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Nidahas Trophy 2018 India v/s Bangladesh Final: Stats favour 'men in blue' in titular clash

Bangladesh have never defeated India in the T20 format.

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Bangladesh will look to repeat their fabulous win against hosts Sri Lanka, when they take on India in the final of the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.

Rohit Sharma-led team had the beaten Bangladesh in both the previous encounters in ongoing T20 series. However, Shakib Al Hasan's team is high on confidence after their two wins against Sri Lanka.

The stats, though, do not favour the Tigers. Bangladesh have never defeated India in the T20 format. The two sides have played seven games with Bangladesh losing each.

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the Nidahas Trophy 2018 India v/s Bangladesh final match: 

# This will be the seventh T20 between these teams. Bangladesh hasn't won a single match against India in the shortest format of the game.

# The number of instances when a team has won while batting first in the tournament so far. India is the only team in the tournament to do so. 

# India have won eight of their 10 matches at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Bangladesh have won two and lost two of their four previous T20Is at this venue.

# India and Bangladesh have met 3 times at a knock-out stage in a tournament (ODIs and T20Is). India have won all of them. 

# Bangladesh have won only two of their last 15 T20 matches. But both these wins came into this trophy. 

# Shikhar Dhawan has hit 9 sixes in the tournament which is highest in the series so far.

# Mushfiqur Rahim needs 15 runs to surpass Kusal Perera and become the highest run scorer in the tournament. Rahim registered his highest ever T20I score in Bangladesh’s last game with 72 off just 35 balls. 

# Shikhar Dhawan needs 17 runs to surpass Kusal Perera and become the highest run scorer in the tournament. 

# This will India's 8th T20I under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. He has lost only one so far.

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