India vs Bangladesh 2nd Match, ICC Champions Trophy 2025
The UAE leg of Champions Trophy 2025 will begin on 20th February 2024. The tournament was shifted to hybrid model due to Indiaโs reluctance to travel to Pakistan. Hence, all matches of Team India were shifted to UAE. On 20th February, India vs Bangladesh match will take place at Dubai.
Both sides are placed in Group A with former champions Pakistan and New Zealand as well. Team India will want to begin the event with a win, because their next two encounters are against relatively better sides. Bangladesh will also try to force an upset over India by utilizing their spin attack in Dubai.
India vs Bangladesh Champions Trophy Match Preview
Team India is the runner-up of Champions Trophy 2017. However, this is a new look Indian team now. At Dubai, they have played 6 ODIs, out of which they have won 5 and one game ended as a tie. They have never lost an ODI at this venue, so it will take some effort by the Bangladeshi side to topple Team India at Dubai.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, have won only one ODI at Dubai out of the three that they have played here. With a tremendous number of ODIs being played at this venue, the 300-run mark has only been crossed four times. The track in Dubai usually supports spinners and is quite balanced, so both sides have a fairly good chance of winning.
India vs Bangladesh Champions Trophy Playing XI
India
With just 3 ODIs played in 2024, it will be interesting to see how team India shape their lineup. Based on recent stats, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer are their best batters statistically. Rohit Sharma is suffering from poor form in Tests, but maybe he can regain form in ODIs. Indiaโs middle order is a little rusty, rest remains fine for them. Jasprit Bumrahโs inclusion will be decided based on his fitness.
Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja/Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami and Arshdeep Singh.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh will have the boost of returning captain Najmul Hossain Shanto. They have in-form batters in the form of Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah and Jaker Ali but they will be missing out on the experience of Shakib-al-Hasan. Overall their lineup looks decent and challenging.
Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud and Nasum Ahmed.
Toss
A lot will depend on the weather. With dew factor, it might be a good call to bowl first because later on in the night, it will be hard to grip the ball.
India vs Bangladesh Head to Head Record
Bangladesh vs India ODI Record
In the 41 encounters between these two sides, Bangladesh has managed to defeat India only eight times. India have won the remaining 32 encounters and one game ended without a result. Bangladesh defeated India recently in 2023 during the Asia Cup.
Bangladesh vs India Champions Trophy Record
Bangladesh vs India Champions Trophy Record Both sides have met only once in Champions Trophy history with India winning comfortably by 9 wickets in Champions Trophy 2017 at Birmingham during the semi-final