Second ODI between Pakistan and Bangladesh to be played tomorrow at the same venue as first two LOIs; that is the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium Dhaka. Pakistan came on top in both previous games, though not as convincingly as they would have wanted them to be.

Pakistan will be looking forward to put up an improved batting show in tomorrow’s game. On the other hand Bangladesh would want to keep it neat and simple, stick to their basics and keep Pakistani bowlers out.

Shahid Afridi:

Shahid Afridi is in top form ever since his comeback. We all know how dangerous this charismatic Pathan can be. He can influence a match victory single handedly, as he did in the last ODI. Bangladesh will try their best to keep this man out of the game in all three departments of the play. But that is going to be a real tough task for them.

Shakib ul Hassan:

For Bangladesh Shakib has been a left-handed version of Shahid Afridi thus far. A quality batsman, clever bowler and a very fine fielder. Shakib has proved his worth with ball in both LOIs, but at the same time, he has failed to deliver with the bat. Currently Bangladesh are in a dire need of any batting Messiah to stand up and perform on the given day. They’ll be hoping for Shakib to fire with the bat as well.

Mohammad Hafeez being extra careful

Mohammad Hafeez has been extra careful since last 2 games.

Which puts him under pressure initially. He did good to cope up with the strike rate at Dubai but did that in form of some risky shots.

Though certainly failed to do so in Sharjah which resulted into sheer pressure and nerve, and thus ended up slogging a regulation leg break in to the hands of deep square leg.

Angelo Matthews

Angelo Matthews has been the biggest concern for Lanka.

They must let Jeevan Mendis come ahead of him; Mendis can rotate the strike sensibly.Matthews shall follow him up with proper slogger’s role.

One innings of confident 30-40 will bring him right back in the form.

Pakistan:

 
- Poor form of Abdul Razzaq with the bat and his lethargic approach to the context of the game as well as towards the ground fielding. Need to bring Shoaib Mailk in the side.

- Umar Akmal's Mojo Jojo thinking, not a batsman on this planet can hit each and every ball, then how could you young Akmal? Need to focus more.

- Utilization of batting powerplay: so far in the ODI series Pakistan has been pathetic in powerplay overs. Trying to many different things and losing lots of wickets meanwhile has been a routine for Pakistan. Team Green must learn how to rotate the strike on regular basis during the powerplay and that is all what is required. Milk singles and doubles every ball, put bad balls away to the boundary and 40-45 runs can easily be scored of those 5 overs.  

No need to take extra risks and play brainless aerial shots.

- Sarfaraz Ahmad has a very good domestic batting record, Pakistan has failed to utilize him properly. In my book Sarfaraz is a perfect number 6. Send him up the order. Afridi to bat at number 7.

Dear boy what a finish to such a nail biter. Pakistan held their nerve in the tense finish. It always is about holding the nerve. Or is it not? Sri Lankan team did their best but could not deliver that finishing blow, which Umar Gul did for Pakistan.

Earlier in the day, Pakistan decided to bat after winning the toss, which really was not any biggy of a surprise. Pakistani openers started off really positively, putting Malinga away for 10 runs in his very first over, though that momentum did not last long as Sri Lankans pulled off the things quite wonderfully. Sri Lankans bowlers did not do anything extra-ordinary but just stuck to their basics, bowled tight off-stump lines and almost put a full stop the flow of runs for Pakistani batsmen.

Pakistani openers did not lose any heart as well; they too stuck to their basics. Maneuvered the ball through them gaps and occasionally hitting the skin off the bad balls. Farhat had rather more chances than Mohammad Hafeez to free his arms and keep his strike rate intact. Hafeez on the other hand found it real hard to put Sri Lankan pacers' tight liners away. Thus he took his time and when he had his feet moving, he took the game away from the bowlers in jiffy. Pakistan were off to a brilliant 150 runs opening start in span of 29.2 overs when Sri Lanka's desperately desired break through flashed in form of a lazy shot from the bat of a very tired Mohammad Hafeez.

Next in our 'about us' sequel is Tabrez Ali Janjua, another individual from the KheloPakistan.com, in fact co-founder of this platform. Trustworthy; a very thorough gentleman. Keen sports fan. And 'Sarcasm King', watch out for him; you homies:

Tell us about yourself?

Tabrez Ali Janjua - I am an avid West Ham United fan who still thinks that one day he will be playing for them. I love sport and physical fitness and play football regularly myself every week, and also cricket when the weather permits.

What are the sports that you follow and which one is your real passion?

I follow Football and Cricket mainly, yet do like to watch tennis when Roger Federer is playing, and snooker when Ronnie O’Sullivan is playing. There’s something about witnessing a genius doing what they love and putting what God has blessed them with on show. That’s what attracts me to the likes of Federer and O’Sullivan.

It may come as a surprise, but my real passion is football, both playing and watching. I’m crazy about my local team West Ham United. I do love cricket too but it comes a close second behind football. Both sports test different aspects and are a true pleasure to watch and play.

Firstly, I would like to thankyou for checking out KheloPakistan.com and hope you enjoy your every visit. KheloPakistan, or KP, has been around for 2 months and has seen a great amount of success in that time, we have decided you to introduce our team to you. We would like to bring you a interview of the page owner and the creative mind behind this project to give young inspiring writers a chance to air their views on any sporting issues they like. Without more boring lectures by myself, I bring to you Danish Nawab:

Tell us about yourself?

Danish Nawab | 19 | Lahore, Pakistan

Studying Software Engineering at University of Central Punjab.  A to-be-programmer.

Total Cricket buff.

An 'aspirant' who wishes to be an 'inspirant' in the near future.

Hobbies: Watch Cricket, Play Cricket, Read Cricket, Write Cricket etc.

What are the sports that you follow and which one is your real passion? 

Cricket is my major for sure. But if you leave cricket out; I have a fair bit of knowledge about Hockey and Baseball.

Under Misbah ul Haq's captaincy Team Pakistan has played 10 matches, won 4 and lost 1 match only; which makes Team Pakistan's Win/Loss under Captain Misbah to be exactly 4.00

4.00 is the highest W/L ratio for any Pakistani Captain who has captained 10 or more test matches. Moreover Team Pakistan has never lost a series under the guidance of Misbah-ul-Haq but sure has won 2 big series.

Misbah's leadership hasn't just won the matches for us but also has affected the performance of other individual as well. 

Earlier in the day, Southwark Crown Court brought end to the most appalling scandal in the history of International Cricket, when final sentence was handed over to the guilty trio from Pakistan.

Southwark Crown Court’s Justice Cooke, in front of his jury announced the following jail time penalties for the defaulters:

• Salman Butt           :         2 years and Six months
• Mohammad Asif      :         1 year
• Mohammad Amir     :         6 months

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Pakistan recently bagged tournament victory in Cricket's shortest format i.e. 5 over games in Hong Kong Super Sixes.

Pakistan had a successful run throughout the tournament. KheloPakistan.com provided scorecard coverage for all Pakistan Cricket Team matches, yet fans are requesting to compile yet another list of Pakistan's successful odyssey.

We respect our audience and expect them to provide us with proper suggestions/feedbacks/demands time to time.

Well here we are with publically most demanding topic. Following are the scorecards of all the matches Team Pakistan played in Hong Kong Super Sixes. Also includes a video coverage of Final Presentation ceremony.

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