AUSTRALIA VS BANGLADESH

Bangladesh is going to face the Aussies on Sunday in their ICC U19 Cricket World Cup quarter-final match at Endeavour Park 2 in Townsville, Australia. There is a huge difference between the two sides if their past records are reviewed. Australia won the event in 1988, 2002 and 2010 while Bangladesh's best performance has been in 2006 and 2008 reaching the Super League quarter-finals only. The two sides met once at this level which was in the Plate Championship final 2004 in Dhaka where the tigers were victorious by a margin of eight runs. Australia is the reigning champions of this tournament. Cameron Bancroft, Gurinder Sandhu and Ashton Turner are the main players for Australia while batsman and Captain Anamul Haque is Bangladesh’s main confidence. He is at his peak having scored 172 including an opening day century against Sri Lanka. The Bangladeshi skipper said that his players played some good cricket since they have been in Australia. He further said that the bowlers like the conditions and the batsmen are also looking forward to give it their best shot against the Australians. On the other hand the Kangaroos have won all of their round robin matches and are in fine form. They are not taking Bangladesh lightly but at the same time they do not fear Bangladesh and are very confident of overcoming the Bangladeshis but over-confidence could lead to an upset, the Aussies should not forget.