IND vs BAN T20 World Cup 2024: India Batting Coach Vikram Rathour Wary of Bangladesh Spin Threat

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India batting coach Vikram Rathour was wary of the Bangladesh bowling attacking, stating that the pitch at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium might help the spinners ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match in North Sound, Antigua & Barbuda.

India head into the match on the back of a 47-run win over Afghanistan in their previous Super Eight match in Bridgetown, Barbados, while Bangladesh suffered a 28-run defeat to Australia in their Super Eight opener at the same venue in North Sound.

Rathour said that the Bangladesh players are good in certain conditions and acknowledged the conditions in North Sound would suit their spinners. He also added every team will be a challenge in T20 format.

"They're a good unit. They have a lot of guys who can spin bowling and they are good in certain conditions," Rathour said at the pre-match press conference on Friday (June 21).

"And these conditions do suit them a little as a team I think because the wickets seem to have a bit of some help for the spinners and they do have spinners in their team. But again, in this format, I think every team is a tough team."

While he feels the conditions could favour spin, the batting coach Rathour is relieved to not play on the challenging surfaces in New York, where India played 3 of their group matches.

"I think we already played in the worst conditions that were possible in New York so anything after that is feeling good only. Even today felt really good. So, I am expecting wickets to be better," Rathour added.

"I mean, it won't be as challenging as what we had in New York. And again, we are equipped, I think, as a team, as a batting unit, to deal with any conditions that are put in front of us."

India will hope to get closer to sealing a semi-final spot with a win against Bangladesh on Saturday (June 22) before facing Australia in their final Super 8 match on Monday (June 24) at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia.