Watch cricket video highlights of Bangladesh tour of India 2024. Second Twenty/20 between India and Bangladesh. Venue of the match will be Delhi.
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On a Delhi pitch that was sticky at first but got better for batting as the night went on, India capitalised on subpar bowling from the Bangladesh spinners to escape punishment. With a last push from Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh lifted India from 41 for 3 in the sixth over to 221. Even in more favorable batting circumstances, India’s bowling proved to be too strong for Bangladesh, securing the series victory. In both cases, Bangladesh’s spinners fared poorly. The spinners gave up 116 runs in their eight overs, while their fast bowlers bowled 12 overs for 102 runs.
After that, the Indian spinners gave them a hard time, conceding only 49 runs and five wickets in nine overs. Following a seemingly meaningless toss, Bangladesh declared their intention to chase and take advantage of the dew that would come in later, while India declared their intention to bat first to assess their bowlers in the dew. Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan Miraz opened the bowling, but Sanju Samson took advantage of his arm balls, which were either too full or too short. However, the quick bowlers were able to draw misbehavior on a sticky track.
The sluggish pitch caused Samson and Suryakumar Yadav to fall to checked shots, while Abhishek Sharma continued to play while attempting to slog Tanzim Hasan. Only Rinku was able to play flawlessly right away. Twice in the first part of his innings, Reddy got away. Reddy advanced to 6 off 4 after Litton Das dropped him down the leg side of Tanzim. He was 19 off 14 when he survived an extraordinarily tight leg-before-wedge, with the umpire calling it on contact on a reverse sweep. That 19 came off a free-hit, which was made possible by Mahmudullah’s no-ball.
Legspinner Rishad Hossain has a lot of promise, particularly in T20 cricket. He was slog-swept for six, though, after bowling his fifth ball too full against a Rinku who was determined to execute all manner of sweeps. Mahmudulllah then extended the offer of a free hit. Rishad committed a length error on both sides in his second over. Rinku pulled him for one after Reddy took him for two sixes down the ground. In ten overs, India reached 100 runs with that 24-run over. Only Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed were able to score an over without a boundary after that.
The worst penalty went to Mehidy, who continued to bowl in his comfort zone for 26 runs in the 13th over after failing to pull Reddy off strike. He appeared to be on track to reach 100 in just his second game, but Mustafizur’s slower delivery proved too much for him, and he was dismissed for 74 off 34. Bangladesh had a perfect opportunity to fit in an over of spin at this point, but Hardik Pandya made no allowances for Rishad’s length mistakes. Although Rinku appeared to be the silent accomplice in the slaughter, he reached fifty at nearly two balls every ball.
Rishad received some relief and was able to deliver the final over for just eight runs as India continued to lose wickets in an attempt to get fast runs. To win the series, Bangladesh still needed to score the greatest total in Twenty20 cricket matches. Bangladesh’s hitters don’t appear to have the game for it, which is why they have never scored more than 215 in Twenty20 Internationals. The hitters took too many chances in their quest for the extraordinary, which helped them get out to a fast start, but eventually the dangers caught up with them.
Parvez Hossain took Arshdeep on; Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed twice in two games by Washington Sundar; Litton Das went out of the game against Varun Chakravarthy; Towhid Hridoy was bowled out by an arm ball from Abhishek Sharma; and the match was all but over at 46 for 4 in the seventh over. All the other stuff was just ceremonial work, involving a wicket for Riyan Parag, an incredible catch by Pandya, and a wicket for every one of the seven bowlers India attempted.
Preview
Eight of ten innings in the five IPL 2024 games held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium saw an innings total over 200. On Wednesday, a high-scoring game is anticipated even without the benefit of having an additional batter in the shape of Impact Player, which was obviously available to those sides. There shouldn’t be much risk of dew and clear skies. After the first Twenty20 International, Tamim Iqbal, a pundit and analyst for the host network while in India, stated he advised Shanto to open with Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Is Bangladesh going to take the advice of their former captain, go with the current lineup, or substitute Tanzid Hasan for Parvez Hossain Emon? India might substitute Tilak Varma for Reddy and Harshit Rana for Mayank Yadav in order to give as many players as possible an opportunity. Bangladesh has to improve on what Najmul Hossain Shanto’s century demonstrated, if Hardik embodied India’s courageous attitude. Shanto, who batted third, faced 25 balls but could only muster 27 runs and two boundaries.
Bangladesh had lost two wickets in the first three overs, which may have contributed to his cautious approach, but even so, a strike rate of 108 was too low. In order to turn around Bangladesh’s situation, the captain will need to set a good example. Following his hiatus from the format following the 2022 T20 World Cup, Hardik Pandya appeared poised to take Rohit’s place as India’s long-term T20I captain. That was not successful. The selectors chose Suryakumar even after Rohit retired from Twenty20 international cricket.
Hardik, on the other hand, seems to have been comfortable in his anchoring role, both with the Indian squad and the Gujarat Titans. However, he demonstrated in Gwalior that he was still just as potent as any hitter, hammering 39 off just 16 balls. He bowled first and collected 1 for 26 from four overs prior to that. at the first Twenty20 International at Gwalior, India dominated Bangladesh, scoring 128 in 12 overs despite having two debutants and a large number of new players in the team.
True, India has always been the favorite, but this also demonstrated how far Bangladesh has fallen in T20I cricket. The manner India played demonstrated that Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav are carrying on the offensive model that Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma established, which helped them win the T20 World Cup earlier this year. Nitish Kumar Reddy (16 not out off 15 balls) was the only player who batted with a strike rate over 150. Additionally, they are no longer plagued by their hitters’ failure to contribute with the ball.
With up to eight bowling options available to their XI in the opening Twenty20 International, Suryakumar referred to it as a “happy headache”. However, because they are accustomed to playing on 140–150 pitches at home, Bangladeshi skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto said that his batsmen are unaware of how to reach 180 in a Twenty20 International. However, if they want to maintain the series, they will need to go beyond that obstacle. This current series will be Mahmudullah’s last in this format, should they require any more encouragement.
As the most-capped T20I player in Bangladesh’s history, he is retiring, and they would like to send him off with a flourish.
