India faces Bangladesh in the second T20 Internationals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi today, India will look to take unassailable lead when Suryakumar Yadav’s men take on Bangladesh at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. India claimed 1-0 lead against Bangladesh after winning the first match series in Gwalior.
So, even with key players such as Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, and Jasprit Bumrah rested, India’s remarkable debth in white-ball cricket shone through in a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the opening game in Gwalior. Bangladesh have hardly looked like the plucky opponents that they are hyped to be but India have looked every bit the marauding force that loves to intimidates on home turf.
Bangladesh was restricted to a total of 127 courtesy of three-wicket hauls from Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy. Debuted Mayank started with a maiden and picked up his first international wicket, removing Mahmudullah in the second over.
Openers Sanju Samson and Abhisek Sharma got off the latter was run out cheaply for 16. However, Samson was joined by Suryakumar Yadav scored 71 runs in the powerplay before the skipper lost his wicket. The chase was completed by Hardik Pandya who scored a blistering 39 off 16 balls and sealed the win with a maximum in the 12th over with 49 balls remaining.