The performance of the Indian bowlers surprised me as well as disappointed me. New Zealand scored 129 runs but the Indian bowler has not been able to take a single wicket yet. Such weak bowling is not expected from them. Tomorrow's first session could be the turning point of the match. If the Indian bowler fails to take a wicket in the first session, then India is bound to lose this match.
New Zealand played well and India is not able to pick a single wicket is a huge disappointment. New Zealand was able to put the breaks in the morning session and now they have the advantage as they only trail by 216 runs and ten wickets in hand. I expected India to have a upper hand in the match but the openers played well and they have a long batting line up, may the 4th day the wicket will start spinning and that is when the match will change. Lets see how it goes.India still have the upper hand in the match if they are able to take quick wickets on third day in the morning. Usually when such a big partnership is broken, the rest of the teams get out cheaply. India would be hoping that NewZealand does not take lead in the first innings.
From the Test match between India and New Zealand, now the match between Bangladesh and Pakistan seems interesting to me, Bangladesh could not win any of the T20 matches against Pakistan. The idea was that Pakistan would easily defeat the Bangladesh team. Bangladesh lost 4 wickets for only 49 runs. But at the end of the day, Bangladesh scored 253 runs and they did not lose any more wickets. Mushfiqur and Liton are batting brilliantly.
After the end of day 1, I think Bangladesh has come back really well. Especially after losing 4 wickets for only 49 runs and that also in 17 overs. Mushfique is currently not out on 82 and Liton Das score a stunning hundred and these two held Bangladesh on track. I think the wicket was favoring the bowlers early in the day and as the innings progressed it became more suitable for the batsman to score. But it was really hard for these two batsmen at first as they had to play almost double of the balls than their runs. And that is where I think they did exceedingly well.You are expecting 500 runs. This is a huge run. It is unthinkable that a team like Bangladesh will score this run against Pakistan. If Bangladesh can play well in the first session tomorrow, and the liton-mushfik pair is not out then I think Bangladesh will be able to collect about 450. However, if this partnership will be broken at the beginning of the first session, then Bangladesh will not be able to collect more than 370-380. The new batsmen will be out quickly.
I am saying 500 runs for Bangladesh because this is their only chance. They won't be able to score big in the 2nd innings and if Bangladesh score under 350 runs, then Pakistan can still win it.
