|| Desk report ||

Bangladesh will lock horns with India in their Eighth World Cup match on Tuesday at Edgbaston in Birmingham, another match which turns out to be ‘do or die’ game for Bangladesh in order to keep their semifinal hope alive.

 Bangladesh will feel the pressure ahead of this important encounter as England won against India on Sunday which was huge blow for their semifinal dream. Now, Bangladesh will have to win their remaining two matches against India and Pakistan and pray for a England’s defeat against New Zealand to have any hope to make their way into the semis. On the other hand, India will also want to win this match at any cost to finalize their semifinal spot as they failed to win against England in their last match.

These two neighbor cricketing nations began their rivalry back in 1988 in the Asia Cup. India has dominated Bangladesh throughout the history but in recent years the situation is changing a bit. Now, Bangladesh fight with India toe to toe, that we have seen in the Asia Cup final of 2018 and also in the Nidahas trophy in Sri Lanka. In both of these matches India won the game in the last ball of the match. India vs Bangladesh is not a sure win for India nowadays.

Bangladesh is currently, the seventh-ranked ODI team in the World and India is on the number one position at the ranking table. Bangladesh is also in the seventh position of the ongoing World Cup with seven points from seven games and India is in the second position with 11 points from the same number of matches.

Now let’s look at some of the interesting stats between these two sides:

1. Last 10 Matches: In the last 10 ODI matches of these two sides, Bangladesh have won just two of the matches and India won eight. Bangladesh won two back to back against India at Dhaka in 2015. Bangladesh and India faced each other last in the 2018 Asia cup in Dubai.   

 2. Total matches: Bangladesh and India faced each other 35 times in ODI’s over the years.  In these 35 matches, Bangladesh won five of the matches and India won 29. The first time Bangladesh clinched victory against India back in 2004. Tigers won that match by 15 runs. Bangladesh and India also faced each other at Edgbaston in 2017 Champions Trophy. In that match, India won the match by nine wickets.  

 3. In World Cup: Bangladesh and India faced each other three times before in the World cup. Bangladesh won one World Cup encounter and India clinched victory in two. First, Bangladesh and India faced each other in the 2007 World Cup. It was a historic day for Bangladesh as they secured a victory of five wickets against a Galactic India side featuring Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, etc. Second time, they played each other in the 2011 World Cup, in that match, India won by 87 runs. Bangladesh and India also faced each other in the 2015 World Cup, in that match, India was victorious by 109 runs.

4. Individual performance in the World Cup:   Virender Sehwag has the highest individual score in this World Cup fixture. He scored 175 runs against Bangladesh in the 2011 World Cup. Rohit Sharma has also scored a hundred against Bangladesh in World Cup. He scored 137 runs against Bangladesh in the 2015 World Cup. For Bangladesh, Tamim Iqbal is the highest scorer against India in the World Cup with 70 runs in 2011 World Cup. Tamim has two 50 + scores against India in the World cup, in 2007 and in 2011.

Indian pacer Umesh Yadav has the best bowling figure (4-31) between the two teams, in the  World Cup.  For Bangladesh, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza holds the best bowling figure (4-38), which he bowled back in 2007 World Cup and paved the way of victory.

5. Overall best: For Bangladesh, wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has scored most runs against India. He has scored 604 runs against India in his career and has an average of 35.52 against them.