IND vs Ban, Champions Trophy 2025: The second match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between India and Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The tournament is being held in the hosting of Pakistan, but the Indian team did not go to Pakistan and due to this the tournament is being played on the hybrid model. India’s group consists of teams from Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand, which will reach Dubai to compete with India. The teams have less scope for mistake due to the tournament being small, so the Indian team will not forget to take Bangladesh lightly. The Indian team will be commanded by Rohit Sharma, while Bangladesh will be led by Karmul Hussain Shanto. India’s record in ODI cricket against Bangladesh has been very good.
So far, 41 ODIs have been played between the two teams, out of which India has won 32 times, while Bangladesh has succeeded in 8 matches. A match ended without results. The last ODI between the two was played in Pune on 19 October 2023, in which the Indian team won by 7 wickets. In such a situation, you know what are the strength and weaknesses of both teams.
India’s strength: Strong batting line-ups with the presence of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Lire are in excellent form. The batting order is very strong of India. The team is depth in batting. Spinners Kuldeep and Jadeja are like X factor in the team. There is also a great all rounder in the team as Hardik Pandya.
Communities of india: In the absence of Bumrah, Mohammed Shami will have to take huge responsibility. Shami will once again have to repeat his performance with the 2023 World Cup. Rohit and Virat’s form is very bad. Both are strong links of the team and also weak links.
India can get benefit- With the arrival of new players in the Bangladesh team, India can take advantage of its experience and dominate the opposing team.
Bangladesh’s strength- : Bangladesh has good spinners to take advantage of the circumstances of Dubai. Experienced players like Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah strengthen the team. Bangladesh team has good spinners who can struggle to India with their good bowling.
Bangladesh weakness: There is a lack of continuity in the team, the batting order is likely to collapse. Pace attacks have been struggling on flat pitches. There is no significant power in the lower middle order in the team. Shakib Al Hasan’s absence weakens spin invasion and batting. Bangladesh recently lost ODIs against teams like Afghanistan and West Indies.
Bangladesh can get advantage: The team can take a positive atmosphere against India, to be underdog works in favor of Bangladesh team.
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja And Varun Chakraborty
Bangladesh: Najmul Hussain Shanto (Captain), Soumya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan, Tauheed Hridayy, Mushfiqur Rahim, MD Mahmood Ullah, Jekar Ali Anik, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Rishad Hussain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hussain Imon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanjim Hasan Kaikib , Nahid Rana.
On-field Umpire: Adrian Holdstock and Paul Refel
Tv umpire: Richard Iingworth
Fourth umpire: Michael Gaf
Match Referee: David boon
Match winner
Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Arshdeep Singh can prove to be match winners for India.