Bangladesh–India cricket rivalry

India-Bangladesh cricket rivalry also known as Asian clasico is a regional sporting rivalry between India and Bangladesh.The rivalry is attributed to the cultural and bilateral ties between two countries.[1]

Bangladesh-India cricket relations

Bangladesh

India

The rivalry saw increased growth in Bangladesh after their win over India in the 2007 Cricket World Cup although since then India has been dominant in rivalry.Today, Bangladeshis consider India as their arch rivals.[1]

India has won 2 Cricket World Cups , 2 T20 World Cup and 2 Champions Trophy while, Bangladesh is yet to win a ICC tournament with their best performance having the reaching semi finals of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and quarterfinals of 2015 Cricket World Cup.In both instances they were defeated by India.

ICC tournaments

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Bangladesh's 2007 Cricket World Cup upset win against India gave rise to rival sentiments in both countries although since then India has dominated in ICC matches.[2]

In T20 World Cup Bangladesh is yet to register a win against India with latter emerging victorious in all 5 encounters.

Tournament Matches played   India won   Bangladesh won Tie/No result
Cricket World Cup 5 4 1 0
T20 World Cup 5 5 0 0
  • Bold indicates most wins

Overall

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India has a decisive record in T20s with both sides facing each other 17 times out of which 16 have been won by India and just 1 by Bangladesh.[3]

Matches played   India won   Bangladesh won Tie
17 16 1 0

Bangladesh has some success against India in ODIs having won two series although India has remain dominant.Both teams have faced each other 41 times out of which 32 have resulted in Indian victory and 8 in Bangladeshi victory.1 Match resulted in No result.

Matches played   India won   Bangladesh won No result
41 32 8 1

Test

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Though not as significant test rivalry has also seen development in recent years.

Matches played   India won   Bangladesh won Draw
15 13 0 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "How the India-Bangladesh rivalry came to be".
  2. ^ "Bangladesh vs India Head to Head".
  3. ^ "Bangladesh vs India Head to Head in T20".