'Pray for us': Tigers reach Hobart for Super 12s
The Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh side reached Hobart from Brisbane on Saturday for the Super 12 stage of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia.
Upon arrival, Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar, who was bumped from the reserves to the main 15 following abysmal performances from Sabbir Rahman, took to social media to seek prayers ahead of their World Cup campaign.
"Pray for us," wrote Soumya on his official Facebook account.
The Tigers are taking part in the main stage of the marquee T20 event, courtesy of their ranking as of 15 November 2021.
Bangladesh will begin their T20 World Cup campaign with the game against the Netherlands on October 24 at the Bellerive Oval. The Netherlands made it to the Super 12s as runners-up from Group A in the first round.
The Tigers will then travel to Sydney for their next game against South Africa on October 27. From there, Bangladesh will travel back to Brisbane, where they had played the sole warm-up fixture against Afghanistan, to play Craig Ervine's Zimbabwe -- the other team that made it to the Super 12s from the first round. The match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe is slated for October 30.
Bangladesh will then square off against India and Pakistan in Adelaide on November 2 and 6, respectively, to cap off their Super 12 journey.
The Tigers will hope to have a turn of fortunes in the shortest format as they go into the main round of the tournament on the back of some uninspiring performance. They suffered a 62-run thrashing at the hands of Afghanistan in the warm-up fixture while their other practice game, against South Africa, was washed out without a ball bowled. Also, the Tigers only managed to win four of the 16 T20Is they played this year prior to the World Cup.
Moreover, this will be the first time that Bangladesh will be playing a T20I in the land down under.
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