The Indian cricket team has returned to the Shere Bangla National Stadium after a six-year gap to resume their bilateral ODI series rivalry with Bangladesh. Set to lock horns in three ODIs within a week, Bangladesh and India will be playing their first bilateral ODI against each other after seven and a half years.
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Not only in Bangladesh but at this very venue, the last bilateral ODI series between these two teams had witnessed the hosts defeating India for the first time. Although the overall head-to-head records are stacked in the visitors’ favour, Bangladesh are no slouch when it comes to this format at home. Readers must note that Bangladesh haven’t lost an ODI series at home since 2016.
Shere Bangla Stadium ODI records India
India have taken part in two Tests, 22 ODIs and 11 T20Is in their decade and a half of playing international cricket in Mirpur. Out of a total of 35 matches across formats, India have won 26 (two Tests, 14 ODIs and 10 T20Is) and lost eight (seven ODIs and one T20I) matches at this stadium. Speaking particularly about playing ODIs against Bangladesh at this venue, India have won nine and lost three out of 13 attempts.
Former captain Virat Kohli (1,258) is the only Indian cricketer to score in excess of 1,000 runs across formats at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. Kohli, who has scored four centuries and eight half-centuries at this venue, is followed by Rohit Sharma (635) and Shikhar Dhawan (338) among active cricketers.
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Indian bowlers part of the current squad, however, are widely inexperienced when it comes to playing international cricket in Bangladesh. In spite of conditions being similar to India, it will be interesting to see how these bowlers operate on their maiden tour of Bangladesh.
Mirpur Dhaka India ODI matches all result list
| Result | Margin | Opposition | Year |
| won | 5 wickets | Bangladesh | 2007 |
| won | 46 runs | Bangladesh | 2007 |
| won | 140 runs | Pakistan | 2007 |
| won | 7 wickets | Bangladesh | 2008 |
| lost | 25 runs | Pakistan | 2008 |
| lost | 5 wickets | Sri Lanka | 2010 |
| won | 6 wickets | Bangladesh | 2010 |
| won | 8 wickets | Sri Lanka | 2010 |
| won | 6 wickets | Bangladesh | 2010 |
| lost | 4 wickets | Sri Lanka | 2010 |
| won | 87 runs | Bangladesh | 2011 |
| won | 50 runs | Sri Lanka | 2012 |
| lost | 5 wickets | Bangladesh | 2012 |
| won | 6 wickets | Pakistan | 2012 |
| lost | 1 wicket | Pakistan | 2014 |
| won | 8 wickets | Afghanistan | 2014 |
| won | 7 wickets | Bangladesh | 2014 |
| won | 47 runs | Bangladesh | 2014 |
| NR | Bangladesh | 2014 | |
| lost | 79 runs | Bangladesh | 2015 |
| lost | 6 wickets | Bangladesh | 2015 |
| won | 77 runs | Bangladesh | 2015 |
