Pakistan Aim to Eliminate Aussies, Take on Bangladesh

Dhaka - Pakistan are gearing up to take a step forward towards semifinal qualification as they aim to get past an out-of-sync Bangladesh side in the Group 2 League match of the ICC World T20 on Sunday.

A victory against Bangladesh will officially end Australia's theoretical chance of qualifying for the last four as George Bailey's men can win only two matches from here on.

The victory will also make the West Indies versus Pakistan clash on April 1 a virtual quarter-final, which will decide the second team from the group after India.

For Bangladesh, they are hoping against hope that they are able to pull a coup of sorts by upsetting the Pakistan applecart.

Their premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, in fact, made it clear that they are not even hoping for a semifinal berth at the moment.

The only advantage Shakib feels is the lack of expectations that will enable them to play with free minds.

The Pakistan players have got nearly a week's break and that has helped them, felt Hafeez.

Teams from

Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (Capt. & wk), Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah, Ziaur Rahman, Mashrafe Mortaza, Sohag Gazi, Al-Amin Hossain, Farhad Reza, Sabbir Rahman, Abdur Razzak, Mominul Haque

Pakistan - Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal (w), Mohammad Hafeez (Capt.), Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Bilawal Bhatti, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Sharjeel Khan, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Talha, Sohail Tanvir

Match facts
Sunday March 30, 2014 (day/night)
Start time 1530 local (0930 GMT, 2pm PKT)

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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