Its quite apt that south Africa take on Bangladesh in Dhaka one of the major cities in south Asia and capital of Bangladesh. With south Africa the 1st  team in group B to ensure their place in quarter finals and England scoring 7 points in group after their 18 runs victory against west indies in a tremendously played match in Chennai , India and Bangladesh are still baffling to ensure their place in quarterfinals

In the current scenario if Bangladesh loses to South Africa (which England will be praying) and India manages its win over West Indies, will make India secure their position in quarterfinals with 9 points and England and West Indies finishing on the 3rd and 4th position respectively.

But if Bangladesh beat south Africa, will make the three teams stand on the same level in score board with 8 points each and making net run rate as the only eligibility criteria for the securing a place in the quarterfinals. Now even if India loses its game to the west indies in the next match it will edge out England in terms of net run rate thus making India continuing their journey in quarterfinals.

The fortune of India is firmly on the Bangladesh- South Africa game on Saturday and there could a plenty of final day drama in this match, but this young cricket team generally plays well at home and has utility players suitable for sub continent conditions.

Cricket now a day is undoubtedly being an onus game for Bangladesh. Bangladesh is playing well compared to its past records. Proverb says,” Man can do what man has done”. While Bangladesh selection in quarter finals is vague in world cup 2011 is still worthy looking at the strength and weaknesses of the Bangladesh team in contrast with South Africa.

STRENGTHS
All of us know Bangladesh’s strength lay in their unpredictability. There were some doubts on the selection of the cricket team but the opening batsman of this team is their strength because if Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes continue their bating the way they way have been it could be a threat for South Africa.
But South Africa with Ab de Villiers, dale Steyn and Imran Tahir has no match. Graeme Smith is a great leader and plays from the front. Hashim Amla with its no.1 position in the ICC rankings is also matter of big worry for Bangladesh.  Although legs spinner is unlikely to be risked till the quarterfinals.

WEAKNESS

The main area to focus is fielding and partnership among batsman. Their inability to make a partnership leading into low score and poor fielding side is the strong weakness of this team in world cup.
South Africa has failed many times to win critical games in the successive world cups but I don’t think so this team has any weakness, with their good spinners and in form batting hand.

Match Status : South Africa won by 206 runs