Bangladesh vs. India, cricket
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1988-2014: an overview of India-Bangladesh cricket matches
Mar 17 2015
CLASH OF NEIGHBOURS
I t was baptism by fire for Bangladesh when they met India for the first time in the Wills Asia Cup in 1988-89. The fledgling team was shot out for 99 and India romped home by losing just one wicket. Since then, India have dominated to pile up a formidable track record. However, Bangladesh pulled off one of their biggest-ever wins against India in the 2007 World Cup, and won another one recently too. They will hope for an encore.
2024
Test series (home)
Chennai: India wins
Dwaipayan Datta, Sep 23, 2024: The Times of India
Chennai : In a few years’ time, when we will look back at the India vs Bangladesh Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in the September of 2024, we will remember it as the ‘Ashwin Test’.
From the second session of the first day to the time when India wrapped it up in the first session of Day 4, it was Ashwin all the way. A century on Day 1, his 37th five-wicket haul to equal Shane Warne, another Man of the Match award, his father, wife, kids, former coaches and many friends in the galleries, the stage might have been incredibly tempting for the 38-year-old to announce that it was his last at his beloved home ground.
He didn’t. “Who knows if this was my Chepauk swansong in Tests? But if it was, what a swansong it was,” Ashwin left it open-ended, soaking in all the adulation after another matchwinning spell of 6-88 as India won the Test by 280 runs to go 1-0 up.
When the fourth day started, the result of the Test was never in doubt. The challenge for India was to wrap it up as early as possible before the team leaves for Kanpur in the search of the second of their four wins that will book them a World Test Championship Final berth.
One felt that on a tired pitch here on Day 4, captain Rohit Sharma might bring Ashwin and his spin twin Ravindra Jadeja into action right from the start. But he waited, allowed the effect of the roller to wear off, and let the Bangladeshi batters Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shakib Al Hasan get used to the pace of the quick bowlers.
Just when it seemed the two lefthanders might just stretch the game a bit, Ashwin and Jadeja were brought in. Ashwin, coming in from round the wicket and bowling with a 5-4 offside field to the left-hander, chose to take the middle-stump line rather than off. It took the cut and the reverse sweep out of the equation and the master offie was looking to bowl a little slow through the air, to get maximum purchase out of a pitch which hadn’t shaped up into a vicious turner.
The skill of the bowler had to come into play and that’s exactly what happened when Ashwin induced an inside-edge off Shakib’s bat and the forward short-leg fielder completed a good catch diving to his left.
That was the beginning of the end as Ashwin and Jadeja looked more and more dangerous. Litton Das, a super success in Pakistan recently for Bangladesh, didn’t have the quality to deal with the spin duo and Jadeja (3-58) sent him back.
The ball pitched on the middle and turned just a little bit and the edge was a regulation at slip. At this point, the only point of interest was whether Bangladesh captain Shanto (82) could complete his century. But with wickets falling at the other end, the left-hander who had batted with a lot of belief till then, tried a big shot against Jadeja and gave his wicket away.
Jadeja, though, was made to wait for his milestone 300th wicket, stopping at 299, when he had the last man Hasan Mahmud bowled 15 minutes before lunch. In a way, it was fitting as well, because Jadeja was equally instrumental in this win, scoring 86 with Ashwin, taking the two big wickets in the first innings, and now, finishing things off in a hurry, the way he has been doing on Indian soil over the years. “Jadeja is such an inspirational story…My admiration for Jadeja keeps on increasing as I realize I will never be able to beat him,” Ashwin paid his comrade the ultimate compliment.
ODIs
As in 2018
India, ranked second in the ICC ODI rankings will of course go into the match as the overwhelming favourites. But they would not want to take the Bangla Tigers, who are ranked five places below them lightly. Bangladesh are coming off a morale shattering loss vs Afghanistan and they will be itching to pull off an upset win. The statistics though favour Rohit Sharma and his team.
Here's a quick look at how the two teams stack up against each other in ODI cricket:
Overall ODI Head to Head:
Played: 33
Won by India: 27
Won by Bangladesh: 5
No result: 1
ICC ODI Rank:
India: 2nd
Bangladesh: 7th
Captains:
India: Rohit Sharma
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza
Unpleasantness among brotherly nations
Some instances
Jun 15 2017: The Times of India
Bangladesh fans attempted to provoke Indian supporters on social media with an image of a tiger draped in a Bangladesh flag pouncing upon a dog wearing an India flag. This image went viral and led to a war of words...
NOT THE FIRST INSTANCE...
Two years ago, after Mustafizur Rahman skittled the Indian batting line-up in an ODI series, a Bangladesh newspaper showed the pacer brandishing a cutter (intended to be a barber's knife) in the same frame with Indian cricketers with half-shaven heads. Ahead of the 2016 Asia Cup final, a photoshopped image showed Taskin Ahmed holding Dhoni's severed head, causing anger among Indian fans.
MEMORIES OF 2015 WC QUARTERFINAL...
Bangladesh fans are yet to come to terms with two umpiring decisions that went against them in the last-8 clash against India. Batting at 90, Rohit Sharma hit a full toss from Rubel Hossain to be caught at deep midwicket. Umpire Ian Gould adjudged Rubel's full-toss as a waist high `no-ball' but TV replays showed it could have gone either way. Rohit went on to slam 137 and take India to a commanding 3026. Later, Shikhar Dhawan seemed to touch the boundary rope while taking a catch to dismiss Mohammad Mahmudullah. Even though replays were inconclusive, the third umpire gave the decision in India's favour.
RUBEL vs KOHLI:
The image of Rubel Hossain's ecstatic celebration (below) after dismissing Virat Kohli early in the 2015 World Cup quarterfinal launched countless memes and went viral in Bangladesh. The Bangla pacer later revealed that his rivalry with the Indian skipper went back to their U-19 days in 2008. “I won't say he is a bunny but yes, I am confident against him,“ the pacer told TOI back then. With Kohli in top form, will Rubel get his man again?
