'Every team can beat India' - Phil Simmons says ahead of India vs Bangladesh Asia Cup 2025 match

Overview

• Bangladesh is set to face India in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2025, after beating Sri Lanka
• Phil Simmons spoke ahead of the match and claimed that any team on a given day is capable of beating India
• The Bangladeshi Head Coach felt India's past record wouldn't matter and hoped to cash-in on the chinks in their opponents' armoury

Bangladesh is set to face India in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2025, after beating Sri Lanka. Phil Simmons spoke ahead of the match and claimed that any team on a given day is capable of beating India. The Bangladeshi Head Coach felt India's past record wouldn't matter and hoped to cash-in on the chinks in their opponents' armoury.

The 62-year-old felt the thing that matters is how a team plays on a given day, not their past record. The former West Indian player hoped Bangladesh would find chinks in India's armory and exploit it to their advantage to claim a win in their upcoming encounter in the Asia Cup 2025.

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"Every team has the ability to beat India. The game is played on the day. It's not what India has done before. It's what happens on Wednesday. It's what happens during that three and a half hour period. We will try to play as best as we can and hope to find chinks in India's armoury. That's the way we win games," Simmons said ahead of India vs Bangladesh match.

"Every game, especially games involving India, have a hype," - Phil Simmons

Simmons understood the hype around the matches involcing the Indian team. He regarded India to be the best T20 side in the world, which naturally garners attention. He claimed that Bangladesh will ride on the hype and enjoy the game without worrying about the results.

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"Every game, especially games involving India, have a hype because they're the number one T20 team in the world. There must be a hype. We're just going to ride on the hype. We're going to enjoy the moment and enjoy the game," Simmons added.