India will face Bangladesh in match no. 40 at Edgbaston, Birmingham in ICC World Cup 2019. India is dominating over their South Asian neighbor for past few years and Virat Kohli’s men are also favorite to overpower Bangladesh in their next game. Bangladesh is fighting over their semi-finals hope. The pressure will be more on them.

ICC World Cup 2019, India Vs Bangladesh: Virat Kohli’s men eyeing another triumph over Bangladesh

Bangladesh is currently sitting on 6th at the point table with 7 points. The match against India is carrying huge importance for them. If they can overcome the Indian hurdle, the path towards semi-finals will be much easier for them. But, things are extremely difficult against in-form team India. India has enough firepower to bump Bangladesh unless Tigers can’t play at their best level.

India

India is playing a sensational cricket since the past few years. Many cricket pundits lauded them as ”70’s Windies”. Virat Kohli‘s men are unsurprisingly playing a remarkable cricket in this tournament. They are the only unbeatable team in this campaign so far. They are extremely motivated and their past few years performance against the Tigers are also damned well. They beat teams like Australia by a large margin and they trounced their eternal rival Pakistan by massive 89-runs. Bangladesh will surely face a hard time to stop this mighty India who is been heavily touted as the most favorite team to win this tournament.

India is in superb form and expecting another win vs Bangladesh on Tuesday

Bangladesh 

Bangladesh is playing really well in this tournament. They’ve beaten West Indies by chasing a record amount of runs. They were also beat South Africa, Afghanistan and were very close to winning against New Zealand. Bangladesh scored their highest ever run by scoring 333 against hot-favorite and five-times champion Australia. Their magnificent all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in the form of his life. But, the problem is they are too much dependant on him and their bowling department is not playing well. They are currently sitting on 6th place with 7 points. They must need to win the game in order to keep their semi-finals hope alive. Sadly, their recent performances against India isn’t remarkable. It’s pretty much clear that they have to overcome a mountain to keep their dream unbroken.

Bangladesh have to overcome tremendous challenge to keep their semi-finals hope alive.

Weather Condition

Weather forecasts told the weather will be a cloudy one. There’s still a chance of rain. The sky could be full of black clouds. On the other whole, winds are expected to be heavy.

Pitch Condition

As the weather could be a cloudy one, pacers will find movements in the pitch. The team who will bowl first will get an advantage in here.

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Edgbaston, Birmingham

Likely XI –

India

  • Lokesh Rahul,
  • Rohit Sharma,
  • Virat Kohli(c),
  • Rishabh Pant,
  • Kedar Jhadav,
  • MS Dhoni(wk),
  • Hardik Pandya,
  • Mohammed Shami,
  • Kuldeep Yadav,
  • Y Chahal,
  • Jaspreet Bumrah

Bangladesh

  • Tamim Iqbal Khan,
  • Soumya Sarkar,
  • Shakib Al Hasan,
  • Liton Das,
  • Mushfiqur Rahim,
  • Mahmudullah,
  • Mehidy Hasan,
  • Mosaddek Hossain,
  • Mohammed Saifuddin,
  • Mashrafee Mortaza,
  • Mustafizur Rahman

Injury Update

Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan is still injured and expected to miss the match versus Bangladesh.

Bangladesh hasn’t any injury problem at all.

Match Prediction

It’s true that Bangladesh is playing good and their batting department led by Shakib Al Hasan is playing out worldly in this campaign. But, Virat Kohli’s men are too good and have better players in every position. So, our prediction is going to the Indian side.

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