DHAKA, Sept 24, 2025 (BSS)- In a bid to make a giant stride toward the final, 
Bangladesh take on India today at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

The match begins at 8.30 PM (Bangladesh Time). T-sports and Nagorik TV will 
telecast the match live.

Bangladesh moved to the Super Fours as Group B runners-up by beating Hong 
Kong and Afghanistan. While they couldn't live up to the expectation entirely 
initially, they came up as a different team in the Super Fours and put up a 
dominating performance to beat Sri Lanka by four wickets, taking a revenge of 
their defeat in the first round.

Although the margin of the victory may speak against 'dominating show', there 
was no doubt about Bangladesh's victory when their bowlers restricted Sri 
Lanka to 168-7 on a placid deck.

The batters then showed sustained aggression to beat them with ease, albeit a 
last over drama that saw them lost two wickets and ensure the victory in the 
penultimate delivery.

However, a victory against India will help them take a massive stride to the 
final, if not guaranteed them the place firmly.

Bangladesh will be ahead of India in two sectors-their bowling proved to be 
best in the tournament, so far, while the players always remain charged up 
mentally ahead of India clash in any kind of sports.

Moreover, if the pitch play to slow even little, which is expected given the 
amount of game Dubai, so far, hosted in this week, Bangladesh's chance to win 
against India will be doubled.

A victory in the toss will give them further edge. Generally the team, 
batting second, win the game under lights in Dubai and Bangladesh captain 
Liton Das, so far, has proved him lucky in the coin toss.

India, however, won all four matches, including twice against archrivals 
Pakistan in the tournament. But the stat was not enough to convince 
Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons who said that every team still are capable 
of beating India.

Bangladesh will be the first full ICC nation apart from Pakistan whom India 
will meet for the first time in the tournament.

"Every team has the ability to beat India. The game is played on the day. 
It's not about what India have done before. It's about what happens on 
Wednesday (tomorrow when Bangladesh will meet them)," Simmons said, further 
putting faith in their ability to beat India.

"It's what happens during that three-and-a-half-hour period, and we will try 
to play as best as we can and hope to force mistakes in India's armory. 
That's the way we win games."

Bangladesh met India in T20 format 17 times but won just one in 2019 in 
Delhi. India won the rest of the 16 matches but Simmons was not concerned by 
the record, saying that tomorrow's match will be a fresh game.

In the Asia Cup, the two teams met 15 times with Bangladesh winning just two 
and losing 13. India won all two matches in the T20 version of the Asia Cup 
in 2016.

Bangladesh came into the tournament high on confidence following their three 
straight series victories against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Ahead of India clash, captain Liton Das though sustained an injury, he looked 
okay to lead the side.

Liton, so far, proved his tactical nous in the tournament better than his 
next counterpart Suryakumar Yadav, which is another area that gives 
Bangladesh further boost.

Squad:

Bangladesh: Liton Das (c), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif 
Hassan, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Shamim Patwari, Nurul Hasan Sohan, 
Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan 
Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Saifuddin.

India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, 
Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun 
Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, 
Rinku Singh.