India vs Bangladesh: It was a last ball thriller when the two teams last met in an ODI in Dubai

India will take on Bangladesh in their first match of Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Thursday. The venue is hosting an ODI match for the first time since March 204.

India and Bangladesh last faced each other at the venue six years ago in the Asia Cup 2018 final. India emerged victorious by three wickets in the last-ball thriller.

Rohit Sharma led the team as the then regular captain Virat Kohli had opted out of the tournament.



India put Bangladesh into to bat after winning the toss but they would not have expected the stunning attack from Litton Das. He opened the innings with Mehidy Hasan Miraz adding 120 runs for the first wicket in just 20.5 overs. All-rounder Kedar Jadhav provided the breakthrough for India and that triggered a massive collapse.

Bangladesh's middle order collapsed with batters like Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun and Mahmudullah accumulating only 13 runs together as Bangladesh slipped to 151/5. However, Das was going strong at the other end and notched up a brilliant century. However, he was also dismissed for 121 runs in the 41st over by Kuldeep Yadav.

Bangladesh were bundled out for 222 runs in the 49th over of the innings as Kuldeep finished with three wickets for 45 runs.


In response, India stuttered with the pitch being difficult to bat on. The Men in Blue lacked big partnerships and the wickets kept falling at regular intervals.

The match went down to the wire in as Bangladesh kept chipping away with wickets at crucial intervals. But India just had enough in their tank to seal the win. An injured Kedar Jadhav, who came out to bat injured in the penultimate over, eventually scored the winning run through leg bye.

With the pitch expected to be on the drier side today as well, we might witness a thriller as Bangladesh, six years later, still possess a potent spin bowling line-up while India also have taken five spinners to Dubai.