Both the teams will go into the game that starts at 10:30am (3:30pm Bangladesh time) with the pronounced intention of proving that their last outing was a freak event rather than an example of their true capabilities.
On Monday, across London at Lord's, England collapsed to 20 for six in five overs - the worst start in one-day worldwide history - against the South Africa new-ball duo of Kagiso Rabada and Wayne Parnell. The only difference was that Bangladesh's was a practice game.
Pakistan will enter the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in pursuit of their maiden Champions Trophy title, having edged the West Indies for a place in the eight-team tournament.
Laxman also said that the much-awaited match against Pakistan will be a high profile one because of the fact that India rarely play against their arch-rivals.
India's Ifran Pathan (right) celebrates after dismissing a Pakistan batsman during the Champions Trophy match in 2004.
India were resounding 240-run winners after seam duo Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav reduced Bangladesh to 22-6 in their final warm-up match for the ICC Champions Trophy.
Bangladesh are certainly not a team quite capable of going all the way.
It was a result that led England to completely revamp their approach to the white-ball game. Moreover, senior cricketers are making predictions, majority favouring their home side to score a victory. They, however, faced off in the shortest version of the game during last year's ICC World T20 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
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"We've done well against [England], but they are playing in home conditions and they have some serious individual players as well".
The 31-year-old, along with Shikhar Dhawan (60) and Hardik Pandya (80*), helped India post a big 324-6 in their 50 overs which the Indian bowlers defended with precision.
"That was a long time back. and England are a totally different team", he said of his team's latest success against this summer's hosts in a global tournament.
Aside from the four players from the Proteas, England have three representatives including captain Joe Root, Australia have two but not their skipper Steve Smith while India and New Zealand have a solitary player each.
They have impressed in the build-up to the tournament, beating New Zealand and Ireland in this month's Tri-Nation series. Their first experience at the Oval on Monday was bitter. Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed are the ones vying for a shot in the playing XI, with Rubel the more impressive bowler in the warm-up games.
Not only with the Ben Stokes, the team is suffering from the cloud of injuries including Chris Woakes, and Moeen Ali.
"If we look at both the teams and their form, England are definitely favourites".
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