Bangladesh face India Sunday
Saturday, 20 June 2015
Aiming for first ever ODI series victory over India, Bangladesh will face the two times world champions in the second match of the three-match Za’n Zee Ice Cream Cricket Series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Sunday. The battle will begin at 3:00pm Bangladesh time. Bangladesh took the advantage of 1-0 lead in the series with their biggest-ever margin victory of 79 runs against India. With this win Bangladesh brightened their chance to play in the ICC Champions Trophy as they moved up to 7th place with 91 rating points from 8th slot in the ICC ODI ranking list leapfrogging West Indies. The Tigers have has shown their consistent performance as they won their first match in last two ODI series each at home, against Zimbabwe and Pakistan. Including the 79-run victory on Thursday Bangladesh beat India for four times among their 30th in ODI meetings. The three other wins – in 2004, 2007 and 2012 - came at irregular intervals. In the first ODI Bangladesh scored 307 runs which was also the biggest score against India in ODI format, according to a news agency.