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It has been more than 12 years since India were last crowned world champions. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, Team India won the title in the tournament. Now once again the tournament is taking place in India and this time too Team India is performing strongly. Like Dhoni, this team is led by charismatic captain Rohit Sharma. In such a situation, the hope has increased that Rohit will also do the same feat that Dhoni did. In this regard, various coincidences are being added since 2011. There is another such coincidence, which has not been discussed yet and it is connected with the India-Bangladesh match, from which there are indications that India will become the champion under the captaincy of Rohit.
We will tell you more about this coincidence. First of all let’s talk about Team India’s performance so far in World Cup 2023. India started their campaign with a match against Australia and registered an easy win. Then in the next match, Afghanistan also lost without any problem. The third match was against Pakistan and India could hardly have had a more one-sided victory. Now the match is against Bangladesh, which will be played in Pune on Thursday, October 19.
Losing record, coincidence of becoming champion
Now let’s talk about the coincidence on which all hopes rest. It has to do with the records of Dhoni and Rohit. Let’s elaborate. Dhoni and Rohit are among India’s most successful captains. Despite this, if we talk about the ODI record against Bangladesh, no other captain has lost more matches than these two. Dhoni has also lost 3 matches against Bangladesh during his captaincy tenure and Rohit has also lost 3 matches against Bangladesh so far.
The special thing is that before becoming the regular captain, Rohit took the command in 2 ODIs against Bangladesh and won both of them. But after taking over the full captaincy in December 2021, Bangladesh won all the 3 matches he led. It is this coincidence that raises the hope that maybe Rohit can win the World Cup like Dhoni by making a record like Dhoni. If this happens on September 19, then its name will also be added to the chain of various combinations.
Strength will have to be shown on the field as well
However, records and coincidences alone will not be enough, but on-field performance will also have to be done. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India won every tournament (ODI) in which he played against Bangladesh. Similarly, the two victories achieved under Rohit’s captaincy also happened in the 2018 Asia Cup. For the first time, Rohit is taking over the captaincy in the ODI World Cup and in such a situation, he would like to register a victory here as well.
Anyway, there is a match between India and Bangladesh, so obviously Team India is a strong contender. The entire record between the two teams and the history of the World Cup is testimony to the fact that the scales are tilted one-sidedly in favor of India. Something similar is expected to happen this time too. Team India will just hope that Bangladesh don’t do the same thing they did in 2007, like the two reverses that happened in the World Cup.
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