Team India may have been decimating oppositions in the ongoing Asia Cup, but Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons doesn't believe that the Men in Blue are an unbeatable side.

His assessment comes on the eve of Bangladesh’s Super 4 match against the Suryakumar Yadav-led side at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

The defending champions will enter the game on the back of four successive wins in the competition. After beating UAE, Pakistan and Oman in the group stage, they outclassed their arch-rivals again in the first Super 4 fixture.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, will come into the contest after having beaten Sri Lanka in their first Super 4 game.

Asked if this Indian team can be defeated, Simmons replied: "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."

The 62-year-old understands the outside noise surrounding any game featuring India and wants his wards to soak in that electric atmosphere.

"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 believes that the Dubai pitch is really good for batting and toss won't be a huge factor.

"I didn't see much of a difference in the wicket over the 40 overs. I think it's some of the best wickets I've seen here for a while. I think last night (India vs Pakistan) it was the same.

"The wicket was really good to bat. Bowlers had to bowl properly. I don't think the toss has that much of an effect."

Simmons also acknowledged the difficulty of playing back-to-back T20 games in the UAE heat. "It is extremely difficult to play back-to-back T20 matches, back-to-back ODIs. So it's not a nice thing but again we are prepared, we have trained really hard."

"I think the guys are fit enough to handle the back-to-back game. But it is not a fair thing for any team to have to play back-to-back T20s. It's a lot more difficult than people seem to think," said the coach, who played 26 Tests and 143 ODIs for the West Indies during his playing days.

Simmons praised seasoned left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman for taking more initiative in team meetings and guiding the juniors in the team.

"He's been the main bowler. And he's carrying that mantle of being the senior bowler on the team. And even in meetings and everything, he's really stepping up. So it's great to see him performing out there."

"Look, I am one who tries to control my emotions as much as possible. We are not here to win a game against Sri Lanka. We are here to win the tournament...then I can release my emotions. But I have to keep everybody grounded in the dressing room."

Bangladesh is a cricket crazy country and Simmons was asked an important question about how one handles the constant criticism.

"...as long as I'm confident and my staff and myself, including the captain, are confident in what we're doing and how we're guiding the team, then criticism is like water off a duck's back," he said.

(With PTI Inputs)