IND vs BAN World Cup Match Time & Venue: 19th October 2023 2PM, Pune
India:
Winning their first 3 matches of the tournament, India sitting at the top of the table. Bowling unit and Fielding are extremely doing well for India, and as usual Top order batsman got some good scores under their belt but overall batting depth is not yet tested to their potential.
Will the middle order batting capable of getting team through if they lost early wickets? Will they get tested enough before the knockouts? What if they exposed directly in knockouts? It is a concern for India in the big tournaments over last decade.
Bangladesh:
After their win against Afghanistan, Bangladesh lost two matches in a row against England and New Zealand with bowling unit given away lot of runs. Batting has to step up to remove pressure on the bowling unit. But Bangladesh can pose threat to any opponent on their given day especially to the Indians.
Why India has to worry about Bangladesh?
Did you remember who won on their first ever meeting in the world cup? Yes, Its Bangladesh, won in ICC World Cup 2007 which is their first meeting with India in ODI World Cup. And India lost to Srilanka too and disqualified for the next round of the big event.
India started their successful campaign in 2011 with a big win against Bangladesh in 2011 ICC ODI World Cup. These two teams met two more times in 2015 and 2019, India registered a comfortable win in 2015 and escaped narrowly in 2019 (Bangladesh almost chased down a big target of 314 on English pitches)
In their recent meetng in Asia Cup 2023, Bangladesh won by 6 runs by successfully defending 265 runs after heroics from Shubman Gill. So, Its not going to be easy for India with Bangladesh especially in big events.
H2H in world Cups: IND vs BAN World Cup match
3 – 1 in favor of India
Playing XI (Probable):
India:
Rohit Sharma ©, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur/R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Bangladesh:
Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan ©, Mushfiqur Rahim †, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam
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