3 cricketers, thought to be the spine of Bangladesh’s yellowish presen, are anticipated to create their swansong on the Global Cup, later dragging their facet up from whipping-boy situation over 15 years. When Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad got here onto the scene within the mid-2000s, Bangladesh have been most commonly embarrassing as a countrywide facet. However over time they let go the pushover tag, particularly in one-day internationals — the layout impaired within the Global Cup establishing in Bharat after future.
Bangladesh had received most effective 40 in their 218 video games — simply over 18 p.c — throughout all codecs when Shakib, Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah, in conjunction with the retired Mashrafe Mortaza and the axed Tamim Iqbal, first performed in combination in a Twenty20 global towards Sri Lanka in Johannesburg in 2007.
Just a few of the ones victories had come towards higher-ranked groups.
However over the after 15 years they received just about 40 p.c in their video games, together with no less than 5 wins towards every Check-playing nation.
And the 3-0 Twenty20 sequence win towards international champions England this pace ticked every other field — no less than one sequence win towards all Check-playing nations, in a single layout or every other.
However the sequence victories have been by no means capped with a trophy from a big pageant.
Except for a tri-series in Eire, involving the hosts and the West Indies forward of the 2019 Global Cup, Bangladesh have by no means received a event involving greater than two groups.
They reached 3 Asia Cup finals, in 2012, 2016, and 2018, however misplaced all of them.
The staff reached the semi-finals of the 2017 Champions Trophy in England, most effective to lose towards Bharat at Edgbaston.
“They certainly deserved better as a group,” mentioned Habibul Bashar, who led Bangladesh on the 2007 Global Cup.
“Those players did something for Bangladesh cricket that had never happened in the past. They achieved a lot, definitely.
“However this is a subject of be apologetic about that they may now not win a fat trophy but.”
Ranked seventh in ODIs, and the team unsettled, their chances of breaking their duck at the World Cup in India are slim.
The furthest progress they have made at a previous edition was a quarter-final berth in 2015.
Veteran journalist and cricket commentator MM Kayser told AFP: “The type of buildup we have now discoverable, smartly, I can’t be too positive about Bangladesh’s possibilities this week.”
Shakib was only appointed as captain three months ahead of the World Cup and the build-up to the event was marred by a spat with Tamim who was branded “infantile” by the new skipper.
Former Bangladesh opener Javed Omar, who played with Shakib, Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah in the early days of their careers, believes only a “surprise” can see them win the tournament.
“They’re all excellent gamers, however we have now already discoverable their prohibit in global cricket,” he said.
“To proceed to the after degree like successful the Global Cup possibly they wish to play games tremendous peculiar or form one of those surprise.”
Bangladesh start their World Cup campaign against Afghanistan in Dharamshala on October 7.
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