Bangladesh face a tough equation in the U-19 World Cup. Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbis have to win against Pakistan tomorrow to go to the semi-finals. The match of Super Six should not only be won, it should be won by a big margin. How big a gap? The ICC has written on its website about this, "Bangladesh will reach the last four if they can beat Pakistan and overtake them in run-rate." Bangladesh will not reach the semi-finals if they lose to Pakistan or win by a small margin.
Bangladesh face a tough equation in the U-19 World Cup. Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbis have to win against Pakistan tomorrow to go to the semi-finals. The match of Super Six should not only be won, it should be won by a big margin.
How big a gap? The ICC has written on its website about this, "Bangladesh will reach the last four if they can beat Pakistan and overtake them in run-rate." Bangladesh will not reach the semi-finals if they lose to Pakistan or win by a small margin.
The run rate of Bangladesh is 0.348, which is third with 4 points in Group 1 of Super Six. India's run rate is 3.327 at the top with 6 points. A win against Nepal today will increase the points and run rate of the defending champions. They have confirmed the last eight by becoming the group champions. As the second team from this group, Pakistan is in the fight to go to the semis along with Bangladesh. Pakistan's run rate of 6 points is higher than Bangladesh's - 1.064. So the 2020 Youth World Cup champions have to win by a big margin to make it to the last four.
The equation goes like this - if Bangladesh scores more than 250 runs batting first, Pakistan will have to be bowled out by at least 51 runs. And if Bangladesh bats later, no matter how many runs Pakistan scores, the run margin will be between 38 and 40 overs. Which is difficult for the youth of Bangladesh.
However, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi said that we should play with this equation in mind. But before that, the team's eyes are on winning, the Bangladesh captain said this during practice today, 'Of course we have a run rate issue. We have to play with that in mind. First we have to win the match. If you can't win, there's no point in worrying about runrate. I will proceed with the normal method in the match. Later we will be ready to do whatever our management tells us.
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