CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Dec. 06) – Bangladesh will be playing to save their pride of being whitewashed at their home soil by the hands of Pakistan when they face the visitors today in the last ODI of the 3-match series.
The tourists have already scored two convincing victories in the series so far, winning by five wickets chasing just 92 at Dhaka before triumphing by 76 runs at the same venue on Saturday.
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Pakistan team is playing like a winning combination and a composite bunch of players under the captaincy of cool and calm Misbah ul Haq. Boom boom Afridi is in a good nick and has been continuously performing with bat and ball since his comeback to the national side. Not only Shahid Afridi but Umar Gul, Muhammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal are also performing with consistency. Saeed Ajmal is a bit underdone in Bangladesh tour until now but certainly will play a key role in the Test series ahead.
On the other hand Bangladesh seems like under pressure, especially their batting, and struggling to produce any threatening effect for the visitors. Bangladesh top order batsmen are continuously lacking the ability to cop the superb form of Pakistan bowlers. Bangladesh batting performance depends a lot on their blazing opener Tamim Iqbal who seems to have been going through a bad patch. Bangladesh are supposed break the shackles once Tamim Iqbal and other top order batsmen will be able to perform a lot better.
The only player who has performed for Bangaldesh with the bat effectively is young all rounder Nasir Hossain. From T20I, the series opener, to last ODI at Dhaka he has exhibited some extraordinary batting skills and scored his maiden century in last ODI and named as man of the match. If Bangladesh want to make their presence feel then couple of players will come forward to follow the footsteps of young Nasir Hossain.
The match is schedule to be played at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong and will begin at 13:30 local time (07:30 GMT).
Probable squads for both teams are given below:
Bangladesh squad
Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Alok Kapali, Elias Sunny, Farhad Reza, Imrul Kayes, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Nazmul Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Shahriar Nafees, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Khalil, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Younis Khan
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