{"id":9195,"date":"2025-09-24T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=640580"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:41:35","slug":"asia-cup-2025-ind-vs-ban-india-eye-final-berth-with-dominant-16-1-t20i-record-against-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/asia-cup-2025-ind-vs-ban-india-eye-final-berth-with-dominant-16-1-t20i-record-against-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup 2025, IND vs BAN: India eye final berth with dominant 16-1 T20I record against Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"449\">India will take on Bangladesh in a crucial <strong data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"243\">Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours clash<\/strong> in Dubai on Wednesday, with a place in the final on the line. The <strong data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"339\">Suryakumar Yadav-led side<\/strong> has been flawless in the tournament so far, registering clinical wins over Pakistan (twice), UAE, and Oman.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"497\">India\u2019s dominance in head-to-head record<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"746\">Team India enjoy a staggering <strong data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"556\">16-1 head-to-head record<\/strong> against Bangladesh in T20 internationals and are unbeaten in the last eight encounters. A win tonight will not only extend their dominance but also knock Sri Lanka out of the competition.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"774\">Key players to watch<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"1225\">India\u2019s batting has been spearheaded by <strong data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"834\">Abhishek Sharma<\/strong>, who has lit up the tournament with explosive starts. <strong data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"936\">Tilak Varma, Shubman Gill, and Sanju Samson<\/strong> have provided solid support in the middle order. While <strong data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1010\">Jasprit Bumrah<\/strong> has looked off-colour, India\u2019s spin duo <strong data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1091\">Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy<\/strong> have been instrumental in strangling opposition batting line-ups. <strong data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1173\">Shivam Dube<\/strong> has also emerged as a handy wicket-taking option.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1493\">For Bangladesh, confidence is high after their win against Sri Lanka in the Super Fours. Their bowling attack, led by <strong data-start=\"1345\" data-end=\"1366\">Mustafizur Rahman<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1387\">Mahedi Hasan<\/strong>, is well-suited to Dubai\u2019s slow conditions and will be key if the Bangla Tigers are to challenge India.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1513\">Pitch report<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1514\" data-end=\"1766\">The <strong data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1533\">Dubai pitch<\/strong> has been tricky for batters, with run-scoring becoming easier in the second innings under lights and dew. India chased down 171 comfortably in their last outing at this venue, and a similar scoring range is expected in this match.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1768\" data-end=\"1787\">Predicted XIs<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1788\" data-end=\"1975\"><strong data-start=\"1788\" data-end=\"1798\">India:<\/strong> Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1977\" data-end=\"2148\"><strong data-start=\"1977\" data-end=\"1992\">Bangladesh:<\/strong> Saif Hassan, Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India will take on Bangladesh in a crucial Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours clash in Dubai on Wednesday, with a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}