IND Vs BAN Pitch Report: Toss will be the 'boss', how will the Dubai pitch play during the India-Bangladesh match?

Ind vs Ban Pitch Report: The second match of the Champions Trophy 2025 is to be played between the Indian team and Bangladesh today i.e. on 20 February. This match is to be held at Dubai International Stadium. Both the teams are from Group A and both are eyeing to start the campaign by winning the match.

Let us tell you that the Indian team last won the Champions Trophy title in the year 2013. After recently defeating England 3-0 in the ODI series, Team India's morale is high, while the Bangladesh team is also ready to crush India. In such a situation, before today's match, let us tell you about the Dubai pitch.

IND Vs BAN Pitch Report: How will the Dubai pitch play? (Dubai International Cricket Stadium Pitch)

The second match of the Champions Trophy to be played between the Indian team and Bangladesh is to be played at the Dubai International Stadium. Usually, the Dubai pitch helps the pacers a lot, but this time due to the French pitch, a proper balance between bat and ball is expected here.

The sky will be cloudy in Dubai today, due to which the fast bowlers will also be seen getting help. Dew will play an important role here, due to which the team winning the toss will prefer to bowl first. Let's take a look at the ODI stats of Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Matches Played- 58
No Result- 1 Match
Won while batting first- 22 Matches
Won while batting second 34 Matches
Highest Team Total- 355/5 (England vs Pakistan- 2015)
Lowest Team Toll- 91 all out (Namibia vs UAE- 2023)
Highest Successful Chase- 287/8 (49.4 overs- Sri Lanka vs Pakistan- 2013)
Lowest Total Defended- 168 all out (UAE vs Nepal- 2022)
Average First Innings Score- 219
Total Centuries- 34
Total Fifties- 181
Total Fours- 2920
Total Sixes- 494

The last 5 ODI records and stats of Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches won while batting first- 1
Targets won while chasing- 4
Highest Total- 241/6 by Canada vs UAE in 2024

Lowest total- 132 all out by UAE vs Scotland in 2024

Highest successful target: 220/3 in 40.3 overs by Canada vs Scotland in 2024

Lowest total defended: 241/6 by Canada vs UAE in 2024

Let us tell you that the Indian team for the Champions Trophy 2025 has been announced, which includes 5 spinners. Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, and Varun Chakraborty are the names. Jadeja-Axar and Kuldeep Yadav are expected to get a chance to the playing-11 of Team India's first match.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 India's Squad: Team India is as follows-

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakraborty.