Big image: Will we get a correct contest this time?
To its credit score, the Shere Bangla National Stadium pitch hasn’t been filled with surprises prefer it has been usually previously. There is correct bounce that the quick bowlers have exploited once they have bent their backs. The spinners have not discovered extreme spin, which has helped batters keen to play their photographs.
The query for each groups is similar: which batting unit will present up on Sunday? The ones that added as much as 114 (Pakistan within the first ODI and Bangladesh within the second) or the opposite ones?
Form information
Bangladesh LWWLW (Last 5 accomplished ODIs, most up-to-date first
Pakistan WLWWW
In the highlight: Rishad Hossain and Maaz Sadaqat
The shares of legspinner Rishad Hossain rode additional after one other strong efficiency within the second ODI. Rishad took three wickets throughout Pakistan’s collapse, as he combined his legspin and the googly, frequent modifications of tempo thrown in. But his batting hasn’t fairly blossomed as anticipated since his breakout knock towards Sri Lanka two years in the past.
In the second ODI of his profession, Maaz Sadaqat performed a masterful 75 after which took three wickets to energy Pakistan to the massive win. He displayed an entire vary of photographs, the very best being the belts down the bottom and the flicks to deep square-leg towards tempo. Sadaqat’s bowling can also be promising, as he usually will get the ball to dip into the right-hand batters, earlier than spinning away or zipping in.
Team information: Bangladesh may make a batting swap
Bangladesh (possible): 1 Saif Hassan/Soumya Sarkar, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Towhid Hridoy, 4 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 5 Litton Das (wk), 6 Afif Hossain, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (capt), 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Nahid Rana, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
Pakistan will probably have to exchange the injured Hussain Talat, with newcomer Ghazi Ghori stepping up in his place.
Pakistan (possible): 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Maaz Sadaqat, 3 Shamyl Hussain, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Salman Agha, 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Ghazi Ghori, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi (capt), 10 Mohammad Wasim, 11 Haris Rauf
Pitch and circumstances: Will they break the glass?
After happening by an enormous margin, will Bangladesh carry out one other raging turner on the Shere Bangla National Stadium, or will they follow the flat, bouncy tracks from the 2 ODIs to this point? Meanwhile, there’s forecast of one other thunderstorm like within the second sport.
Stats and trivia
- Sadaqat turned the third Pakistan opener to attain a half-century and take three wickets in an ODI. Aamer Sohail did it twice in 1993 and 1995, and Shoaib Malik as soon as in 2002.
- Rauf turned the twenty third Pakistani bowler to take 100 wickets in ODIs.
Quotes
Bangladesh’s spin-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed on the crew’s mindset
“Maaz Sadaqat is the sort of batsman, if he can bat for 10 or 12 overs, he can take the game away from any opposition.”
Salman Agha is impressed by the newcomer
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
