On Friday (September 28, 2018), India and Bangladesh are going to meet in the final of Asia Cup 2018 Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai). While both are desperate to win the game, we will check out some important stats prior to that game.

Final Stats

• The Asia Cup 2018 final will be the 9th Asia Cup final (both in ODIs and T20Is) for India and third Asia Cup final (both in ODIs and T20Is) for Bangladesh. Out of those, India has won five times while Bangladesh has never won this trophy. In overall, India has won six Asia Cup trophies (the inaugural edition in 1984 had no final).
• India has played 15 finals in ODI formats on Friday where they have won seven times and lost eight times. Before the Asia Cup 2018 final, last time India played an ODI final on Friday was on February 6, 2004.
• India has played 30 ODI finals at the neutral venues where they have won 11 matches and lost 17 matches with the other two no result games.
• If India wins the Asia Cup 2018 final, it will be their sixth Asia Cup final victory (both in ODI and T20I formats) which will be most by any team. Sri Lanka has won five Asia Cup finals and Pakistan has won only two Asia Cup finals.
• If India wins the Asia Cup 2018 final, it will be their 29th final victory in the international cricket history and will surpass Pakistan’s 28 final victories in the international cricket history. Only Australia (won 58 finals) and Sri Lanka (won 32 finals) have won more finals in international cricket than them.
• India has played 11 finals in the ODI formats in United Arab Emirates (UAE) where they have won five times and lost six other times.

• Bangladesh has never won a final game in the international cricket history. It will be their sixth final in the international cricket history.
• In 2018, Bangladesh has reached in three finals in the international cricket. First time in history Bangladesh has played multiple finals in a calendar year.

Also read: Asia Cup Final: Predicted XI Of The Indian Cricket Team

India vs Bangladesh Stats

• India vs Bangladesh ODI stats: Matches – 34; India Won – 28; Bangladesh Won – 5; Tied/No Results – 0/1
• India vs Bangladesh ODI stats at neutral venues: Matches – 9; India Won – 8; Bangladesh Won – 1; Tied/No Results – 0/0
• India vs Bangladesh Asia Cup stats (only ODI formats): Matches –11; India Won – 10; Bangladesh Won – 1; Tied/No Results – 0/0

Also read: Asia Cup 2018 (Final): India vs Bangladesh – Match Preview

Individual Stats

• Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza needs to take three wickets to become the most wicket-taker in the Asia Cup history (including the ODI and T20I formats). While he has 10 wickets in this tournament history, former UAE skipper Amjad Javed is currently the record holder with a total of 12 wickets.
• Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza needs to take one wicket to become the most wicket-taker in the Asia Cup history (only ODI formats). He is jointly leading the table with 5 wickets (former Pakistan captain Abdul Qadir, former UAE captain Khurram Khan and former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan also have five wickets each in this tournament history).
• The Asia Cup 2018 final will be Mashrafe Mortaza’s 11th Asia Cup game (including both ODI and T20I formats) as a Bangladeshi captain. With this game, Mortaza will be third most matches played in the Asia Cup history as a captain. The top two captains in this list are the former Indian captain MS Dhoni (19 matches) and former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga (13 matches)

• Indian left-handed batsman Ravindra Jadeja (1,939 ODI runs) needs to score 61 more runs to complete his 2,000 ODI career runs. Jadeja will be only third Indian cricketer to scoring 2,000 or more ODI runs and also having 150+ ODI wickets (162 ODI wickets). Only Kapil Dev (3,783 ODI runs and 253 ODI wickets) and Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 ODI runs and 154 ODI wickets) had achieved this special feat.

• Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (96 ODI wickets) is four wickets away to complete his 100 ODI wickets.