India-Bangladesh rivalry is one of the greatest in cricket, often producing thrilling contests at home or away. Bangladesh’s fearless style combines with India’s experience to produce breathtaking contests both ODIs and T20Is alike.
Bangladesh managed to salvage a hard-fought draw despite several early errors from them in the Bangladesh National Cricket Team Vs India National Cricket Team Standings, which gives both teams a chance at moving into the knockout rounds of this tournament.
| Date | Format | Winner | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2025 | ODI | India | India won by 6 wickets |
| 19 Oct 2023 | ODI | India | India won by 7 wickets |
| 15 Sep 2023 | ODI | Bangladesh | Bangladesh won by 6 runs |
| 10 Dec 2022 | ODI | India | India won by 227 runs |
| 07 Dec 2022 | ODI | Bangladesh | Bangladesh won by 5 runs |
India
Cricket first made its way to what is now Bangladesh in the 18th and 19th centuries, though its popularity didn’t become mainstream until after independence from Pakistan in 1971.
After becoming an Associate Member of the ICC in 1977 and excelling at various ACC tournaments, Bangladesh achieved full membership and eventually qualified for their inaugural World Cup tournament held in England in 1999.
Bangladesh proved themselves worthy competitors at this tournament, shocking Pakistan in the final group match and emerging victorious from it all. Unfortunately, their Test progress has been slower; Bangladesh only recorded their maiden victory four years later against Zimbabwe on November 2000.
Bangladesh Cricket owes its existence to 14 women who transitioned from hockey and football in 1982, when 14 switched over.
Since then, Bangladesh Cricket Board has invested significantly to develop cricket at grassroots level – the youth teams are starting to show promise as evidenced by winning ICC Under-19 World Cups like women’s side winning it this year!
Bangladesh A, led by Mominul Haque and captained by Mominul Haque, played three first-class and three List A matches against teams from the Sagicor High Performance Centre in Antigua and Saint Vincent during its summer tour of West Indies in 2015.
These young West Indian players outclassed Bangladesh A in all matches; except the second first-class game which Bangladesh A narrowly won due to Mushfiqur Rahim’s unbeaten 118 off 99 balls and Mohammad Ashraful taking 3 wickets off Mohammad Ashraful’s 3 for 27.
Bangladesh A, under coach Shuvagata Hom, made another tour to India shortly thereafter to play four List A matches against Karnataka at Mysore and one against India A at Bangalore; all five games were lost by large margins.
Bangladesh
Cricket first took root during British rule of Bengal and the unified Bengal region, but after independence and Bangladesh joining the International Cricket Council as an Associate Member in 1977 it truly flourished. Bangladesh qualified for their inaugural World Cup in England (1999) via winning an ICC Trophy tournament held in Malaysia that year before going on to become one of 10 Test nations five months later.
Bangladesh progressed through the 2000s under Mashrafe Mortaza and Shakib Al Hasan’s leadership with consistent ODI success; reaching two Asia Cup finals consecutively before reaching two semi-finals at their inaugural World Twenty20 tournament.
Following an inauspicious opening campaign at 2007 World Cup Test tournament under Dav Whatmore with both experience and youth – Tamim Iqbal emerging as one of cricket’s premier openers – Bangladesh made further strides forward under Dav Whatmore as they achieved semi-finals at their inaugural World Twenty20 tournament before reaching two Asia Cup finals consecutively and semis at their first World Twenty20 tournament.
Bangladesh A’s tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe in November 2015 included two first-class and three List A matches against their provincial hosts’ provincial sides; their captain was Shuvagata Hom and Mushfiqur Rahim scored the highest first-class score with an innings of 102 runs in one match.
Bangladesh A played in an ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup from June and July 2022 under Jahurul Islam’s captaincy. They lost six ODIs but won their seventh to reach the semi-final, where they ultimately fell to Afghanistan.
Bangladesh A have also played two ICC Intercontinental Cup matches against their ACC rivals: against Ireland they hosted Mominul Haque and Hira Miah as captains; after this series of first-class and List A matches were hosted against Sri Lanka A with Tushar Imran serving as captain over limited-over games while Shuvagata Hom helmed all matches; these matches also hosted against Ireland were hosted against Ireland;
followed by first class matches against Sri Lanka A that they lost to Afghanistan before finally losing in 2024; two ICC Intercontinental Cup matches against rivals: Ireland followed by first-class and List A matches hosted by Tushar Imran while Shuvagata Hom did just one match-out to make semi-final match before losing in 2024 against Afghanistan before going on to semi final before losing against Afghanistan before losing in 2024 and losing to Afghanistan before defeat.
ODIs
ODIs provide the ideal middle ground between tests and T20s, lasting one day and featuring fifty overs per team. Starting around lunch time and running into evening, ODIs require multiple strategies in order to be successful; as a result they produce some of the finest cricket available.
In addition, modern scorecards display three separate powerplay periods that enable each bowling side to set attacking, defensive or normal fields (P1, P2 or P3) during these games – these powerplay periods are known as P1, P2 and P3 powerplays respectively).
Bangladesh first rose to ODI prominence with their victory at the ICC Trophy – an event which served as qualification mechanism for 2007 World Cup – and continued their rise under various coaches, such as Dav Whatmore.
Their blend of experienced and young players such as Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal proved particularly effective at home; and also made waves internationally by beating India and South Africa during that tournament; these gains would soon transfer over to Test cricket where Bangladesh made gains against each of those two giants before pushing their rankings up further in Test cricket as they continued improving.
T20s
Bangladesh first entered the World Cup after years of struggle to attain full ICC membership in 1999 when they created an unforgettable upset against Pakistan at their debut tournament appearance in Sydney. First-class cricket only established itself in Bangladesh’s eastern parts during the 90s; their inaugural Test took place a year after opening up one day internationals (ODIs).
A series of misfiring coaches such as Jamie Siddons, Shane Jurgensen and Chandika Hathurusinghe saw little progress until Dav Whatmore took over coaching duties in 2009 to build up Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal into one cohesive unit capable of adding vitality into Bangladeshi teams and ultimately leading them all the way.
