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[AB de Royse777]

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[AB de Royse777]

Okay we have an ODI match today. Strange that no one was talking about it. I did not know about it as well :-P

I woke up and logged in crickinfo and found out the match between Bangaldesh vs Sri Lanka. This match will be remember in the history because this is Malinga's last international ODI. The entire Sri Lankan team looks pumped to give a memorable match to their legend.

By the way, my bet is for Bangladesh though.

[DarkDays]

Okay we have an ODI match today. Strange that no one was talking about it. I did not know about it as well :-P

I woke up and logged in crickinfo and found out the match between Bangaldesh vs Sri Lanka. This match will be remember in the history because this is Malinga's last international ODI. The entire Sri Lankan team looks pumped to give a memorable match to their legend.

By the way, my bet is for Bangladesh though.

It's not really strange. Cricket fans are not very tech savvy, they go to a field and lay down eating chips. It's not a gentleman's game it's a lazy spectator's sport. A lot has changed with the new formats limitations and the T20 mode, but its still a grill. And the only reason anyone talks about Cricket on Bitcointalk is because of signature campaigns. Not because of the game itself.

PS: Bangladesh's got nothing against a world cup winning team like SriLanka.

[Pffrt]

Srilanka is really playing well. Badly missing Shakib Al Hasan. SL will score more than 320 from this. I think it will be hard to chase. Shakib will badly be missing.

[Haunebu]

It's not really strange. Cricket fans are not very tech savvy, they go to a field and lay down eating chips. It's not a gentleman's game it's a lazy spectator's sport.

Hilarious. You call the 2nd most popular sport in the world a lazy game? Funny. Your statements about cricket fans not being tech savvy itself describes your character perfectly(Username sums it up too).

PS: Bangladesh's got nothing against a world cup winning team like SriLanka.

Do you even think before making such bullshit outlandish statements? The team that helped Sri Lanka win the World Cup consisted of a different lineup and the current line-up is pretty bad in comparison.

[Pffrt]

Do you even think before making such bullshit outlandish statements? The team that helped Sri Lanka win the World Cup consisted of a different lineup and the current line-up is pretty bad in comparison.

I think he is no more following cricket. However, today, SL is looking more energetic than the world cup team.
Soumya has been playing role as regular bowler, lol. From the world cup to till now, he is the person to break the bigger partnership. Kusal is gone at 111, had a great innings though.

[Juggy777]

Okay we have an ODI match today. Strange that no one was talking about it. I did not know about it as well :-P

I woke up and logged in crickinfo and found out the match between Bangaldesh vs Sri Lanka. This match will be remember in the history because this is Malinga's last international ODI. The entire Sri Lankan team looks pumped to give a memorable match to their legend.

By the way, my bet is for Bangladesh though.

I didn’t even know these two had a series going on as there was no advertisement relating to their match, anyway moving on Srilanka has scored 300+ runs but I feel it’ll not be enough to defeat Bangladesh. As we all saw in the World Cup Bangladesh have scored 300+ runs, hence I feel they’ll easily chase down this target. Malinga will be missed by all cricket fans as he has continuously entertained us with his bowling, who else feels that Srilanka team will find it hard to replace him.

[onecall123]

Srilanka is really playing well. Badly missing Shakib Al Hasan. SL will score more than 320 from this. I think it will be hard to chase. Shakib will badly be missing.

I was looking 350+ but whatsever after 50 overs SL made 314 on the scoreboard. Shakib Al Hasan their key players and TOP performers in the CWC19. It's urgent and Bangladesh must take immediate action on their bowling and fielding unit.

[sujonali1819]

It will be very hard to chase this total for Bangladesh Now. They already lost their 4 Top-ranked batsmen for 137 runs in 25.3 overs. So rest of the batsmen are very unexperienced and they have not any experience of finishing any match with a win. So now the match is depending on Musfiqur Rahim and Sabbir Rahman. If both will out quickly in under 30 overs then Bangladesh can not win the game even can not reach 270 runs in total.

[FIFA worldcup]

It will be very hard to chase this total for Bangladesh Now. They already lost their 4 Top-ranked batsmen for 137 runs in 25.3 overs. So rest of the batsmen are very unexperienced and they have not any experience of finishing any match with a win. So now the match is depending on Musfiqur Rahim and Sabbir Rahman. If both will out quickly in under 30 overs then Bangladesh can not win the game even can not reach 270 runs in total.

Mushfiqur did play well but it was not enough to chase the srilankan massive total of 315. Malinga and Pradeep took 5 wickets between them making the run chase impossible for Bangladesh.

[Little Mouse]

Without Shakib, we are still the same team? May be. This was really sad to see Bangladesh losing the match like this. I didn't expect a 100% win but didn't expect such lose either.
Anyway, Malinga got a happy ending, that's what the measure fact. SL will now be more weak team without him, he was a great asset to the team.

[UmerIdrees]

Without Shakib, we are still the same team? May be. This was really sad to see Bangladesh losing the match like this. I didn't expect a 100% win but didn't expect such lose either.
Anyway, Malinga got a happy ending, that's what the measure fact. SL will now be more weak team without him, he was a great asset to the team.

Unfortunately Bangladesh lost to Srilanka yesterday but i thought current Bangladesh team was much better than Srilanka team. Eliminating Malinga and adding Shakib might have changed the result.

[Avirunes]

Without Shakib, we are still the same team? May be. This was really sad to see Bangladesh losing the match like this. I didn't expect a 100% win but didn't expect such lose either.
Anyway, Malinga got a happy ending, that's what the measure fact. SL will now be more weak team without him, he was a great asset to the team.

Bangladesh has to make some batting changes starting with Tamim. His whole performance in World cup was flop show and now he is continuing his worst form in ODI as well. Every team expects a good start from their opening batsman and they are not making up to the expectations is what I think.

[Haunebu]

Bangladesh has to make some batting changes starting with Tamim. His whole performance in World cup was flop show and now he is continuing his worst form in ODI as well. Every team expects a good start from their opening batsman and they are not making up to the expectations is what I think.

I agree. Heard that Tamim had some kind of references though I am not sure how credible the rumors are in this regard. Tamim really needs to step up his game if he wishes to continues playing for his side currently.

Bangladesh clearly missed Shakib in this match which goes to show how dependent they have become on him which isn't a good thing. Drastic changes are required.

[Pffrt]

Bangladesh has to make some batting changes starting with Tamim. His whole performance in World cup was flop show and now he is continuing his worst form in ODI as well. Every team expects a good start from their opening batsman and they are not making up to the expectations is what I think.

I agree. Heard that Tamim had some kind of references though I am not sure how credible the rumors are in this regard. Tamim really needs to step up his game if he wishes to continues playing for his side currently.

It's not rumor, mate. It's the truth. He is backed by his uncle. A good begining can change the whole picture of a match.
Do you know Tamim never played in other position than opening? That's a stupidity. If someone performs bad in a position, he must be placed in other position but it's his passion/fashion that he will not play other than opening position. Board can't do anything because his uncle Akram Khan is the chief selector of BCB.

Bangladesh clearly missed Shakib in this match which goes to show how dependent they have become on him which isn't a good thing. Drastic changes are required.

Drastic changes isn't possible, we don't have much good players at the moment other the current team. Bowling options can be changed though. Missed Shakib.

[Haunebu]

It's not rumor, mate. It's the truth. He is backed by his uncle. A good begining can change the whole picture of a match.
Do you know Tamim never played in other position than opening? That's a stupidity. If someone performs bad in a position, he must be placed in other position but it's his passion/fashion that he will not play other than opening position. Board can't do anything because his uncle Akram Khan is the chief selector of BCB.

Observed that his batting average is pretty poor for an opener which is why I believe that they need to find a better replacement asap in order to improve their opening order. Middle order seems set currently.

They need more bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman, Sarkar and Shakib in order to improve their bowling lineup.

[Pffrt]

They need more bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman, Sarkar and Shakib in order to improve their bowling lineup.

Sarkar isn't a regular bowler 
However, he has done pretty much better than regular bowler since the world cup. Each time we needed a wicket, he has done that part. I can't see a bowler like Syed Rasel in BD team for a long time. We are really lack of good bowlers.

[Indymoney]

They need more bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman, Sarkar and Shakib in order to improve their bowling lineup.

Sarkar isn't a regular bowler 
However, he has done pretty much better than regular bowler since the world cup. Each time we needed a wicket, he has done that part. I can't see a bowler like Syed Rasel in BD team for a long time. We are really lack of good bowlers.

One thing is sure that Bangladesh is now much improved and good side but they need match winner like Shakib they are missing this otherwise surely they can beat Sri Lanka easily but in yesterday match we miss this which cost them match. Now every team need all-rounders like Shakib Pandya and Imad if they want to win matches.

[eaLiTy]

It's not really strange. Cricket fans are not very tech savvy, they go to a field and lay down eating chips. It's not a gentleman's game it's a lazy spectator's sport. A lot has changed with the new formats limitations and the T20 mode, but its still a grill. And the only reason anyone talks about Cricket on Bitcointalk is because of signature campaigns. Not because of the game itself.
PS: Bangladesh's got nothing against a world cup winning team like SriLanka.

I understand your observation simply because your thought process is that SriLanka being a world cup winning team in 1996, Bangladesh have no chance to win against them . Have you seen any performance of Bangladesh and SriLanka recently and came to this conclusion, Yes Srilanka won the first match quite convincingly but Bangladesh was missing Shakib Al Hasan in the team and he is an integral part in the team.

[AB de Royse777]

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They need more bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman, Sarkar and Shakib in order to improve their bowling lineup.

If I am not wrong then Sarkar is not even a strike bowler but he is taking crucial wickets in matches. The entire Bangladesh team really needs to find some good bowlers.

Talking about Tamim, that reference from Pffrt does not look good. Tamim is a good player as far as I know but that does not mean he become the burden of the team. In the world cup and in the last match he seems a burden for his team.

By the way, the Legend (Malinga) finished his ODI career with a wicket in the last ball. This is a very sweet ending. He deserved it.