Bangladesh cricket team history at ICC Men's World Cup Events
This article is about the Bangladesh Men's ODI team at the Cricket World Cup. For Bangladesh Men's T20I team at the Cricket World Cup, see Bangladesh at the Men's T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh's best result in the World Cup came in 2015 when they reached the quarter-final of the tournament. Previously they had reached the Super Eight stage in the 2007 edition. They have a win-loss record of 16-32 from 51 matches at the World Cup.
Bangladesh for the first time participated in Cricket World Cup in this edition as an associate member and were placed in the Group B. Bangladesh played their first ever World cup match against New Zealand at County Ground in Chelmsford and they eventually lost the match by 6 wickets being bundled out for just mere 116 runs in first innings.[3] They also lost their second group match against West Indies by 7 wickets. However Bangladesh tasted their first World Cup victory against another associate nation Scotland in their third group match courtesy of Minhajul Abedin's well made 68* where they defeated Scotland by 22 runs.[4]
However Bangladesh returned to their losing circle again in their next match against Australia where Australia beat them by 7 wickets. But in their very next match they stunned the cricket world by defeating Pakistan, the Champion of 1992 Cricket World Cup. This win also helped them acquiring Test status in the very next year.[5]
After the Group stage Bangladesh finished at fifth position with 2 wins and 3 losses. Though Bangladesh could not make way to the Super Six stage but they returned home with some moderate performances.
West Indies won by 7 wickets Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Courtney Walsh (WI)
After their moderate performance in their first appearance in World Cup and acquiring Test status in 2000, Bangladesh would have expected a better World Cup performance this year but they had a nightmare performance in this tournament losing 5 out of their group matches while one was washed out and were placed last in their group.
Bangladesh were placed in Group B with Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies and Canada. In their first group match Bangladesh was upset by Canada, first time featuring in the World Cup. Though Canada could only manage 180 losing all wickets, Bangladesh had worse performance, being bundled out for just 120 and lost the match by 60 runs.[7] In their third match West Indies managed 244 batting first, in the second inning Bangladesh could bat only 8 overs and match washed away due to heavy rain.[8] In none of their group matches Bangladesh could breach the line of 200-run marks while the match against Caribbeans washed away. Their highest team total in the tournament was against New Zealand where they posted 198 losing 7 wickets but the latter successfully chased that down with 7 wickets in hand.[9] In their last group match they could not even chase 217 runs posted by Kenya and were folded in just 185 runs resulting in their 32-runs defeat and consequently Kenya progressed to the Super Six stage.[10]
16 teams (including 6 associates) participated in 2007 World Cup. Bangladesh were placed into Group B along with India, Sri Lanka and the first and only time participant Bermuda.
In their first group match, Bangladesh stunned the Cricket world by defeating India by 5 wickets with the great bowling of Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Rafique and Abdur Razzak and India were all out in just 191 runs. In reply Bangladesh reached the target with 9 balls to spare courtesy of the fifties of three youngsters Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal.
In their next group match Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka by 198 runs.[12] In their third and last match of group stage Bangladesh sealed their spot in Super Eights defeating Bermuda by 7 wickets and consequently India had to exit the tournament from group stage.[13][14]
In their Super Eight stage Bangladesh again upset the cricket world defeating South Africa by 67 runs and that was their only victory out of their 7 Super Eight matches.[15][16] Above all, Bangladesh enjoyed a good tournament with two great wins against India and South Africa.
Despite being the co-hosts and having advantage of playing at home and also having an experienced squad, they failed to come up to the expectations. The World Cup opened with a match between co-hosts Bangladesh and India. While India batting first posted a huge total of 370 for 4. In reply, Bangladesh started off rapidly in their chase, getting 51 runs in the first five overs; but they were unable build on the momentum, as they ended up getting 283/9 without challenging the Indian total.
In their next match against Ireland, Bangladesh were all out scoring only 205 but in reply Ireland were folded out in 178 runs.[18] In their third group match, Bangladesh were bowled out for 58 runs, which was their lowest ODI score, and the fourth lowest score in World Cup matches. In reply, the West Indies reached the target losing one wicket with 226 balls to spare.[19]
In the next match England could only manage 225 runs before being bowled out, Bangladesh's score, in reply, was at one point 169/8 but Mahmudullah with the tail ender Shafiul Islam made unbeaten 58 run partnership for the 8th wicket that brought victory for the team. This win also accounted as One of their Greatest Victories of World Cup history[20][21] They continued the win streak as they defeated the Netherlands. However, their run ended as they faced defeat against South Africa in their last group match in which they were bowled out for a total of just 78.
Bangladesh entered the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australasia with a balanced squad of experienced players.[23] They were placed in Pool A alongside hosts Australia and New Zealand, as well as England, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Scotland. Bangladesh began with a 105‑run win over Afghanistan, where Shakib Al Hasan crossed 4000 ODI runs. Their fixture against Australia was washed out, while Sri Lanka handed them a heavy defeat. In the next match, Bangladesh scripted history by chasing 319 against Scotland — their highest ODI run‑chase and the second‑highest in World Cup history.
The decisive group match came against England, where Mahmudullah scored Bangladesh’s first World Cup century and shared a record partnership with Mushfiqur Rahim. A late burst from Rubel Hossain sealed a famous 15‑run victory, sending Bangladesh into the quarter‑finals for the first time.[24]
Bangladesh faced India in their first-ever World Cup knockout match. Batting first, India posted 302/6 in 50 overs, led by Rohit Sharma’s 137 and Suresh Raina’s half-century. In reply, Bangladesh’s batsmen failed to convert their starts into big scores and were bowled out for 193 in 45 overs, losing by 109 runs.[25]
This was the first time Scotland scored more than 300 in a World Cup match, and the first time ever that Scotland scored more than 300 against a Test-playing nation.[34]
Kyle Coetzer scored Scotland's maiden World Cup century and the highest score by an associate nation player in World Cups.[35]
This is Bangladesh's highest ODI run-chase and second highest run-chase in World Cup history.[34]
Scotland was eliminated from the World Cup as a result of this match.[35]
Mahmudullah Riyad became the first player to score a century for Bangladesh in a World Cup match.[37]
Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim's partnership of 141 was the highest partnership for any wicket for Bangladesh in a World Cup match.[38] It was also Bangladesh's highest ODI partnership against England.[39]
This was also Bangladesh's highest score in an ODI against England.[37]
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka qualified for the quarter-finals as a result of this match.[40] This was only the second time that Bangladesh had progressed past the group stage of a World Cup and their first appearance in the knockout stage.[41]
England was eliminated from the World Cup as a result of this match.[41]
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza was fined 40% of his match fee for a slow over rate. The other Bangladesh players were fined 20% of their match fee.[42]
This was MS Dhoni's 100th ODI win as India captain.[45]
This was a record seventh consecutive match in which India bowled the opposition out.[46]
The umpires received widespread criticism after some controversial decision-making.[47][48]International Cricket Council President Mustafa Kamal said that Bangladesh would appeal against the decisions of the umpires in ICC's board meeting.[49]
Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban) was suspended for one ODI, and fined 40% of his match fee for a slow over rate; the other Bangladesh players were fined 20% of their match fee.[47]
Bangladesh qualified for the World Cup directly having been on no. 7 spot in the ICC ODI rankings on 30 September 2017.[citation needed] Bangladesh announced their 15-man squad on 16 April.[50]
Bangladesh started off their World Cup campaign with a high note defeating South Africa by 21 runs, thus becoming the first Asian team to defeat South Africa twice in World Cup. But they managed to secure just two more wins in the next eight matches against West Indies and Afghanistan, finishing 8th in the league stage.
Shakib Al Hasan became the second batsman for Bangladesh to score 6,000 runs in ODIs and became the fastest player, in terms of innings, to achieve the double of 6,000 runs and 250 wickets in ODIs (202 innings).[66]
Shakib Al Hasan also became the second cricketer, after Yuvraj Singh, to score 50 runs and take five wickets in the same match at the World Cup.[78]
Shakib Al Hasan became the only player to score 1,000 runs and pick up 30 wickets in the World Cup, and the only player to score 400 runs and take 10 wickets in a single tournament.[79]
Trent Boult surpassed Kyle Mills to become the fastest New Zealand bowler to claim 200 wickets in ODIs, in terms of matches (107), and third overall.[94]
This list consists players with most number of matches at the Cricket World Cup. Mushfiqur Rahim played a total of 38 World Cup matches, the most for the team. Shakib Al Hasan has captained the team in 14 matches, the most matches as captain for Bangladesh.
1 Full Member Test playing Countries 2 Associate Member Countries 3 Country no longer exists
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