for Bangladesh because if Bangladesh wins today's match it will definitely tie and if Afghanistan win it will ensure series win. So far, the condition of the match makes it more likely that Afghanistan will win.