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Bangladesh's match with Afghanistan will be more challenging.  Sri Lanka was a weak team against Bangladesh.  Meanwhile, Afghanistan is a better team than Sri Lanka, so it will be more difficult for Bangladesh to face Afghanistan.

Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are stronger than Afghanistan. The betting odds is slightly in favour of Bangladesh against Afghanistan. But the players of Bangladesh plays with the fear in most of the matches. This is the reason for their defeat in several matches. Anyway, I think Sri Lanka will win against Afghanistan. So, whoever wins between Afghanistan and Bangladesh will qualify for the super four.

The 4th match of Asia Cup 2023 between Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be played tomorrow at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore Pakistan. This match is very important for Bangladesh If they win it then have a good chance to qualify for the Super Four of the Asia cup. Afghanistan has a very strong bowling line especially his top Spinner Rashid khan and Mujeeb. So if Bangladesh wins this match they focus on their batting top order In the previous match failed to top order resulting in the lost match by 5 wickets against Sirlinka. Bangladesh if they get a 250 plus target then they have a good chance to win and qualify.

Tomorrow's match is an important match for Bangladesh. If Bangladesh wins tomorrow, then there will be a chance to play in the Super Four, if the match is lost, then Bangladesh will be eliminated from the Asia Cup. Afghanistan's bowling line is good but batting line is a bit weak. But if we look at previous Bangladesh vs Afghanistan series, Bangladesh lost the series against Afghanistan at their home ground. Bangladesh will try to play well in tomorrow's match, may change the XI. However, it is not possible to accurately say which team will win tomorrow's match.

Afghanistan team is quite strong against opponents like Bangladesh. Bangladesh cannot build their squad properly. I saw their poor squad against Sri Lanka. The pitches are spin friendly. Bangladesh team management should have prioritized spin bowlers. But they have kept 3 pace bowlers in the squad. We know that Bangladesh's batting lineup is weak. And the batsmen could not bat well, and the performance of the bowlers was also bad. Sri Lanka won the match very easily. I don't see a chance for Bangladesh to win against Afghanistan if they field unnecessary pace bowlers. At the same time, the top order players must play well. Otherwise the Bangladesh team will be defeated against Afghanistan. The Afghanistan team has a strong bowling line-up.

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Bangladesh's match with Afghanistan will be more challenging.  Sri Lanka was a weak team against Bangladesh.  Meanwhile, Afghanistan is a better team than Sri Lanka, so it will be more difficult for Bangladesh to face Afghanistan.

Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are stronger than Afghanistan. The betting odds is slightly in favour of Bangladesh against Afghanistan. But the players of Bangladesh plays with the fear in most of the matches. This is the reason for their defeat in several matches. Anyway, I think Sri Lanka will win against Afghanistan. So, whoever wins between Afghanistan and Bangladesh will qualify for the super four.

In order for Bangladesh to qualify for the semi-finals of the Asia Cup, several equations have to come in Bangladesh's favor at the moment. First of all Sri Lanka won against Bangladesh by a big margin so Sri Lanka is tension free for now and Sri Lanka will definitely try to play the match against Afghanistan free. Bangladesh must win by a big margin against Afghanistan to qualify for the semi-finals because if Bangladesh can't win against Afghanistan by a big margin and if Afghanistan can beat Sri Lanka in their last match then Bangladesh's dream of qualifying for the semi-finals will end so Bangladesh must win against Afghanistan. Besides, the dream of going to the next round can be fulfilled only if the victory has to be secured by a big margin.

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Looks like rain forecast has improved drastically implying that we might most probably be able to watch a full game between India and Pakistan later. This is really good news for cricket fans.

Bangladesh must win by a big margin against Afghanistan to qualify for the semi-finals because if Bangladesh can't win against Afghanistan by a big margin and if Afghanistan can beat Sri Lanka in their last match then Bangladesh's dream of qualifying for the semi-finals will end so Bangladesh must win against Afghanistan.

I doubt any of them can secure a high margin victory. Sri Lanka is performing better than the other two though as expected.

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In order for Bangladesh to qualify for the semi-finals of the Asia Cup, several equations have to come in Bangladesh's favor at the moment. First of all Sri Lanka won against Bangladesh by a big margin so Sri Lanka is tension free for now and Sri Lanka will definitely try to play the match against Afghanistan free. Bangladesh must win by a big margin against Afghanistan to qualify for the semi-finals because if Bangladesh can't win against Afghanistan by a big margin and if Afghanistan can beat Sri Lanka in their last match then Bangladesh's dream of qualifying for the semi-finals will end so Bangladesh must win against Afghanistan. Besides, the dream of going to the next round can be fulfilled only if the victory has to be secured by a big margin.

Bangladesh did not perform well against Afghanistan in recent times. Bangladeshi batters always struggle against Afghan spinners. Especially Mujib and Rashid Khan. They have quality pace bowlers as well. But the problem is Bangladesh's batting line up. They are missing some good batters at this moment and playing with some young players.

Bangladesh has to do its best in all three sides to beat Afghanistan. But as I said, they did not perform well against them recently and it won't be easy for Bangladesh to beat them. I cannot imagine about the margin at this moment.

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Asia Cup 3rd Match

Today is the third match of Asia Cup and both teams are equal in performance and no one knows who will win. Pakistan already has the top position in ODI ICC ranking. But India is also good team so they both have 50/50 percent chances to win. And match will begin in 1 hour. And according to me which team will play first turn so it will win the match this is my six sense not my prediction.

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In order for Bangladesh to qualify for the semi-finals of the Asia Cup, several equations have to come in Bangladesh's favor at the moment. First of all Sri Lanka won against Bangladesh by a big margin so Sri Lanka is tension free for now and Sri Lanka will definitely try to play the match against Afghanistan free. Bangladesh must win by a big margin against Afghanistan to qualify for the semi-finals because if Bangladesh can't win against Afghanistan by a big margin and if Afghanistan can beat Sri Lanka in their last match then Bangladesh's dream of qualifying for the semi-finals will end so Bangladesh must win against Afghanistan. Besides, the dream of going to the next round can be fulfilled only if the victory has to be secured by a big margin.

Bangladesh did not perform well against Afghanistan in recent times. Bangladeshi batters always struggle against Afghan spinners. Especially Mujib and Rashid Khan. They have quality pace bowlers as well. But the problem is Bangladesh's batting line up. They are missing some good batters at this moment and playing with some young players.

Bangladesh has to do its best in all three sides to beat Afghanistan. But as I said, they did not perform well against them recently and it won't be easy for Bangladesh to beat them. I cannot imagine about the margin at this moment.

Afghanistan's bowling line-up is much stronger than the bowling line-up that Sri Lanka had against Bangladesh. Since Bangladesh have done so poorly against a relatively less strong bowling line-up, how they will perform well against a strong bowling line-up like Afghanistan is a matter of concern. And as you said recently Bangladesh's performance against Sri Lanka is not that good. In the last ODI series, Bangladesh lost 2-1 to Afghanistan, which means that Afghanistan is ahead in the home series that Bangladesh played against Afghanistan before the Asia Cup, so the second match is definitely going to be very difficult for Bangladesh.

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The third match of the Asia Cup today will see two of the most popular teams face off against India vs Pakistan. Both the teams are ready for a tough fight, now it's just a matter of time. Only an hour left for the match to start. Pakistan will enter the field as the favorite team in today's match. Pakistan team Babar Azam, Rezwan, Imamul Haque, Fakhar Zaman, and Iftekhar Ahmed are all very skilled players. On the other hand, the opposing team, India, is no less than Pakistan. India team also has many responsible and skilled players. India is also not a team to let Pakistan go easily. All in all, today's match is expected to be an exciting match.

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The third match of the Asia Cup today will see two of the most popular teams face off against India vs Pakistan. Both the teams are ready for a tough fight, now it's just a matter of time. Only an hour left for the match to start. Pakistan will enter the field as the favorite team in today's match. Pakistan team Babar Azam, Rezwan, Imamul Haque, Fakhar Zaman, and Iftekhar Ahmed are all very skilled players. On the other hand, the opposing team, India, is no less than Pakistan. India team also has many responsible and skilled players. India is also not a team to let Pakistan go easily. All in all, today's match is expected to be an exciting match.

Against India, Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan have fielded the same XI that they fielded against Nepal with the same XI against India. India has prepared today's XI against Pakistan with five professional bowlers. Maybe such a tough bowling line-up has been arranged against Pakistan, mainly thinking about Pakistan's batting line-up. India has lined up XI with Rabindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav Sardul Thakur, Jasprit Bhomra and Md Siraj. To support these five professional bowlers, Hardik Pandya is in the XI who can bowl brilliantly with great batting. The XI of the two teams seemed to me to be the best XI. In a short while we will be able to watch India vs Pakistan live streaming.

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Pakistan Vs India 3rd Match of Asia Cup

The 3rd match of Asia Cup 2023 has started between Pakistan and India. India has won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan has the same playing 11 as in the previous match against Nepal. Pakistan has the best bowling line Including Naseem shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rouf which restricted India to a minimum total. I think in this pitch 250 plus is challenging for Pakistan. Because India has also the best bowlers Jasprit Bumrah but No shami I couldn't understand the logic behind not keeping him playing 11 but India good team hope it is a good and very interesting competition Match has started now.

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I was going through social media posts and everyone is of the opinion that India vs Pakistan clashes are getting overhyped. We will have 2-3 matches between these two teams in the Asia Cup, and probably one in the Asian Games cricket championship. And then we will have 1-2 more matches during the ODI World Cup. This time I can feel it. Hardly anyone among my friends are talking about the match and the interest seems to be down. BTW, India might be having the momentum with them, having won 4 out of the last 5 matches between these two sides (ODIs).

Yeah, not much hype nowadays and only broadcasters trying to engage with fans. Maybe because it's an Asia Cup and lots of other interesting stuff also going on simultaneously.

But i am sure we'll witness genuine interest and hype during the 50 overs WC. For now, enjoy the rain interruption.

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Pakistan Vs India 3rd Match of Asia Cup

The 3rd match of Asia Cup 2023 has started between Pakistan and India. India has won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan has the same playing 11 as in the previous match against Nepal. Pakistan has the best bowling line Including Naseem shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rouf which restricted India to a minimum total. I think in this pitch 250 plus is challenging for Pakistan. Because India has also the best bowlers Jasprit Bumrah but No shami I couldn't understand the logic behind not keeping him playing 11 but India good team hope it is a good and very interesting competition Match has started now.

India team won the toss and decided to bat. Their run rate is quite good. But very quickly they lost the wickets of the two most important batsmen in their squad. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were dismissed with 11 and 4 runs respectively. Pakistan is a strong team. The senior players should have played well to score big against this team. The pitch is not batting friendly. If you can collect like 260 then the match is likely to be competitive. But the way India are batting, it is difficult for them to collect more than 260. At the end of 9 overs, India lost 2 wickets and lost 42 runs. Shubman Gill and Iyer are batting now. The interesting thing is that Pakistan gave 13 extra runs in 9 overs. Pakistani bowlers bowled 11 wide balls.

Edit: Iyer also returned to Sajghar on the fifth ball of the tenth over. India's collection is 34/3 in 10 overs. Shaheen Shah Afridi picked up two wickets and Haris Rouf one.

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Pakistan Vs India 3rd Match of Asia Cup

The 3rd match of Asia Cup 2023 has started between Pakistan and India. India has won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan has the same playing 11 as in the previous match against Nepal. Pakistan has the best bowling line Including Naseem shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rouf which restricted India to a minimum total. I think in this pitch 250 plus is challenging for Pakistan. Because India has also the best bowlers Jasprit Bumrah but No shami I couldn't understand the logic behind not keeping him playing 11 but India good team hope it is a good and very interesting competition Match has started now.

The fall of three wickets in the power play has put India under pressure for the time being. Because mainly the batsmen have collected few runs and left the field especially Virat Kohli and two other batsmen they did not perform well. If this is how the wickets of the Indian team continue to fall, they will definitely lose to Pakistan. Today's ground is famous for its bowling pieces as I can see the ball swinging a lot. The Pakistan team is fielding hard and the ball is not able to cross the boundary. Pakistan team shaheen afridi has done a good bowling performance as he lost two wickets. Taking two wickets for 15 runs in 5 overs I think is the biggest gift for the Pakistan team.

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Pakistan Vs India 3rd Match of Asia Cup

The 3rd match of Asia Cup 2023 has started between Pakistan and India. India has won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan has the same playing 11 as in the previous match against Nepal. Pakistan has the best bowling line Including Naseem shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rouf which restricted India to a minimum total. I think in this pitch 250 plus is challenging for Pakistan. Because India has also the best bowlers Jasprit Bumrah but No shami I couldn't understand the logic behind not keeping him playing 11 but India good team hope it is a good and very interesting competition Match has started now.

The fall of three wickets in the power play has put India under pressure for the time being. Because mainly the batsmen have collected few runs and left the field especially Virat Kohli and two other batsmen they did not perform well. If this is how the wickets of the Indian team continue to fall, they will definitely lose to Pakistan. Today's ground is famous for its bowling pieces as I can see the ball swinging a lot. The Pakistan team is fielding hard and the ball is not able to cross the boundary. Pakistan team shaheen afridi has done a good bowling performance as he lost two wickets. Taking two wickets for 15 runs in 5 overs I think is the biggest gift for the Pakistan team.

If the match goes this way surely India will lose today's match. For now only rain can save India. The pressure is very high on India as they've lost three wickets Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer. All the three are able players and good contributors. It is a known thing that Pakistan have the best bowlers. Shubman Gill is struggling to score as he had made just 6 runs facing 24 balls.

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Pakistan Vs India 3rd Match of Asia Cup

The 3rd match of Asia Cup 2023 has started between Pakistan and India. India has won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan has the same playing 11 as in the previous match against Nepal. Pakistan has the best bowling line Including Naseem shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rouf which restricted India to a minimum total. I think in this pitch 250 plus is challenging for Pakistan. Because India has also the best bowlers Jasprit Bumrah but No shami I couldn't understand the logic behind not keeping him playing 11 but India good team hope it is a good and very interesting competition Match has started now.

The fall of three wickets in the power play has put India under pressure for the time being. Because mainly the batsmen have collected few runs and left the field especially Virat Kohli and two other batsmen they did not perform well. If this is how the wickets of the Indian team continue to fall, they will definitely lose to Pakistan. Today's ground is famous for its bowling pieces as I can see the ball swinging a lot. The Pakistan team is fielding hard and the ball is not able to cross the boundary. Pakistan team shaheen afridi has done a good bowling performance as he lost two wickets. Taking two wickets for 15 runs in 5 overs I think is the biggest gift for the Pakistan team.

The match is being delayed due to rain. But I was very annoyed with India's batting till the rain started. Batsmen like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli got out very quickly. We definitely expect a long innings from the experienced players in such a high voltage match. Iyer got out after collecting 14 runs off 9 balls. I don't understand why he felt the need to bowl so aggressively in such a bowling friendly match. Shubman Gill remained unbeaten with 6 runs off 24 balls and Ishan Kishan 2 runs off 6 balls.

India managed to collect 51 runs in 11.2 overs. The team scored an average of 4.5 runs per over. Shaheen Shah Afridi conceded only 15 runs in 6 overs and took 2 wickets. Haris Rouf, on the other hand, conceded 18 runs in just 2.2 overs, but managed to pick up a wicket. Looks like Pakistan will win today's match. Their players are very confident.

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Pakistan Vs India 3rd Match of Asia Cup

The 3rd match of Asia Cup 2023 has started between Pakistan and India. India has won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan has the same playing 11 as in the previous match against Nepal. Pakistan has the best bowling line Including Naseem shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rouf which restricted India to a minimum total. I think in this pitch 250 plus is challenging for Pakistan. Because India has also the best bowlers Jasprit Bumrah but No shami I couldn't understand the logic behind not keeping him playing 11 but India good team hope it is a good and very interesting competition Match has started now.

The fall of three wickets in the power play has put India under pressure for the time being. Because mainly the batsmen have collected few runs and left the field especially Virat Kohli and two other batsmen they did not perform well. If this is how the wickets of the Indian team continue to fall, they will definitely lose to Pakistan. Today's ground is famous for its bowling pieces as I can see the ball swinging a lot. The Pakistan team is fielding hard and the ball is not able to cross the boundary. Pakistan team shaheen afridi has done a good bowling performance as he lost two wickets. Taking two wickets for 15 runs in 5 overs I think is the biggest gift for the Pakistan team.

I think that the Pakistan pace bowlers got helped by the rain break, making the bowl to swing more and creating problems for the Indian team. We have two interceptions in the match and this is hurting India and they are struggling at 50 odds runs for 3 wickets.

Also, this is too early to say which team will win this match as we never know the rain delays may give one team an advantage and the other team a disadvantage especially when the team is chasing.

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Pakistan Vs India 3rd Match of Asia Cup

The 3rd match of Asia Cup 2023 has started between Pakistan and India. India has won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan has the same playing 11 as in the previous match against Nepal. Pakistan has the best bowling line Including Naseem shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rouf which restricted India to a minimum total. I think in this pitch 250 plus is challenging for Pakistan. Because India has also the best bowlers Jasprit Bumrah but No shami I couldn't understand the logic behind not keeping him playing 11 but India good team hope it is a good and very interesting competition Match has started now.

India team won the toss and decided to bat. Their run rate is quite good. But very quickly they lost the wickets of the two most important batsmen in their squad. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were dismissed with 11 and 4 runs respectively. Pakistan is a strong team. The senior players should have played well to score big against this team. The pitch is not batting friendly. If you can collect like 260 then the match is likely to be competitive. But the way India are batting, it is difficult for them to collect more than 260.

Pakistan Top Class bowling performance in the first powerplay of the match picking 3 Crucial wickets in just 55 runs in 12 Overs. Shaheen Shah Afridi amazing bowling spell bowled Rohit Sharam at score 11 runs in 22 balls and Virat Kholi at 4 runs in 7 balls. Harif Rouf also pick 1 wickets of Shreyas Iyer scoring 14 runs in just 9 balls. Shaheen Shah Afridi picked 2 wickets by giving only 15 runs in 5 overs. I think if Pakistan takes 2 or more wickets then India score will be under 200. If the India score is under 200 then pakistan will win this match because they have some quality batsmen like Farkhar, Imam ul Haq and Babar Azam. The Partnership between Shubman Gill playing at 8 runs with Ishan Kishan playing at 13 runs is very important to scoring a big total for India.

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I think that the Pakistan pace bowlers got helped by the rain break, making the bowl to swing more and creating problems for the Indian team. We have two interceptions in the match and this is hurting India and they are struggling at 50 odds runs for 3 wickets.

Also, this is too early to say which team will win this match as we never know the rain delays may give one team an advantage and the other team a disadvantage especially when the team is chasing.

There is some truth to it as regular breaks are not good for batters but Pakistan bowlers were quite good as well.

Shaheen bowled a peach delivery to Rohit. Kohli was unlucky to get the inside edge and Iyer's wicket wasn't a surprise when it comes to short delivery.

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Shaheen bowled a peach delivery to Rohit. Kohli was unlucky to get the inside edge and Iyer's wicket wasn't a surprise when it comes to short delivery.

Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah bowled brilliantly in their opening spells and the wicket is aiding the bowlers with substantial movement off the pitch and even the keeper is finding it hard to hold on to the ball because of the swing it generates. If the pitch behaves like this when Pakistan comes out to bat then it will be interesting, right now India is struggling as they lost their 4th wicket under 100 runs.

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Shaheen bowled a peach delivery to Rohit. Kohli was unlucky to get the inside edge and Iyer's wicket wasn't a surprise when it comes to short delivery.

Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah bowled brilliantly in their opening spells and the wicket is aiding the bowlers with substantial movement off the pitch and even the keeper is finding it hard to hold on to the ball because of the swing it generates. If the pitch behaves like this when Pakistan comes out to bat then it will be interesting, right now India is struggling as they lost their 4th wicket under 100 runs.

Yeah and IMO Naseem was a bit unlucky, he bowled brilliantly and should have gotten at least 1 wicket.

Babar could have gone for a kill with 3 seamers, maybe a couple more overs of pace but right now spinners giving the necessary breather to Kishan and Pandaya. They don't seem to pose any threat to both of these batters.

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I was going through social media posts and everyone is of the opinion that India vs Pakistan clashes are getting overhyped. We will have 2-3 matches between these two teams in the Asia Cup, and probably one in the Asian Games cricket championship. And then we will have 1-2 more matches during the ODI World Cup. This time I can feel it. Hardly anyone among my friends are talking about the match and the interest seems to be down. BTW, India might be having the momentum with them, having won 4 out of the last 5 matches between these two sides (ODIs).

Yeah, not much hype nowadays and only broadcasters trying to engage with fans. Maybe because it's an Asia Cup and lots of other interesting stuff also going on simultaneously.

But i am sure we'll witness genuine interest and hype during the 50 overs WC. For now, enjoy the rain interruption.

In order to create the hype, both nation's people needs to be involved in the match and both need to be emotional for their teams to win. Yes, the Indian nation may be fully involved in the match as before but you cannot say the same for the Pakistan nation at the moment. The corrupt government and the political regime change have buried the emotion of our patriotism.

You know in all the previous years I have been so excited about the India Pakistan matches and how much it means a win for Pakistan to me but right now the feeling is that if Pakistan wins the match it's good and if India wins this match it's even more good.