Everyone from media to cricket fans clearly picked England to reach the finals for second straight time and they had a valid reason for that, England side was superior in nearly every aspect and looked unsafe in the tournament with their fearless batting style and on the other hand, Pakistan, the side which was not supposed to reach even the knockout stage given their new look side and how they began the tournament, losing badly to arch-rival India in the opening game but they turned things around, defeating South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed was understandably proud of his inexperienced team following their unexpected and emphatic eight-wicket victory over hosts England in the Champions Trophy semi-finals on Wednesday. "They showed a lot of composure during the chase and that is a sign of a team which has matured and now knows how to win matches", Kohli said while describing Bangladesh's success.
Today is a big day for Bangladesh cricket team fans.
Sohail said: "Sarfraz needs to be told that you have not done anything great". I can't tell you who have won them the games.
One of the key players during Pakistan's successful campaign at the 1992 World Cup, Sohail's most infamous moment on the cricket field was at the 1996 World Cup when he got into an altercation with India pacer Venkatesh Prasad before being bowled off the very next delivery. At this ground, the average score batting first is around 300 and while chasing is about 260. The Pakistani bowlers have got the skill, there are a number of wicket-taking options and they proved too good for England.
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As far as the head to head between the teams is concerned, India have beaten Bangladesh 26 times in 33 matches, with the Bangla Tigers winning on 5 occasions while two matches were abandoned.
Once you have only 200-odd on the board, the pressure all goes on the bowling team in the second half of the game. If you are slightly off, if you are a little wrong in your execution or have a bad day, then you are gone, as England found out the hard way.
The tournament in England and Wales has not followed the script in the past week and a half.
"I think the biggest quality would be to never to give up, keep pushing no matter what obstacles come in your life". With the team it has and the way it plays, it is a very unsafe side, and I certainly think playing this way, aggressively and with intent, is its best chance of winning a tournament. This is for the first time in their history that Bangladesh have managed to make it through to the last four of an ICC tournament.
"Bangladesh are nothing less compared to India". I am not going to do anything special.
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