The Indian team will launch its campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 with the match against Bangladesh today. Both teams are included in Group-A. Team India is the most successful team of tournament with Australia. Both have won 2-2 titles. Meanwhile, Bangladesh is looking for its first title.
In the history of the tournament, the two teams have clashed against each other only once. The match was played during the last Champions Trophy in 2017. In the semifinals played in Birmingham, the Indian team defeated Bangladesh by 9 wickets and made it to the final. Captain Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten 123 runs.
Match Details, Second Match IND VS BAN DATE: February 20 Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium Time: Toss – At 2:00 pm, The match starts – 2:30 pm
Forward in India Head to Head Overall, both teams have faced each other 41 times in ODI. India won 32 matches and Bangladesh won 8 matches. When the result of 1 match could not be determined. Both teams finally faced each other in the ODI during the 2023 World Cup. India won the match by 7 wickets.
Gill this year's top scorer India's vice-captain Shubhman Gill is the highest scorer in the ODI this year. He has scored 259 runs in 3 matches. Shreyas Iyer is second. He has scored 181 runs in 3 matches. Fast bowler Harshit Rana is at the top of the bowling. This year, he has taken 6 wickets in 3 matches. Spin all -rounder Ravindra Jadeja is second with 6 wickets in 2 matches.
Mahmudullah scored the highest runs from the team Mahmudullah has scored the highest runs for Bangladesh this year. He has scored 337 runs in 9 matches. Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed is the highest wicket -taker during this period. Taski has taken 14 wickets in 7 matches.
Pitch and Toss Report Dubai's pitch was very slow before. But, it's not the same. According to the report, the pitch that India gets in Dubai will be new. Dubai Stadium has two new pitches that have not been used for any match recently. The report is claiming that the pitch will be a bit fast, which will benefit the spinners. The second batting team's win is better here, so the team who wins the toss can decide to field first.
So far 58 ODIs have been played here. The first batting team won 22 matches and the batting team in the second innings won 34 matches. At the same time, one match remained inconclusive and a tie. The highest score here is 355/5, which England scored against Pakistan in 2015.
Weather Report of Dubai Rainfall in India-Bangladesh match can disrupt. Dubai is likely to have 55% of the rainfall on February 20. There is a possibility of rainfall in some places with sunrise in the afternoon. The temperature is expected to be around 20 to 27 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at 11 km / h.
Potential Playing-11 India (IND) of both teams: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Ayyear, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Harshit Rana/Arshadeep Singh.
Bangladesh (BAN): Najmul Hussain Shanta (Captain), Soumya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Rishad Hussein, Taskin Ahmed.
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