Preview of the 2nd T20I match between India and Bangladesh in 2024/25

Big image: India's attacking template

Despite two debutants and a lot of contemporary faces in the aspect, India steamrolled Bangladesh in the first T20I in Gwalior, chasing down 128 inside 12 overs. Yes, India had been all the time the favourites however this additionally confirmed how far Bangladesh are behind the curve in T20I cricket.

The means India performed confirmed that Suryakumar Yadav and Gautam Gambhir are persevering with the attacking template set by Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid that helped them clinch the T20 World Cup earlier this 12 months. Apart from Nitish Kumar Reddy (16 not out off 15 balls), everybody batted at a strike charge above 150. Moreover, they now not undergo from the downside of their batters not chipping in with the ball. Their XI in the first T20I had as many as eight bowling choices, one thing Suryakumar known as a “happy headache”.

On the different hand, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto admitted that his batters have no idea find out how to rating 180 in a T20I, as they're used to enjoying on 140-150 pitches at dwelling. But that's one hurdle they must overcome if they're to maintain the sequence alive.

Form information

India WWWWW (final 5 T20Is, most up-to-date first)
Bangladesh LLLLW

In the highlight: Hardik Pandya and Najmul Hossain Shanto

After the 2022 T20 World Cup, when Rohit took a sabbatical from the format, Hardik Pandya regarded all set to switch him as India's everlasting T20I captain. That did not pan out. Even after Rohit's T20I retirement, the selectors went with Suryakumar. Hardik, in the meantime, appeared to have settled into the position of an anchor, first at Gujarat Titans and then the Indian workforce. But in Gwalior, he confirmed he may nonetheless be as harmful as any batter, smashing 39 not out off simply 16 balls. Before that, he opened the bowling and took 1 for 26 from 4 overs.

If Hardik personified India's courageous method, Najmul Hossain Shanto's innings confirmed what Bangladesh have to work on. Coming in at No. 3, Shanto may handle solely 27 runs, and two boundaries, regardless of dealing with 25 balls. A cause behind his cautious method may very well be that Bangladesh had misplaced two wickets inside the first three overs, however even then a strike charge of 108 was too low. To change Bangladesh's fortunes, the captain must lead by instance.

Team information: Miraz to open?

Just to provide as many gamers an opportunity, India may carry in Tilak Varma for Reddy and Harshit Rana for Mayank Yadav.

India (possible): 1 Sanju Samson (wk), 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Riyan Parag, 7 Rinku Singh, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Harshit Rana, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Varun Chakravarthy

Tamim Iqbal, who's in India as a commentator and an knowledgeable for the host broadcaster, mentioned after the first T20I that he urged to Shanto to open with Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Will Bangladesh hearken to their former captain, or keep on with what they've, or carry in Tanzid Hasan for Parvez Hossain Emon?

Bangladesh (possible): 1 Parvez Hossain Emon/Tanzid Hasan, 2 Litton Das (wk), 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Jaker Ali, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

Pitch and situations: A high-scoring venue

In the 5 matches performed at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL 2024, the 200-mark was breached in eight out of ten innings. Obviously, these groups had an additional batter in the type of Impact Player, however even with out the luxurious, the expectation is for a high-scoring recreation on Wednesday. The climate must be clear with little likelihood of dew.

Stats and trivia: Suryakumar's double dose

Bangladesh have beaten India only once in 15 conferences in T20Is. The solely workforce in opposition to whom Bangladesh have a worse document (minimal three T20Is) is South Africa: 9 matches, 9 losses.
On common, Suryakumar hits 2.01 sixes per innings (139 in 69) in T20I cricket. Among these who have hit at least 50 sixes in T20Is, solely Evin Lewis (2.13; 111 in 52) averages greater than two sixes per innings.
Hardik (87) and Arshdeep Singh (86) are fourth and fifth, respectively, on the listing of most T20I wickets for India.
Litton Das is 53 brief of turning into the third Bangladesh batter to attain 2000 T20I runs. Shanto wants 65 to achieve 1000.

Quotes

“We [Punjab Kings] did not play here this IPL, but after seeing the scores, I did not feel like checking the wicket (laughs). But yeah, we will come tomorrow and see what could be a good plan here. And of course, the captain and the coach will check the wicket and share their plan.”
India left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh on the pitch in Delhi

“Our bowlers are doing a wonderful job for the last few years. I don't think we played that badly in the first game. We shouldn't doubt ourselves based on one game. That'd be unfair. We have to come out of that zone and try to win the game. We tried to play aggressively with the bat. We have to be more organised, which will serve us better.”
Bangladesh batter Mahmudullah mounts a defence of his workforce's efficiency

Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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