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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Nov 11, 2023, 09:15:44 IST
BAN vs AUS World Cup 2023 Dwell Updates: Escape to victory lifts a group. There is no such thing as a escaping this sports activities truism. However regardless of the beautiful match-winning unbeaten double hundred by Glenn Maxwell, will probably be exhausting to argue that the batter was in complete management of his pictures. Plus, Afghanistan had put them on the mat and solely the inexperience and jangling nerves denied them a pathbreaking win.
When Australia play Bangladesh of their final league engagement of the World Cup at Gahunje in a ‘day’ recreation on Saturday, Pat Cummins’ mates might be a buoyed lot. Having sealed a semifinal date towards South Africa in Kolkata on Nov 16, they can not look too far forward. They need to stay conscious in regards to the job at hand — of beating Bangladesh — however can’t completely ignore the desirability of profitable huge.
For, if Australia stay third within the league desk, and if the rain washes out their semifinal towards South Africa together with the reserve day, the latter will enter the ultimate based mostly on ending larger within the desk.
Australia’s bowling coach Daniel Vettori stated, “We’re aiming for the house dressing room to start with (towards SA within the semis at Eden Gardens).”
It implied that the group who would end decrease (third) within the desk will get the away dressing room. Australia have been bowled out for a mere 199 and 177 towards India and South Africa respectively on this World Cup and so they have been 91-7 towards Afghanistan. The five-time champions have to embrace medical type over misplaced aggro and should carry their ‘A’ recreation at first of both innings.
Southpaws David Warner and Mitchell Starc should get into the act on the prime of the batting and bowling charts if Bangladesh are to be denied any window of alternative. Keep in mind, Bangladesh are self-destructors and good spoilers rolled into one.
They’d knocked out India (group section) and had overwhelmed South Africa within the Tremendous Eight within the 2007 World Cup. They’d additionally overwhelmed South Africa and West Indies within the 2019 World Cup and so they beat India twice within the Asia Cup, together with the one held this 12 months in Sri Lanka.
Australia have typically dominated them, the one blip coming on the NatWest Trophy in 2005 at Cardiff. Mohd Ashraful (100 off 101 balls) was the grasp of that profitable chase defying the assault led by the peerless Glenn McGrath.
Bangladesh are anticipated to seek out further motivation towards the Aussies. The latter had cancelled internet hosting Bangladesh on account of monetary viability in 2018 and have averted taking part in them in bilateral sequence. Additionally they have a bowling coach in Allan Donald who wish to finish his stint on a excessive. The previous South Africa speedster will not be brief on thirst for Aussie blood.
Australia have by no means performed a World Cup recreation in Pune and this might be their first ever face off towards Bangladesh in India. They need to not make the error of resting leggie Adam Zampa (20 wickets @19, strike charge 21, ER 5.56).
With Glenn Maxwell (leg cramps, exhaustion), the hero of the win over Afghanistan, and Steve Smith (vertigo) uncertain of taking part in on Saturday and contemplating that Australia need to win by an enormous margin, batting first after profitable the toss must be their logical alternative.
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