CT 2017, Semi-Final 2: India v Bangladesh – Statistical Preview

The 2017 Champions Trophy in England now has turned out to be a mini Asia Cup with India and Bangladesh facing off in the second semi-final and the winner set to meet Pakistan in the final. It will be tough to pick one side from the two given their recent record which is in favour of Bangladesh and the head to head record which tilts on India’s side. Whatever be the result, it will be a historic game for Bangladesh as this is the first time they have made it to the semi-final stage of a tournament in International cricket.

Ahead of the game, we look at some of the key numbers and records related to the game.

0 – Number of times India and Bangladesh have faced each other in the Champions Trophy. Both have met 3 times in World Cups but never in CT. This will be their first ODI meet on England soil.

2 – Number of times India and Bangladesh have played each other in a knockout game in International cricket – 2015 World Cup quarter-final and 2016 Asia Cup T20. India defeated Bangladesh comfortably both the times.

3 – Number of times Shakib Al Hasan dismissed Virat Kohli in ODIs. Shakib is the only left-arm spinner to dismiss Virat three times in ODIs. Kohli has scored 90 in 94 balls against Shakib in this format.

5 – Number of times Bangladesh have beaten India in ODI cricket. Team India has won 26 of the 32 ODIs they met in.

Head to head record between India and Bangladesh in ODI cricket:

13 – Wickets taken by Mustafizur Rahman in ODIs against India. He picked all those wickets in a 3-match series in 2015.

13.08 – Taskin Ahmed’s bowling average against India in ODIs. He has taken 12 wickets in 5 matches conceding runs at 4.36 an over only.

19.66 – Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling average in ODI knockout games. Jadeja has taken 12 wickets in 7 ODI knockouts including a 4-wicket haul.

20 – Wickets picked by Mashrafe Mortaza in India-Bangladesh ODIs; the most by any player. Shakib Al Hasan stands at 3rd in this list with 17 wickets.

24.40 – Virat Kohli’s batting average in ODI knockouts; the 3rd lowest for any Indian batting in top 7. Kohli has scored 244 runs in 11 ODI innings and has scored only one fifty.

42.57 – MS Dhoni’s batting average in ODI knockouts. He has scored 596 runs in 17 innings with 5 fifties. Among the India and Bangladesh squads, only Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja (46.66) have an average over 40 in ODI knockouts.

66.67 – MS Dhoni’s batting strike-rate against Shakib Al Hasan in ODIs. Dhoni has scored 94 runs in 141 balls and was dismissed twice by Shakib.

88 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma in ODIs vs Mashrafe Mortaza. Rohit has a strike-rate of 106.02 against Mortaza scoring 88 runs in just 83 balls without being dismissed.

137 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma vs Bangladesh in the 2015 CWC quarter-final. He is the only player from either side to have scored a century in an ODI knockout games.

558 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli in the India-Bangladesh ODIs; the 2nd most by any player. He is only 34 runs behind Gautam Gambhir (592). Kohli has scored 558 runs vs Bangladesh in 10 ODI innings at an average of 69.75 with 3 centuries and 2 fifties.