Bangladesh take on Hong Kong today

CHITTAGONG, Mar 19 (BSS): Bangla- desh face lowly Hong Kong in their third and last group A qualifying round match in the ICC World Cup T20 scheduled to be held today (Thursday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.
The match kicks off at 7.30 pm.
Bangladesh already crossed the major hurdle on their way to the next round as they blew away Afghanistan by nine wickets in their opening qualifying round match and defeated Nepal by eight wickets in their second match.
The Tigers are only one step away from their desired target as a win against Hong Kong will mean they will earn the right to enter the super ten stages.
The victories against Afghanistan and Nepal were needed much for the Tigers to boost their performance in the ongoing World Cup after a frustrating show in the home series against Sri Lanka and in the five-nation Asia Cup.
In three departments the team Bangladesh put up an excellent show in their previous two matches and they are hoping to continue their performance in their last group match against Hong Kong.
On the other hand, Hong Kong already made their exit from the tournament losing both their group matches against Afghanistan and Nepal.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan take on Nepal in another group A qualifying round match that starts at 3.30 pm on the same day and at the samevenue. Afghanistan kept their10 super berth hopes alive after an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Hong Kong in their second match.
Earlier, Afghanistan were beaten by Bangladesh by nine wickets in their opening qualifying round match.
Teams:
Bangladesh (possible): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Anamul Haque, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), 5 Sabbir Rahman, 6 Nasir Hossain, 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Farhad Reza, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza/Rubel Hossain, 10 Abdur Razzak, 11 Al-Amin Hossain.
Hong Kong (possible): 1 Irfan Ahmed, 2 Waqas Barkat, 3 Jamie Atkinson (capt & wk), 4 Babar Hayat, 5 Mark Chapman, 6 Nizakat Khan, 7 Munir Dar, 8 Tanwir Afzal, 9 Haseeb Amjad, 10 Aizaz Khan, 11 Nadeem Ahmed.