Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - The whole nation is waiting eagerly for the start of the final match of the Asia Cup on Thursday with a spirited Tigers squad hoping to defeat former world cup champions Pakistan to clinch the title.
The match will begin at 2:00pm Bangladesh time at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
It will be a watershed moment for cricket in Bangladesh which will be telecast live from the venue by Neo Cricket and BTV.
Local cricket fans will eagerly wait with the high hope to celebrate their first-ever ODI crown tonight, long 15 years after 1997 when Akram Khan-led Bangladesh team confirmed the World Cup ticket after winning the ICC trophy in Malaysia.
Ahead of the final, cricket fans of every walk of life, specially the youths, were seen moving at every probable point to somehow manage a ticket for the final by any means and in exchange of any amount, according to reports.
BBN/SSR/AD-22Mar12-11:50 am (BST)