ICC Champions Trophy, India vs Bangladesh: Statistical preview
What's the story
The Indian cricket team will take on Bangladesh in their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, on February 20.
The match will be played in Dubai, where Team India has a great record.
The Men in Blue will be entering the tournament as favorites, after a convincing 3-0 ODI series win over England at home.
Here we look at the statistical preview of the contest.
Historical record
A look at the head-to-head record
Both teams have locked horns 41 times in ODI cricket and unsurprisingly, India have dominated most fixtures.
They have secured 32 wins while Bangladesh registered eight victories. One of the matches ended without any result.
The two teams have met just once in the Champions Trophy. It was the semi-final of the 2017 event as India recorded a comprehensive nine-wicket triumph.
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India undefeated against Bangladesh in Dubai
The two teams have played just two ODIs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Both meetings took place in the 2018 Asia Cup as India emerged winners on both occasions.
Overall, India have five wins across six ODIs in Dubai. One of their games got tied.
Tigers have won just one of their three ODIs at the venue.
Indian batters
Virat averages 75.83 against Bangladesh in ODIs
As per ESPNcricinfo, Virat Kohli is India's highest run-scorer against Bangladesh in ODIs with 910 runs at an average of 75.83.
He has slammed five centuries and three fifties against them.
Rohit trails him in this regard with 786 runs at 56.14. No other Indian batter has surpassed 600 ODI runs against Bangladesh.
Shubman Gill has played two ODIs against the Tigers as his scores read 121 and 53.
Bangladesh batters
Here are Bangladesh's key batters
Skipper Najmul Shanto is one of Bangladesh's most in-form batters in ODIs, having scored 286 runs at 71.50 since 2024.
Mushfiqur Rahim has scored 136 runs at 68 in this period.
With 337 ODI runs at 48.14, Mahmudullah is Bangladesh's leading run-getter since the start of 2024.
Jaker Ali, who has played five ODIs, has an average and strike rate of 50-plus and 110-plus, respectively.
Bowlers
Key bowlers from both teams
Taskin Ahmed is Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker in ODIs since 2024 with 14 wickets at 23.92.
Mustafizur Rahman has claimed 10 wickets in his last four ODI outings. 25 of his ODI wickets have come against India at 21.88.
Ravindra Jadeja has scalped 14 ODI wickets against Bangladesh at 34.35.
In 35 ODIs since 2024, Kuldeep Yadav has claimed 55 wickets at 21.76.