Welcome to the coverage of the second quarter-final of the ICC World Cup between India and Bangladesh, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Thursday.

After a listless leadup to the tournament, reigning world champions India have turned into a juggernaut, winning all six of their pool matches and drawing as much admiration for their bowling and fielding as their renowned batting prowess.

India will go into Thursday's match as overwhelming favourites to win but still wary about their opponents. Bangladesh famously beat India at the 2007 World Cup but have beaten their great rivals just once since then.

Bangladesh have won only three one-day internationals in 28 against India but two have been at major tournaments. The last was at the 2012 Asian Cup, which followed a shock win at the 2007 World Cup.

While the term 'surprise package' hardly credits the Tigers' impressive tournament, Bangladesh were fortunate to take a point from a washed-out pool match against Australia and met an England side with morale at rock-bottom.

Perhaps more impressive than knocking out England was pushing New Zealand in the dead rubber loss.