I got nervous when I saw that we drew Bangladesh in the first game. We are notoriously horrendous starters, and they're coming off a great high having blanked New Zealand. Put that into the equation and the game at Mirpur starts to look a far cry from the cakewalk it was supposed to be.
I think we need to update our image of Bangladesh. They're not a "minnow" nation anymore. I for one love their cricket. I only hope they find their form *after* the first game.
Are they a contender? Maybe not, but that's the beauty of the 3-game knockout format that we have here. Get to the quarters, and then it's just a matter of three good days. Bangladesh are well capable of having 3 good days. Their test is the group stages, and they might find it difficult to come out of this group - but they should go into every game thinking they can win. Trust me, they can.
From India's point of view, we need to make sure that no one's forgotten about the horrible loss from 2007 and be in ruthless revenge mode. Play angry. Aim to crush them. If we go in underestimating them, then we'd have learned nothing from our mistakes 4 years ago and will be in for a rude awakening.