England vs Bangladesh, Match 12, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - CommentaryENG vs BAN, Match 12, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - Commentary

Aprajay: "Bangladesh will look to minimize negative NRR by playing out 50 overs and reducing the margin of defeat."

Niraj: "This is very poor from Bangladesh, looks like they are not even trying, people have come here for some good entertaining contest and players trying to win instead of players playing out 50 overs just for the sake of NRR. Very contrasting attitude from last match by them."

Rahul: "These are the most experienced B'desh players. What are they doing ? Show some fight !"

Hasnain Ahmed: "A great knock by the no.1 all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan."

Prato Roy: "Shakib has performed well in all the matches. Very impressive show from him so far."

Rachit Acharya: "Close to 300 in the next 33 overs! It seems a next to impossible task for Bangladesh."

Ashvarya: @Vishwajeet: Partially agree with your point about Bangladesh not having the fire-power, but losing wickets while trying to accelerate too much is also not a wise choice. Run rate is still about 9, which is only slightly high, but a wicket here will totally demolish their hope.

Vishwajeet: Bangladesh hasn't got the batting lineup which can come in late and score those big runs. If they really have any intention of winning the match, they should start accelerating now. At times I fail to understand the tactics of the teams in such big run chases.

AC: Woakes urgently needs to be replaced by Curran. It is a waste having someone like the latter to warm the bench while someone so inconsistent like Woakes keeps getting chances. 'He isn't doing too badly though'

Vaibhav tripathi: "400 on the cards."

Nitesh Pant: "And another 300 plus score by England."

Gawade: "Jos starts air strike...be careful"

Chethan C R: "Buttler and Morgan at the crease with 15 overs left for England..be scared Bangladesh."

Sarat: "Bangladesh missed a trick by not playing Rubel Hussain, who is the fastest compared to all the quicks and has the ability to reverse swing the ball and pick wickets."

Shakhil Srivastava: "First 400 total of the tournament coming up,"

Midhun Mohan: 'I think Mehidy Hasan can break this partnership."

Chandrashekar: @Suraj hande 300 runs of 20 over too much to ask....I am sure if these openers stay till 30 overs they will make the task easier for Jos Buttler....anyways it should be mouth watering...:)

Siddhartha Arora: England have finally arrived!!

Suraj Hande: "If this duo post above 200 for no loss below 30 overs, don't you think Buttler should come next and fire more? - England can achieve their dream to become only the first team to tally the total of 500 runs in single ODI innings."----- Yes, in that case, Buttler should come at number three.

Amit Sharma: Bangladesh should have chosen to bat first and looked to put up 300+ score for England to chase under WC pressure. Considering their bowling attack, this would have been the best strategy.

Gurunath Mungekar: If England's run-rate goes beyond 6 or 7 in first 15 overs, they might look for 400+ which will be impossible to chase under WC pressure.

Akash: Game will be over for Bangladesh if they don't get early wickets. It will then only be a catch up game for them. It is quite evident that Bangladesh can't chase any thing beyond 310-320.

Dinesh: One positive sign from Bangladesh, particularly in this WC is that they are very confident. They have proved that against New Zealand in the previous match even though the target was not big.

Gautam: I had a little harsh question. Why is Mortaza the captain of the Bangladesh team? 'Because he's the best man manager in this team'

Vedant: Bangladesh wanting to grab onto the moments in this game early, which is the way to go in a big game. Starting with their best bowlers Shakib and Mashrafe says quite a bit about the confidence of the players and team management.

SOMU: I do think opening with Shakib makes sense as Roy is not comfortable against spin at the start of his innings.

Mustafa Moudi: Moeen Ali is not dropped. His wife is close to giving birth to their second child. That's why he is on Leave! 'Yes, paternity leave'

Abinash Naik: "I think the top 4 will be India, England, Australia and New Zealand.. In this order.."

Sony Roy: Bangladesh at Cardiff. Win%=100, v AUS - Won (2005) v NZ- Won (2017 Incidentally BAN won both the match by 5 wickets. More incidentally, both wins came in the month of June. This is also the 8th of June. So, are we gonna witness another tiger victory?

Subhojit Sadhukhan: "I think the top 4 should be.. England, India, West indies and Australia."

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