Hosts Bangladesh will play their next door rivals and the ICC World Cup Champions India in their 2nd Super 10 match of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket in Dhaka on Friday. The match will kick off at 7:30 pm local time with India keeping their eyes on semifinal berth beating the Tigers and the hosts Bangladesh trying to fight back to salvage their reputation following two embarrassing defeats against West Indies and Associate member Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Bangladesh has a sweet memory of beating India in the ICC World Cup in 2007. The cricket crazy fans of Bangladesh was inspired as they beat Afghanistan and Nepal emphatically, but the Tigers have brought much pain to the crowds by a shocking defeat to Hong Kong in the qualifying stage and a frustrating performance against West Indies in their Super 10 opener. In last four matches, not a single Bangladeshi batsman has batted long enough to score a fifty while catches were dropped regularly, and ground fielding has been poor and they could not expect win playing in such manner. So, Bangladesh supporters are waiting for a good fight against India like the Asia cup match. Bangladesh are a Full Member side and shouldn’t be bracketing themselves with an Associate, but having seen fellow qualifiers Netherlands give South Africa a massive scare on Thursday, they will want to match that performance at the very least. – UNB
