Bangladesh vs India, Champions Trophy: Shanto elects to bat
What's the story
The Indian cricket team is up against Bangladesh in their opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The much-anticipated clash will take place in Dubai on February 20, a venue where Team India has an excellent record.
The Men in Blue will head into the tournament on a high after a resounding 3-0 ODI series win over England at home.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto has won the toss and elected to bat first.
Details
Pitch conditions and streaming details
The pitch at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium is expected to assist spinners.
In the last 10 ODIs played here, only once a team has managed to score more than 250 runs.
The match will be live telecast on Sony Sports Network, Star Sports Network, and Sports18 Network from 2:30pm IST.
It will also be streamed live on JioHotstar app and website.
Track record
India's historical dominance over Bangladesh in ODIs
In the history of ODI cricket, India and Bangladesh have clashed 41 times.
The Indian team has been dominant in these encounters, winning 32 times while Bangladesh has only managed to secure eight victories.
One match ended without a result.
In their only previous meeting in the Champions Trophy, in the semi-final of the 2017 event, India registered a comprehensive nine-wicket triumph over Bangladesh.
Venue advantage
India's unbeaten streak against Bangladesh in Dubai
India and Bangladesh have faced each other twice in ODIs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, both times in the 2018 Asia Cup. India won both matches.
Overall, India have won five out of six ODIs at this venue with one match ending in a tie.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh has only been able to win one out of their three ODIs here.
Stats
Here are the key players
According to ESPNcricinfo, Virat Kohli is India's highest run-scorer against Bangladesh in ODIs, having scored 910 runs at an average of 75.83.
Rohit Sharma is a distant second with 786 runs at an average of 56.14.
For Bangladesh, skipper Najmul Shanto has been in top form in ODIs since 2024, scoring 286 runs at an average of 71.50.
Mustafizur Rahman has taken 25 wickets against India at an average of just over 21.
Teams
No Arshdeep Singh in Indian XI
India have left out Arshdeep Singh, the only left-arm pacer in the squad.
They have instead gone with Harshit Rana. Kuldeep Yadav is the lead spinner as Varun Chakravarthy misses out.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh have left out the veteran Mahmudullah.
Hence, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Jaker Ali need to shoulder more responsibilities with the bat.
XIs
Here are the playing XIs
India (Playing XI): 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 (Playing XI): Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.
Information
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As per Cricbuzz, Team India has now lost 11 tosses in a row in ODIs starting from the ICC 2023 World Cup final against Australia. This is now the joint most such sequence for a team alongside Netherlands. The Dutch lost 11 tosses between March 2011 and August 2013.