Bangladesh national cricket team record by opponent explained

The Bangladesh national cricket team represents Bangladesh in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.[1] [2] [3] [4]

They first competed in international cricket at 31 March 1986, when they played against Pakistan in a one-day international match at Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; they lost the match by 7 wickets.[5] [6] However, before this match Bangladesh did participate in several unofficial games, including matches in ICC Trophy.[7] [8] [9]

Bangladesh was awarded test status on 26 June 2000 as tenth test playing nation,[2] [4] [10] [11] [12] but had to wait till November of that same year before playing their first test match. At 10 November 2000, Bangladeshi team played their first test match against India, losing the match by 9 wickets.[13] [14] [15] They secured their first Test win against Zimbabwe on 10 January 2005 at MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong. They won by 226 runs in that first test of the series.[16] [17] [18] [19] Bangladesh needed 35 tests to achieve the feat, only New Zealand needed more (45) to win their first test. Also, Bangladesh took 4 years and 2 months from the date of first test to win a test, best to only New Zealand, South Africa and India.[20] [21] Eventually, Bangladesh completed their first bilateral test series win in that same series when they drew the second and last test at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.[22] [23] [24] [25] Before that test and test series win, Bangladesh lost 21 tests (2001–2004) and 16 bilateral series (2001–2004) in a row, which is the present world record.[26] [27], Bangladesh have played 137 Test matches; they have won 17 matches, lost 102 matches, and 18 matches were drawn.

After the first ODI against Pakistan in 1986, Bangladesh had to wait till 1997 for their first win. In this period Bangladesh regularly participated in one-day international matches which include tournaments like Asia Cup, Austral-Asia Cup. At 16 May 1998, Bangladesh posted its first ODI win when they beat Kenya in the second match of 1998 Coca-Cola Triangular Series at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad.[28] [29] This win ended their streak of losing 22 ODI matches in a row from their first ODI at 1986, which was the world record that time.[30] [31] Though, in the period of Bangladesh team broken that record to stay winless for 47 matches in row, which consisted of the current world record of 23 straight losses from 1999 to 2002.[31] [32] Besides Bangladesh is the only test playing side that have lost the first ODI they have played against five non-Test sides which includes Canada, Kenya, Ireland, Netherlands and Afghanistan. Even though Ireland and Afghanistan are full members now, during the period of these results, they were listed as associates.[33] Bangladesh won the first bilateral ODI series in 2005, defeating the visiting Zimbabwe side by 3–2 in a 5 match ODI series.[34] [35] In 2019, Bangladesh won the first multi-team international tournament when they defeated West Indies in the final at Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin.[36] [37] [38] It was the first time Bangladesh had won a final match in any format of the game.[39] [40] [41] Till now, this is the only multi-team international tournament Bangladesh have won in any format.[35], Bangladesh have played 409 ODI matches, winning 148 matches and losing 252 and 9 matches had no result.

Bangladesh played their first Twenty20 International (T20I) against Zimbabwe on 28 November 2006 at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna, winning the match by 43 runs.[42] [43] In 2012, Bangladesh won their first bilateral twenty20 international series consisting of multiple matches when they whitewashed Ireland 3–0 in a 3 match T20I series.[44] [45], they have played 125 T20I matches and won 44 of them; 79 were lost, with 2 having no result.

Bangladesh have faced ten teams in Test cricket, India is the biggest rival among them. Bangladesh have registered more wins against Zimbabwe than against any other team, with 7. In ODI matches, Bangladesh have played against 18 teams. They have played against Zimbabwe more frequently in ODI matches with a winning percentage of 62.66 in 47 out of 75 matches. Bangladesh have defeated Zimbabwe on 47 occasions which is their best record in ODIs. They played 17 teams in T20I and have played 13 matches with Zimbabwe. They also have recorded most victories against Zimbabwe defeating them in 9 matches with winning percentage of 69.23.

, Bangladesh is the only test playing nation, which has not been involved in any tied international matches.[46]

Key

Key for the tables
SymbolMeaning
MatchesNumber of matches played
WonNumber of matches won
LostNumber of matches lost
DrawNumber of matches ended in a draw
TiedNumber of matches tied
NRNumber of matches ended with no result
Tie+WNumber of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
Tie+LNumber of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
Win%Percentage of games won to those played.[47]
Loss%Percentage of games drawn to those played.[48]
Draw%Percentage of games lost to those played.[49]
WL RatioRatio of matches won to matches lost
FirstYear of the first match played by Australia against the country
LastYear of the last match played by Australia against the country
Team is currently, an associate member of ICC
Team is currently, a full member of ICC, but was an associate member during the first meet.

Test Cricket

Bangladesh's Test cricket records by opponent
OpponentMatchesWonLostDrawTiedWin%Loss%Draw%FirstLast
2 1 1 0 0 50 50 0 2019 2023
6 1 5 0 0 16.66 83.33 0 2003 2017
10 1 9 0 0 10 90 0 2003 2016
13 0 11 2 0 0 84.61 15.39 2000 2022
19 2 14 3 0 10.52 73.68 15.78 2001 2023
13 0 12 1 0 0 92.30 7.69 2001 2021
14 0 12 2 0 0 85.71 14.28 2002 2022
24 1 18 5 0 4.16 75.00 20.83 2001 2022
20 4 14 2 0 20.00 70.00 10.00 2002 2022
18 8 7 3 0 44.44 38.88 16.66 2001 2021
1 1 0 0 0 100 0 0 2023 2023
Total14019 103 18 0 13.57 74.45 12.85 2000 2023
[50] [51]

One Day International

Bangladesh's ODI cricket records by opponent
OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedNRWin%FirstLast
16 10 6 0 0 62.50 2014 2023
22 1 20 0 1 4.76 1990 2023
2 2 0 0 0 100 2007 2007
2 1 1 0 0 50.00 2003 2007
25 5 20 0 0 20.00 2000 2023
1 1 0 0 0 100 2004 2004
41 8 32 0 1 20.00 1988 2023
16 11 2 0 3 84.61 2007 2023
14 8 6 0 0 57.14 1997 2006
3 1 2 0 0 33.33 2010 2023
45 11 33 0 0 25.00 1990 2023
39 5 34 0 0 12.82 1986 2023
4 4 0 0 0 100 1999 2015
25 6 19 0 0 24.00 2002 2023
54 10 42 0 2 19.23 1986 2023
1 1 0 0 0 100 2008 2008
44 21 21 0 2 50.00 1999 2022
81 51 30 0 0 62.96 1997 2022
Total435 157 268 0 1036.94 1986 2023
Statistics are correct as of vs at Harare, 3rd ODI, 23 December 2023[52] [53]

Twenty20 International

Bangladesh's T20I cricket records by opponent
OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedTie+WTie+LNRWin%FirstLast
11 5 6 0 0 0 0 45.45 2014 2023
10 4 6 0 0 0 0 40.00 2007 2021
4 3 1 0 0 0 0 75.00 2021 2023
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2014 2014
13 1 12 0 0 0 0 7.69 2009 2023
8 5 2 0 0 0 1 71.42 2009 2016
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2007 2007
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2014 2014
4 3 1 0 0 0 0 75.00 2012 2022
17 3 14 0 0 0 0 17.64 2010 2022
2 2 0 0 0 0 0 100 2016 2021
18 2 16 0 0 0 0 11.11 2007 2022
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2021 2021
2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2012 2021
8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2007 2022
13 4 9 0 0 0 0 30.76 2007 2022
3 3 0 0 0 0 0 100 2016 2022
16 5 9 0 0 0 2 35.71 2007 2018
20 13 7 0 0 0 0 65.00 2006 2022
Total155 5894 0 0 0 3 38.15 2006 2023
Statistics are correct as of vs at Dhaka, 16 July 2023[54] [55]

External links

Notes and References

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  46. Web site: Records/Combined Test, ODI and T20I records/Team records/Results summary. 17 January 2021. ESPNCricinfo.
  47. Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
  48. Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
  49. Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
  50. Web site: Records/Bangladesh/Test matches/Result summary. 8 December 2021. ESPNCricinfo.
  51. Web site: Records/Test matches/Team records/Results summary. 19 March 2022. ESPNCricinfo.
  52. Web site: Records/Bangladesh/ODI matches/Result summary. 10 August 2022. ESPNCricinfo.
  53. Web site: Records/One-Day Internationals/Team records/Results summary. 10 August 2022. ESPNCricinfo.
  54. Web site: Records/Bangladesh/T20I matches/Result summary. 19 January 2021. ESPNCricinfo.
  55. Web site: Records/Twenty20 Internationals/Team records/Results summary. 19 January 2021. ESPNCricinfo.