Vikrant Shekhawat : Oct 09, 2024, 10:39 PM
IND vs BAN: India defeated Bangladesh by 86 runs in the second T20 match in New Delhi. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. India scored 221 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. In reply, Bangladesh could only score 135 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Nitish Reddy from India scored 74 runs in 34 balls, he then also took 2 wickets with bowling.Reddy himself got the Player of the Match award. Varun Chakraborty also took 2 wickets. Mahmudullah scored the highest 41 runs from Bangladesh. By winning the second match, India took an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the 3 T20 series. The third match will be played in Hyderabad on October 12.India won the matchIndia defeated Bangladesh by 86 runs in the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on the basis of the strong performance of the bowlers after the batsmen. Batting first, India scored 221 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs with brilliant half-centuries from Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh. In response, the Bangladesh team could only score 135 runs for nine wickets in the stipulated overs. With this, India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. India had earlier clean swept Bangladesh by defeating them 2-0 in the Test series.Mahmudullah scored the most runs for Bangladesh, who was dismissed after scoring 41 runs with the help of three sixes in 39 balls. For India, Nitish Reddy performed well with the ball after the bat and took two wickets. At the same time, spinner Varun Chakraborty, who impressed in the last match, also took two wickets. The interesting thing was that every bowler of India got a wicket. Apart from Nitish and Varun, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Yadav and Riyan Parag got one wicket each. While chasing the target, Bangladesh's batting was very poor and apart from Mahmudullah, no other batsman could impress. Bangladesh lost wickets regularly and its batsmen could not maintain partnerships, which cost it a lot. Nitish Reddy, playing his second T20 International match for India, gave an all-round performance and made a significant contribution with the ball after the bat.India gave a target of 222 runsThe Indian team has set a target of 222 runs in front of Bangladesh. Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh scored brilliant half-centuries for India, with the help of which the team scored 221 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl, but India started fast. However, Bangladesh bowlers put the team in trouble by giving three blows to India in the powerplay itself.After the initial setbacks, Nitish and Rinku batted aggressively and there was a partnership of 108 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. During this, Nitish, who was playing his second T20 international match, hit the first half-century of his career. Even after hitting a fifty, Nitish did not stop aggressive batting and kept playing shots continuously. Nitish, however, was dismissed after scoring 74 runs with the help of four fours and seven sixes in 34 balls. After Nitish was dismissed, Rinku Singh also scored a half-century, but he returned to the pavilion after scoring 53 runs with the help of five fours and three sixes in 29 balls.Hardik Pandya played some big shots to take India's score past 200 runs, but the Indian team lost three wickets in the last over. Hardik was dismissed after scoring 32 runs with the help of two fours and two sixes in 19 balls. Rishad Hussain took three wickets for Bangladesh, while Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Mustafizur Rahman took two wickets each.