AFG has a good fast-bowling attack, but that's about it. Their batting is subpar both technically and strategically. They've someone with a 54 SR at 3, and their best batsman bats at 5. It seems their strategy is to survive without losing many wickets as long as possible and, then, hit out in the end.
Winning of course is a must - and unless we play very poorly, we should - but getting a bonus point is also of utmost importance at this stage. It may significantly improve our chances of making the final. Mushy not making it would be a blow, and AFG will have the most amount of motivation in this match of the tournament, though. So, getting that bonus point may not be easy.
We saw a lot of improvements from the SL ODIs to the India game. Hopefully, we'll continue to get better. Versus India, one or two players gifted their wickets (which is much better than before, but there's still room for improvement), Naeem and not Zia coming on at the batting PP overs made no sense, we should have pushed for more runs toward the end, and Zia not bowling more and the reason given for that didn't make any sense either. Our confidence/morale must have improved after the last game even though we lost, our decision-making needs to improve more, and there's a lot of room for improvement strategically.
My preferred lineup: Anamul, Shamsur, Momin, Mushy/Imrul, Naeem, Nasir, Zia, Sohag/Arafat, Razzak, Rubel, Al-Amin
Sohag/Arafat is the only q-mark for me along with where Imrul should bat if Mushy can't make it. Sohag is probably better for this match esp. if Mushy can't play.
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