World Cup 2015 a great opportunity for Tigers

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 provides a great opportunity for Bangladesh to make strides in its performance in Australia and New Zealand. Bangladesh has played 12 One-Day Internationals combined in both countries, without tasting victory so far.
Led by Mashrafe Mortaza, a veteran of 144 ODIs who has a wealth of experience spanning over 13 years in international cricket, Bangladesh also boasts of a very experienced think-tank in Shakib-al-Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamin Iqbal, all of whom have played well over a hundred ODIs.
Bangladesh is currently ranked No. 9 in the Reliance ICC ODI Team rankings but they will be looking to go at least one place better and qualify for the quarter-final stages down under.
Bangladesh started its World Cup journey in 1999 against New Zealand at the County Ground in Chelmsford, in England. It didn't have to wait too long for first World Cup win as it defeated Scotland in its third match of the tournament by 22 runs. However, it caused the biggest upset of the 1999 edition when it defeated Pakistan by 62 runs in Northampton.
Bangladesh had to wait for a while before its next World Cup win, going win-less in 2003, but when victory did arrive, it was nothing short of a dream start to its 2007 campaign. Bangladesh put it across India in what was the first match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 for both sides, winning by five wickets to earn a passage to the Super Eights stage. That remains the only occasion Bangladesh moved past the first round of a World Cup.
Bangladesh was a dark horse for making it to the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Cup too, but although it registered wins against Ireland and the Netherlands, and beat a third Test playing nation at a World Cup by clinching a thriller against England, the team narrowly missed out on progressing beyond the first round.
One of the factors that could work well for Bangladesh is its unpredictability. On his day Shakib-al-Hasan can turn a match on its head with either bat or ball. Bangladesh will also bank on Tamim Iqbal for a brisk start, and will hope the likes of Mominul Haque, Tamim, and Mushfiqur Rahim can build the innings. If the batsmen fire, the bowling is more than capable of running through sides on its day.
The Bangladesh batting is going to revolve around Rahim, who has been in good touch in 2014, scoring 704 runs at an impressive average of 44.00 and also has a century to his name, which came against India in the Asia Cup. Both Shakib and Mashrafe Mortaza are going to be vital cogs in Bangladesh's wheel to get wins in the tournament. Shakib was Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker in ODIs in 2014 with 21 victims, while Mortaza was second with 18 sticks from 13 matches.
That the selectors have relieved Rahim from his captaincy duties could work in its favour, allowing him to focus on his batting. The diminutive wicketkeeper-batsman is a classy bat with strokes all around the wicket, and can pack a punch when required too.
Shakib, the top ranked all-rounder in ODIs, will be a vital contributor. As for Bangladesh's bowling, the talented young Taskin Ahmed started his career with impressive performances against India at home, while Taijul Islam, the left-arm spinner, recently became the first bowler to claim a hat-trick on ODI debut.
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