Bangladesh take on HK today

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Sabbir Hossain :Inspired Bangladesh will take on minnows Hong Kong today (Thursday) in their last Group A qualifying round match of the ICC World Twenty20 Cricket at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The match begins at 7.30 pm BST (Bangladesh Standard Time).Bangladesh Television, private satellite channels Maasranga Television, G TV will telecast the match live from the stadium.Hosts Bangladesh are now in a comfortable position as the Tigers thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets in their first match on March 16 and then crushed Nepal by eight wickets in their second match on March 18. On the other hand, low-rated Hong Kong lost to their two previous Group A matches. The three departments (batting, bowling, fielding) of Bangladesh showed a superb performance in their last two matches. If Bangladesh win in today’s match Bangladesh will play in the final round and Bangladesh have ability to beat Hong Kong easily.Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain and Mahmudullah Riyad are in-form now. Atkinson and Mark Chapman are the key players of Hong Kong. Squads:Bangladesh (possible): Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Farhad Reza, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza/Rubel Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Al-Amin Hossain.Hong Kong (possible): Irfan Ahmed, Waqas Barkat, Jamie Atkinson (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Babar Hayat, Mark Chapman, Nizakat Khan, Munir Dar, Tanwir Afzal, Haseeb Amjad, Aizaz Khan, Nadeem Ahmed.

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