The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is the only white ball ICC tournament of 2025. In this tournament the Top 8 teams of the world will compete and aim to win the ICC Champions Trophy. India vs Bangladesh will be the second match of the tournament. It will take place in Dubai on 20th February 2025. India vs Bangladesh has been a tense rivalry in ICC tournaments. The winner of this match will take one step forward to being in the semi finals of the ICC Champions Trophy.

India vs Bangladesh (Ind vs Ban) Team Form and Recent Performances

India

India has been the most dominant ODI team of the last few years. In the 2023 ODI World Cup, they won the first 10 Matches in a row including the semi final. India recently played a 3 Match ODI Series against England where they won all the 3 Matches convincingly. The key players for India have been the captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer in the batting order. India have batted aggressively in ODI Cricket and they have reached scores of 300 easily. Their top 6 is the most lethal top 6. The weakness has been the ability to win the big matches and with no Jasprit Bumrah at the ICC Champions Trophy, India’s fast bowling looks weak.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh have not had a good ODI record recently. They played 2 ODI series against Afghanistan and West Indies in preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy. They lost the 3 match series against Afghanistan by 2-1. West Indies beat them by 3-0. This means that out of the last 6 ODI Matches played by Bangladesh, they have only managed to win 1. Tanzid Hasan batted well at the top of the order. Then Mehidy Hasan Miraj and Mahmudullah were sold middle order batters. Their bowlers have not helped these batters in the series.

India vs Bangladesh Head to Head in ODI

India and Bangladesh have played 41 ODI Matches against each other. India has won 32 Matches and Bangladesh have won 8 Matches. India vs Bangladesh has happened once in ICC Champions Trophy and India won that match.

India vs Bangladesh (Ind vs Ban) Pitch and Weather Report

The match will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The ground is a closed structure and that means no air throughout the ground. The pitch for this match is expected to favour fast bowlers in the first 10 overs. After that it will be a batting paradise. The Weather will be perfect for the match, however there can be a cloud cover which should keep the players cooler than usual and not as warm.

The Toss will be crucial because of the dew. The captain who wins the toss will choose to bowl first so that their batters can bat when the ball is wet. Winning the toss is more important for Bangladesh.

India vs Bangladesh (Ind vs Ban) Key Players to Watch Out For

India

• The batter to watch out from the Indian team for this match will be Shubman Gill. He has recently played very well including a massive century against England. He will be raring to make a statement against Bangladesh and make India win.

• The bowler to watch for India will be Arshdeep Singh. He is one of the best new ball bowlers in the world. He is left arm and that will create problems for Bangladesh. He will look to take early wickets and give India the advantage.

• Hardik Pandya is the X factor player for India. He is the best version of himself. He can bat at number 6 or 7 and finish the match. He can also bowl 10 overs and take wickets at regular intervals. He can win a match in more ways than one.

Bangladesh

• The batter to watch out for for Bangladesh is Tanzid Hasan. He is the opening batter for Bangladesh. He will look to give a fast start to the innings. Tanzid Hasan will be important to how far Bangladesh goes in this tournament.

• Taskin Ahmed is one of the more experienced fast bowlers to play in this team. He has troubled the Indian batters in the past. He will be important for Bangladesh as he will have to take the wickets of the destructive Indian batters.

• Mehidy Hasan Miraj is the X factor player for Bangladesh. He is a true all rounder. He can bat in the middle order and he can hit a hundred. He can also bowl 10 overs and take 5 wickets. Mehidy Hasan Miraj is the glue that sticks with the Bangladesh team.

India vs Bangladesh Champions Trophy 2025 Playing XI (Predicted)

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Nahid Rana

India vs Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) Betting Odds

• The Betting Odds for this match are one sided. India is the heavy favourite to win the match at 1.09 Odds. Bangladesh are the underdogs at 6.50 Odds.

• The top batter for the Indian team is Shubman Gill with Odds of 3.15. The top batter for Bangladesh is Soumya Sarkar as he has Odds of 4.55.

• The top bowlers for the Indian team are Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami as they both have Odds of 3.15. The top bowler for Bangladesh is Mustafizur Rahman with Odds of 2.90.

• The importance of winning the toss for the Betting market is that they will be able to make better and more calculated decisions.

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India vs Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) Betting Tips and Predictions

The Predictions based on Form and conditions favors India to win. India are the much superior team in this match. The batter most likely to score the most runs in this match is Shubman Gill and the bowler to take the most Wickets is Mohammed Shami. The betters need to look at ball by ball play that happens during the i. The toss becomes important.

Final Verdict

This match will happen on 20th February 2025 in Dubai. India are coming into this tournament with the best of form and Bangladesh with the worst of form. The pitch will be a batting paradise and the weather will be cloudy for the match. India are t

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