Bangladesh vs UAE Asia Cup cricket 2008: Can UAE beat Bangladesh?

Tomorrow on 24^th June the opening match between Bangladesh and UAE in the 9^th edition of Asia Cup 2008 cricket will be held at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Pakistani origin UAE captain, Saqib Ali, hope to beat Bangladesh in the opening match. The strong side of UAE team is their spin bowling along with strength batting. The UAE coach, Vesbert Drakes, hoped that his team would play well against Bangladesh and beat them. On the other hand, Bangladesh team also aims to beat UAE and qualify for second round against this weak opponent from Group-A and play against the top teams. Nothing is impossible for Bangladesh on their day.

THE POST reported:

Addressing a pre-event press conference here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday, Bangladesh cricket team captain Ashraful said that they have been playing well and have young but talented payers who could perform their best against any side of the world on a good day. He continued that they have played well in the recent past and hoped that it would be a good competition for them. “We have good combination and can beat any side if we can play well on a given day,” he added. He said that Bangladesh scored good runs against Pakistan in the recently-concluded tri-series and said that they would play their best game in the Asia Cup. Talking about his individual performance, Ashraful said that he had scored good runs in the tri-series while he would try to play even better in the upcoming matches and help his team to win.

UAE is an easiest opponent for Bangladesh team to qualify for second round. But they have to remember that it is cricket game anything can happen here. However, UAE also want to recapture their past glory after beating Bangladesh again. It should be a hard conflict between these two teams. It is really tough to say who will win as Bangladesh could not do any good performance in their recent past matches.

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Asia Cup Cricket 2008: Can UAE recapture the spirit of 1994 against Bangladesh

Asia Cup cricket 2008 is near at the hand. It begins from 24^th June, 2008 in Pakistan. Six teams will conflict in two groups. The opening match will be held between Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. This match is scheduled to start at 16:00 local time and 10:00 GMT. Bangladesh team is the hot favorite in this match. If nothing happen wrong then their win is sure in this match and make place in the second round. But UAE are looking their past glories to inspire them against Bangladesh team. UAE is a under dog team in this tournament and they have no chance to make place in the second round. But it is unknown for many people that UAE beat Bangladesh by six wickets in 1994. They also earned a place in 1996 World Cup, in India, and returned to a hero’s acclaim. Now, this weak competitor is aiming to recapture the spirit of 1994.

TheNation reported:

"I distinctly remember that. It had been a big victory for us. Not many countries could have reached that level so quickly. We formed the team for the first time in 1993 and that tournament in 1994 was the first time we had gone out as the UAE.

"We went to Kenya and we surprised everybody. We beat Bangladesh and in the final beat Kenya."

Bangladesh have got Test status in 2000 and they are the permanent member in ICC World Cup cricket. They claimed some big wins against India, Pakistan, Australia etc. Day by day this team is developing in many ways. Now, UAE will play against a toughest opponent name Bangladesh. It is the good chance for Bangladesh team to get victory and be a first team to make place in the second round.

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