Its do-or-die against India- Mashrafee
BCB: Roton Gomes
|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza insisted that it’s do or die against India as they take on the tournament favourites in their upcoming World Cup fixture on June 2.
The World Cup 2019 is at its mid-point now and the race for the semis is really heating up and Bangladesh are one of the main contenders for the semifinal currently sitting on the fifth position with seven points.
With England’s recent defeat against Australia, Bangladesh moves one step forward to the semifinal but Bangladesh needs to win their remaining two matches against arch-rivals India and Pakistan to make it to the semifinal.
Bangladesh can still go through with one win, If England win none of their matches, Sri Lanka win just one of their three matches and Pakistan win not more than two matches then Bangladesh will play in the semifinal.
Bangladesh won three matches so far against South Africa, West Indies and Afghanistan while they lost three matches against New Zealand, England and Australia.
If the teams points became equal then run rate will come into play, Bangladesh currently have -0.133 net run rate on the board, England’s current net run rate is +1.051, Sri Lanka’s current net run rate is -1.119 and Pakistan’s net run rate is -1.265. These four teams are jostling for the fourth semifinal spot.
There were a lot of calculations till now but now it is just about winning [against India] because if we want to go to the semifinals, we have to win,” he said,
“For us this match is the semifinal or final -- It’s do or die,’’ he said.
‘’There is no scope to think about how much we lag behind in strength or how far ahead they [India]are at this point of time,’’ he said.
‘’If we want to survive, we have to win[ against India],’’ the skipper concluded.
