India and Bangladesh will lock horns in Match No.2 of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Thursday, February 20 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Rohit Sharma’s India are high on confidence after beating Jos Buttler’s England 3-0 in the bilateral series. The Men in Blue would be relieved after the series win as they failed to win a single ODI last year out of three games.
Before the series against England, there were doubts over Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s form. Rohit returned to form with a spectacular hundred at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. The 36-year-old Kohli, on the other hand, recovered from a knee injury to hit a half-century in the third ODI.
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Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer were also amongst the runs. Ravindra Jadeja picked up a couple of three-wicket hauls and will be high on confidence. Speedster Harshit Rana made his ODI debut in the series and bowled his heart out, especially with the old ball.
For Bangladesh, they have a massive task on their hands. They took the bold call of leaving out Shoriful Islam and Litton Das, giving chances to Nahid Rana and Parvez Hossain Emon. The focus will also be on Soumya Sarkar, who will finally be looking to show his worth.
Skipper Shanto is amongst the runs, and he would want to lead the Tigers from the front. Bangladesh don’t have their premier all-rounder in Shakib Al Hasan, and in his absence, the onus will be on the likes of Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad to carry a chunk of the responsibilities.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: INDIA VS BANGLADESH
India have beaten Bangladesh in 32 out of 41 matches and lost only eight since they first met back in 1988. One match back in 2014 didn’t produce a result.
In the Champions Trophy, India beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in the semi-finals of the 2017 edition at the Edgbaston in Birmingham.
TV broadcast and live streaming guide: Champions Trophy
India: TV – Star Sports, Sports18; Live Streaming: JioHotstar
Pakistan: TV – PTV and Ten Sports, Live Streaming: Myco and Tamasha
Bangladesh: TV – Nagorik TV and T Sports; Live Streaming – Toffee
UAE: TV – CricLife MAX and CricLife MAX2; Live Streaming: STARZPLAY
UK: TV – Sky Sports; Live Streaming – SkyGo Now, Sky Sports App
USA and Canada – WillowTV
Australia: Amazon
New Zealand: Sky Sport NZ
Sri Lanka: TV – Maharaja TV l Live Streaming – Sirasa
Caribbean: TV – ESPN Caribbean; Live Streaming – ESPN Play
FORM GUIDE
Since the ODI World Cup final, India played five out of nine matches, losing three. One of their matches against Sri Lanka ended in a tie. India failed to win a single ODI in 2024, but recently defeated England 3-0.
Since the ODI World Cup, Bangladesh have played 12 matches and won only four times. They beat Sri Lanka 2-1 at home, but lost three bilateral series at the hands of New Zealand, Afghanistan and West Indies.
HOW WILL THE PITCH PLAY IN DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM?
Dubai isn’t a high scoring venue as the average score is around 230 from 58 matches since 2009. Dubai helps the chasing teams, who have won 34 out of 58 times. The last time when two full member nations locked horns in Dubai in an ODI was back in March 2019. Australia beat Pakistan by 20 runs after Glenn Maxwell’s 70-run knock off 33 balls.
In the most recent ODI at the DICS, Canada beat Scotland by five wickets. Chasing a target of 198, Canada won with 27 balls to spare after Harsh Thaker’s 105-run knock off 150 balls.
TEAM NEWS
India had made two changes to their squad earlier after Jasprit Bumrah failed to recover from injury. In his place, India picked up Harshit Rana, who recently took six wickets in the ODI series against England. India also left out Yashasvi Jaiswal and roped in Varun Chakravarthy as their fifth spin-bowling option.
For Bangladesh, they retained their first-choice squad. Soumya Sarkar was hit on the fingers by a delivery from Mrittunjoy Chowdhury. But he recovered in time. Bangladesh are also faced with a challenge of making their apt choices among Jaker Ali Anik and Towhid Hridoy in Shakib’s absence.
CHAMPIONS TROPHY, IND vs BAN PREDICTED XIs AND SQUADS
India
Predicted XI: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana
FULL SQUAD
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar
Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana
Bangladesh
Predicted XI: Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali Anik (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Nahid Rana
FULL SQUAD
Batters: Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Tanzid Hasan Tamim
Wicketkeepers: Mushfiqur Rahim, Jaker Ali Anik, Parvez Hossain Emon
All-rounders: Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain
Bowlers: Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
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