India vs Bangladesh: Bangladesh has never beaten India in T20 World Cup. And in 11 T20I meetings overall, Bangladesh has managed to beat India only once, in 2019, in Delhi. The head coach of the Indian team, Rahul Dravid, has dismissed all the discussions about India in the competition and Shakib’s remarks on it.

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Later on, Tuesday, when Dravid was asked about Shakib’s remark, he denied that India will head into the contest as “favorites”, citing Ireland’s win over England earlier in this tournament.

Rahul Dravid’s brilliant reply to Shakib’s comment before the match-

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We certainly don’t take Bangladesh lightly

I think it’s really been a fantastic tournament from that perspective. Apart from the weather, I think it’s been a terrific tournament in terms of just the nature of the games. No, we certainly don’t take Bangladesh lightly. Our preparation, our planning will be as meticulous as it was against South Africa at Perth. No different,” he added.

We’ve seen enough games in this competition

“I think we respect them a lot. I think they’re a very good team. Rahul Dravid thinks this format and this World Cup have really shown us that honestly, you can’t take any team lightly. Ireland showed that against England. We’ve seen enough games in this competition.

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20 overs is such a short format of the game

“I think the fact that it is already such a short format. 20 overs is such a short format of the game. The margins of victory and defeat sometimes even if they’re 12 runs or 15 runs, it’s actually just two hits. It’s two hits one way or the other, and actually, that’s the game. So it is already a shortened sort of rushed, noisy format, but it’s very difficult to sometimes say who’s a clear favorite in some of these games,” he said.

“On top of that, I think these conditions. I think these conditions have actually leveled the playing field to a large extent because the boundaries are certainly bigger, and some of those big hits which you sometimes expect in the subcontinent just go for six. And you just know that I’ll be able to make up those runs, later on, it’s not happening that easily. People are getting out.