IND vs BAN, ICC World Cup 2019: Tamim, Mashrafe on cusp of attaining major milestones

Tamim Iqbal is all set to play his 200th ODI match. He will be the fourth Bangladesh cricketer to play at get to the milestone.

India will be locking horns with Bangladesh in Match 40 of the ICC World Cup at Edgbaston in Birmingham. The sub continent rivals shall be contesting for the fourth time at the World Cup. India hold the edge over Bangladesh with two wins in the three World Cup encounters played between the sides at the World Cup. Here are some of the key milestones Bangladeshi players can achieve in the World Cup game against India Tamim Iqbal is all set to play his 200th ODI match. He will be the fourth Bangladesh cricketer to play at get to the milestone. Only Mashrafe Mortaza (213 matches), Mushfiqur Rahim (211 matches) and Shakib Al Hasan (204 matches) have played more ODIs for Bangladesh than Tamim Iqbal. Opener Tamim Iqbal (996 runs) is four runs away to get to 1,000 international runs against India. Only Mushfiqur Rahim has achieved this feat for Bangladesh as he has scored 1,106 international runs against India. Allrounder Mahmudullah (3,947 runs) needs 53 runs more to complete his 4,000 ODI runs. He will become the fourth Bangladesh batsman to score 4,000 ODI runs. Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza (19 wickets) is two wickets away from becoming second highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh in Cricket World Cup. Only Shakib Al Hasan (33 wickets) and Abdur Razzak (20 wickets) are ahead of Mortaza in the most CWC wickets list for Bangladesh. Mashrafe Mortaza (98 wickets) needs two more wickets to become first Bangladesh captain to take 100 ODI wickets.