I would like to point out the obvious - well the obvious to some but not others;

It should've been blatently obvious from watching the warm up matches that the best economy rates and highest wicket takers were spin bowlers. MS Dhoni figured this out and brought in amit Mishra to bowl alongside ashwin and jadeja. Darren Sammy figured this out a while ago and has been bowling a combination of badree, narine, and samuels. Chandimal figured this out and has been bowling a combination of senanayake, mendis, prasanna, and dilshan.


Unfortunately, Australia did not realise this prior to the tournament, or simply doesn't have the resources. England has dropped the ball and is playing a bunch of medium bowling cannon feeders. New Zealand too, only has 1 spinner. South Africa have figured it out and brought Imran tahir into the team, however they don't have a real second spin option, although duminy with tahir is better than what England, New Zealand, and Australia have.

The worst part of it all is that PAKISTAN have arguable the best spinners in the tournament, slightly better than west indies combination of narine and badree, yet they could not manage to get zulfiqar babar into the squad against india. This demonstrates a lack of analytics in the Pakistan dressing room and also a lack of intelligence on the part of Mohammad (the so called "professor") Hafeez. MS Dhoni simply out captained hafeez before the toss was even held, and india had the spin advantage over us in conditions that are clearly spin friendly. 

How could Pakistan make such a vital mistake and allow India to outthink us in our own game? How do the rest of the teams mentioned above such as England, New Zealand, and Australia not realise by now that spin dominates Bangladesh conditions? 

Sometimes I am at a total loss for words when I see teams bringing out bhatti, gul, and junaid, when the analytics department CLEARLY indicates the best economy rates and wicket takers are all spinners. Poor Zulfiqar babar, and poor Pakistan, can't figure out such an obvious thing - spinners dominate Bangladeshi conditions

If you don't believe any of the above, check out all the scorecards including warm up matches to date. Your comments appreciated. Thanks.

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