Follow UsIndia will open their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against Bangladesh on February 20 (Thursday) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. The two teams will be meeting in an ODI for the first time since the 2023 World Cup, where India won the match comfortably.
Bangladesh, who are definitely not the favourites, will be looking to upset India, like they did in 2007. However, since then, the two teams have met in the ICC competitions on five occasions and India have won all of them.
While India are coming on the back of a great 3-0 sweep of England at home, Bangladesh’s last ODI assignment was one to forget as they were swept away 0-3 in West Indies, a team that did not even qualify for the ODI World Cup 2023.
India Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy
Bangladesh Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, MD Mahmud Ullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana
India’s probable 11
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
Bangladesh’s probable 11
Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
In India - India vs Bangladesh will be telecasted live on Star Sports Network, and it will also be streamed live on JioHotstar.
In Bangladesh - India vs Bangladesh will be telecasted live on Nagorik TV and T Sports. It will also be streamed live on Toffee App.
In Pakistan - India vs Bangladesh will be telecasted live on PTV Sports, and it will also be streamed live on Myco.
The India vs Bangladesh game will start at 2:30 PM (IST) in India.
In Bangladesh, the game will commence at 3:00 PM, and at 1 PM in Dubai.
India and Bangladesh have played 41 matches together. Out of that, eight matches have been won by Bangladesh and 32 by India while one match has had no result.
Indian team are the favourites for the India vs Bangladesh match in the Champions Trophy 2025 given the current form and historical head to head record between the two teams.
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Safe Options: Hardik Pandya (IND), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN), Shubman Gill (IND), Axar Patel (IND)
Risky Options: Taskin Ahmed (BAN), Virat Kohli (IND), Mohammed Shami (IND), Jaker Ali (BAN)
In Dubai, a total of 58 ODI matches have been hosted. Out of those, teams batting first have won 22, while those batting second have won on 34 occasions. Since 2022, teams batting second have won 14 times in 24 matches. The average score of teams batting first here has been 218/8 while the average second innings score is 194/7.
It is a clear indication that even the pitch is helpful to spinners in the first innings due to heat drying it up. However, dew plays a major role in the second and makes it batting heaven.
There will be no rain in Dubai on February 20 (Thursday), and the temperature is expected to be between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius during match hours.