Tigers meet Nepal today

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Sabbir Hossain :Inspired Bangladesh will meet motivated Nepal today (Tuesday) in their crucial Group A match of the ICC World Twenty20 Cricket at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The match starts at 7.30 pm BST (Bangladesh Standard Time).Bangladesh Television, private satellite channels Maasranga Television, G TV will broadcast the match live from the stadium.Bangladesh crossed their big hurdle in the Group A stage when the Tigers composed an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Afghanistan in their first match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on March 16.On the other hand, Nepal defeated Hong Kong in their first Group A match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on March 16.Earlier, all the three departments (batting, bowling, fielding) of Bangladesh clicked in their opening match against Afghanistan and achieved a massive victory. On the other hand, Nepal showed a gimmick performance against Hong Kong and registered a huge win.Captain of Bangladesh team Mushfiqur Rahim does not take Nepal lightly.On the other hand, Nepal will give their cent percent effort to win over Bangladesh.Bangladesh will take on Hong Kong in their last Group A match at the same venue on March 20 while Nepal will face Afghanistan in their last Group A match at the same venue on the same day. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan said, “I have seen some of their matches on Youtube. But we should think of how we can improve our cricket rather than what they will do. If we can improve, we won’t have much of a problem.” Captain of Nepal Paras Khadka said, ” There will be some section of people [cheering us], we had very good crowd support today, so we will be only hearing the Nepali supporters, not the Bangladeshi supporters.” Bangladesh (possible): Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Farhad Reza, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Al-Amin Hossain. Nepal (possible): Sagar Pun, Subash Khakurel (Wicketkeeper), Gyanendra Malla, Paras Khadka (Captain), Binod Bhandari, Sharad Vesawkar, Naresh Budayair, Basant Regmi, Shakti Gauchan, Sompal Kami, Jitendra Mukhiya. 

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