The Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian national cricket team took on the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led Bangladesh national cricket team in the second T20I of the three-match series on Wednesday, October 9.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi hosted the second match between India and Bangladesh and the home team put up an absolutely stunning performance to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
How did India’s batsmen perform in the second T20I against Bangladesh?
The Indian national cricket team lost the toss but got what it wanted as it was invited to bat first in the match. The opening duo of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma did their best to get India off to a good start. However, they were not successful in their attempt.
Sanju Samson once again failed with the bat and scored just 10 runs off 7 balls, before being dismissed by Taskin Ahmed. While his opening partner Abhishek was back in the hut after scoring 15 runs off 11 balls. Captain Suryakumar Yadav also made a rare mistake, scoring 8 runs and the momentum slightly towards Bangladesh.
It was then that youngsters Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh stepped forward and showed their class. Nitish was particularly impressive despite playing in his second T20I for India.
The SRH star delivered a brutal blow and smashed the Bangladesh players all over the park. He finished his innings with 74 runs off 34 balls, with 4 fours and 7 sensational sixes.
Rinku Singh, on the other hand, smashed 53 runs off 29 balls and his innings was studded with 5 fours and 3 sixes. The KKR star even celebrated God’s Plan after completing his fifty in the match. Then, Riyan Parag also contributed 15 crucial runs as India posted 221/9 on the board.
How did India’s bowlers perform in the second T20I?
When it came to defending the total, Arshdeep Singh once again gave India an excellent start by dismissing opener Parvez Hossain Emon for 16. Varun Chakravarthy also dealt an early blow to Bangladesh by dismissing Litton Das for 14.
Then the bowlers continued to show their dominance and did not let any batsman settle in the middle. Jaker Ali was the only one to get going and scored 41 runs off 39.
Finally, the Indian bowlers restricted Bangladesh to 135/9 to win the match by 86 runs. Suryakumar Yadav used 7 bowling options in the match and all of them picked a wicket. Also, this was the first time that 7 bowlers got at least one wicket in a T20I innings for India.
Sometimes Hardik Pandya doesn’t bowl, sometimes Washington Sunday doesn’t bowl – Suryakumar Yadav
At the post-match presentation ceremony, Suryakumar Yadav said that he wanted India to lose early wickets because he wanted the middle-order batsmen to face the difficult situation.
Suryakumar Yadav said he was impressed with the way the middle-order batsmen played and praised the duo of Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh.
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav further revealed that he tried as many as 7 bowling options and did not give the ball to Hardik Pandya because he wanted to see what others could offer.
“I wanted that situation, I wanted my batsmen (5,6,7) in that situation. Happy for both of them (Rinku and Nitish). They batted exactly the way I wanted. You have to go out and express. Just the shirt changes, the rest remains the same,” Suryakumar Yadav said.
“I wanted to see what different bowlers can do in different situations. Can you give me the tough overs? Sometimes Hardik doesn’t bowl, sometimes Washington Sunday doesn’t bowl. I wanted to see what the other guys had in store , really happy with him. It was his (Nitish) day, I thought I would let him enjoy it and make it big,” Suryakumar Yadav added.