|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh emphasizes to keep the momentum from start to finish as they take on India in their last warm-up game of the ICC World Cup.

Bangladesh so far won five matches against India in official one-day, in contrast of losing 29 matches out 35 encounters between the two teams. They have also sweet memory to win a bilateral series against India just after the 2015 World Cup when they hosted the closed-door neighbour and won the series by 2-1.

There was frustration then. After that historical series victory, Bangladesh never won against any match in any format against India. But there were some encouraging stats too: After their defeat to India by eight wickets in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, Bangladesh came close to beat India every match they played against them.

In the last two encounters between the two sides in Nidahas Trophy T20 in Sri Lanka and Asia Cup in Dubai produced two nail-bitter games. India had to win those two games in the last ball, meaning the difference in terms of skill and playing style between the two sides widely decreased.

So the match against India is the match for them to show that they really are no longer a ‘no match’ for India. But keeping aside those factors, the players were desperate to get a game under the belt ahead of the World Cup too after the first match was washed out.

‘’In the last few matches against them we lost very closely. Although I didn’t play, this is my first match against them.

‘’We are practicing batting in every session just like the batsmen. Myself and Miraz are practicing batting at the lower order, they are giving us the same opportunity,’’ he said.